Chief Medical Officer

Chief Medical Officer in Tallahassee, FL (SA197589)

This Medical Center is seeking an experienced Chief Medical Officer. The Medical Center has been serving the Big Bend community for more than 40 years. As a fully accredited healthcare facility, we strive to provide the latest in state-of-the art technologies and best practices to our community. With more than 1100 employees and 500 physicians, our number one priority is to exceed our patients’ expectations with the highest quality and most compassionate care.

The Medical Center has received several awards and distinctions over the years including:

Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction Designation for Maternity, Spine Surgery and Cardiac Care
Certified Primary Stroke Center
Certified in Hip & Knee Joint Replacement by Joint Commission
Certified in Spine Surgery by Joint Commission
Certified in Sepsis Care by Joint Commission - Less than 100 facilities in the country have this certification.
Comprehensive Breast Center Accredited by the American College of Radiology
Comprehensive Breast Center Accredited by Commission on Cancer
Certified as Medicare Mammography Screening Facility
Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award
Capital Regional offers the fastest ER Wait Times in Leon & Gadsden Counties. Our ER is fully equipped to handle urgent and critical emergencies, including; cardiac, neurological and pediatric emergencies, orthopedic injuries, and obstetrical & gynecological cases.
We have physicians in 20 specialties and subspecialties readily available, and patients are assured access to comprehensive emergency healthcare 24-hours-a-day, seven-days a week.

General Position Information

Reports directly to: Chief Executive Officer

Matrix reports to: Division Chief Medical Officer

Position Summary:

The Facility Chief Medical Officer leads clinical and quality initiatives that support the provision of consistent clinical performance and practice standards across the hospital; facilitates the analysis of quality performance and prioritization improvement opportunities; provides senior level leadership to the infection control, risk management, safety, and medical staff credentialing functions ensuring the collaboration and coordination of all stakeholders in these processes; and consults on an array of issues involving physicians.

Major Responsibilities:

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Promotes Physician Alignment between Medical Center-Affiliated Physicians and Hospital/Corporate Leadership by:

Leading clinical performance expectations that support the goals of consistent clinical performance and practice standards across the facility to ensure superior clinical outcomes and unparalleled patient experience
Working with Hospital Chief Medical Officers, Chief Executive Officers, Medical Staffs, and Boards of Directors, to improve the functionality and effectiveness of the hospital medical staff organization
Collaborating and collaborating with medical staffs and hospital management teams, facilitating teamwork and shared goals. Representing medical staff viewpoints to management and relaying management viewpoints to medical staff by establishing and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships between hospital leadership and community and/or employed physicians.
Provides clinical support and consultation regarding cost effective clinical resource management in the facilities by sharing of reports and recommendations regarding how to reduce the variable cost per case while maintaining and enhancing clinical effectiveness.
Creating an environment of quality and cost improvement that is data driven and develops systems to review utilization of resources and objectively measure outcomes of care in the inpatient and outpatient settings.
Serving as a direct liaison between hospital affiliated physicians and facility, and corporate clinical services functions.
Establishing and maintaining an ongoing program to orient and develop management expertise for Hospital Chiefs of Staff, Medical Executive Committees, and other medical staff leaders by providing oversight and leadership for all medical education programs.
Leading educational sessions and providing ongoing in service to facility medical staff regarding clinical resource management, appropriate documents standards, utilization and quality issues, and quality improvement activities in collaboration with the chief of staff or other clinical leadership in the facility.
Assembling regional physician advisory panels to provide ongoing feedback to hospital senior management and serves as a liaison between these committees and facility, and corporate leadership as well as to the affiliated physicians.
Serving as spokesperson to system hospitals and affiliated physicians to explain and obtain buy in for, corporate, group, and facility, sponsored clinical initiatives.
Collaborating on a day-to-day basis with other facility and corporate Chief Medical Officers.
Educating physicians on system clinical technologies.
Collaborating with Supply Chain on formulary and supply opportunities.
Oversees Medical Staff Affairs by:

Developing, implementing, and monitoring disruptive physician and impaired physician policies and developing monitoring and intervention programs in the region.
Providing recommendations in the development and/or revision of the hospital policies and procedures pertinent to the medical staff and medical staff affairs.
Serving as a consultant to hospital Medical Staff Services regarding physician credentialing and utilization and quality profiling, including serving as a member of hospital’s peer review committees as requested.
Promotes Business Development and Payer Relations by:

Evaluating clinical appropriateness of new medical technologies and programs and making recommendations concerning the relevance of such technologies and programs to system hospitals.
Serving as a resource and consultant to the Vice President Physician Services Group and/or Vice President Business Development in physician recruitment and clinical program development.
Providing medical director services to facility level physician credentialing, business development and provider relations in contracting issues.
Providing medical consultation on contracting, pricing, and analysis of managed care issues including providing clinical support for appeals and denials process, discharge planning, case management, and utilization review/management.
Additional Responsibilities:

Fostering an environment of collaboration and partnership in the patient care enterprise.
Integrating the Facility Chief Medical Officer as a key leader of the facility management team.
Effective working relationship between Facility Chief Medical Officer, Facility Chief Medical Officers, and other medical staff leaders.
Ensuring clinical excellence will be further recognized and affirmed through quantifiable metrics in performance.
Helping establish a strong sense of collaboration between Hospital leadership and the medical staff when setting direction and policy.
Measurable improvement in physician and patient satisfaction.
Education & Experience:

Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), Required
Master's degree in business or related field, Preferred
10+ years of experience in clinical practice, Preferred
Experience as a CMO (or equivalent) in a large, complex hospital or regional health system, Required

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