VP, Chief Medical Officer – Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital

About the role

Founded in 1986, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital is a 332‑bed quaternary care women and children’s hospital located in the Texas Medical Center. As a primary teaching hospital for the pediatric and obstetrics/gynecology programs with our academic partner, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, we are committed to serving the global community. The VP, Chief Medical Officer reports to the CEO, is an active member of the Senior Leadership Team, and leads hospital‑based Women’s & Children’s organizational programs while ensuring the highest quality and most efficient care.

Qualifications

• Medical Doctorate from an accredited medical school (required).
• Additional business degree or program completion (preferred).
• Licensed to practice as an MD in the State of Texas.
• Board certification in Pediatrics or a pediatric subspecialty (strongly preferred).
• Minimum of five (5) years of physician executive, medical staff leadership, or healthcare administrative leadership experience in a children’s hospital, pediatric healthcare system, academic pediatric medical center, or pediatric service line (required).
• Rapport and credibility with physician colleagues.
• Experience working in interdisciplinary teams.
• Excellent conflict resolution, oral and written communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated experience leading pediatric clinical quality, patient safety, performance improvement, and physician engagement initiatives.
• Understanding of healthcare business acumen and finance knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Direct and facilitate the application of evidence‑based and safe clinical practices, the effective measurement of clinical outcomes, and clinical performance improvement activities.
• Provide administrative leadership and direction for hospital‑based departments in Quality Care and Case Management, Risk Management, Clinical Ethics, Clinical Research, Medical Staff, and other assigned areas.
• Partner with the VP, Regional CMO, focusing on Quality and Performance Improvement by participating in safety‑event meetings, monitoring variance reporting, managing distribution of events, conducting event analysis, and responding to infection‑prevention opportunities.
• Drive physician engagement and communications with medical staff to ensure alignment with strategic initiatives.
• Advocate and provide clinical perspective to support the patient‑centered mission, vision, values, and strategies, optimizing efficient and appropriate utilization of clinical resources.
• Collaborate with management and clinical leadership in planning and implementing innovative programs to achieve short‑ and long‑term goals.
• Support development and growth of health‑system service lines by working with administration and physician leaders to improve clinical operations.
• Align and support physician organization and system Quality teams with a dotted line to the System Chief Quality Officer.
• Assist hospital medical staff and leadership with Credentialing, Clinical Quality, Peer Review, Regulatory Compliance, and Risk Management obligations.
• Ensure timely and reliable communication of key matters to the medical staff.
• Play an active role in Joint Commission and other regulatory surveys and audits.
• Assist the CMIO in physician coordination, education, and communications related to EHR implementation.
• Ensure safe care to patients, staff, and visitors; adhere to all Memorial Hermann policies, procedures, and standards within budgetary specifications, including time management, supply management, productivity, and quality of service.
• Promote professional growth by meeting mandatory/continuing education and competency requirements; serve as preceptor, mentor, and resource to less experienced staff.
• Demonstrate commitment to caring for every community member by creating compassionate and personalized experiences, modeling Memorial Hermann’s service standards.
• Other duties as assigned.