Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer

About the role

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) provides enterprise clinical leadership for United Regional, the hospital, URPG, and Medical Staff. The CMO serves as the senior physician executive responsible for advancing clinical quality, patient safety, physician alignment, medical staff governance, regulatory readiness, clinical transformation, and evidence-based care.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and provides clinical perspective on strategy, budgeting, program development, operational priorities, and system transformation.
• Advises executive leadership and the Board, as appropriate, on clinical matters affecting quality, safety, access, growth, and performance.
• Leads physician engagement in quality, safety, patient outcomes, utilization, clinical documentation, and evidence-based care.
• Supports development and implementation of clinical protocols, standards, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Serves as physician executive sponsor or advisor for quality, safety, medical management, clinical documentation, ethics, patient relations, compliance, and risk management activities.
• Oversees and supports effective Medical Staff functions, including credentialling, peer review, bylaws, governance, continuing medical education, and Medical Staff Office operations.
• Provides counsel and support to elected Medical Staff leaders/officers and facilitates appropriate resolution of clinical, professional practice, and behavior concerns.
• Serves as the primary executive clinical liaison among the Medical Staff, URPG providers, SLT, and hospital operations and builds trusted relationships with physicians and providers.
• Partners with organizational development and provider experience leaders to support physician engagement, recruitment, retention, onboarding, and leadership development.
• Supports compliance with accreditation, licensing, CMS, Medical Staff, and patient care standards and provides clinical leadership and physician input for regulatory readiness and corrective action planning.
• Partners with the CMIO and operational leaders to advance clinical informatics, physician technology adoption, clinical decision support, documentation effectiveness, and data-driven improvement.
• Supports care model innovation, clinical integration, and transformation across the continuum of care and provides clinical leadership and strategic support to URPG.
• Represents United Regional in appropriate clinical, physician, community, and regional forums and supports organizational communications on clinical matters.

Qualifications

• MD or equivalent required.
• MBA/MHA and/or CPE credentials preferred.
• At least 5 years’ experience (exclusive of internship/residency) as a practicing physician, preferably in a hospital setting.
• At least 5 years’ experience in management/leadership at a departmental or organizational level.
• Strong track record of clinical skills, performance improvement activities, and consistent commitment to high standards of patient care.
• State of Texas medical license preferred.

Skills

• Ability to engage both physicians and non-physicians in collaborative, communicative relationships that enhance the delivery of patient care quality and safety.
• Ability to set and maintain expectations for quality and service standards.
• Ability to coordinate the medical staff activities of an integrated delivery system.
• Analytic and data management skills specific to physician performance.
• Capable of developing and implementing monitoring systems that ensure the highest quality of care patient safety and evidence-based medical standards.
• Ability to manage stress and maintain professionalism in high-pressure situations.
• Ability to make decisions and use independent judgment as needed, while also ensuring appropriate communication and collaboration with others as needed.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to keep abreast of best practices, from both clinical and health care delivery perspectives.