Regional Chief Medical Officer

CommonSpirit Health is a nonprofit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. It was created in February 2019 by Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health. With its national office in Chicago and a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, CommonSpirit operates more than 2,000 care sites from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen -- both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

The South Region Chief Medical Officer is a key senior management position responsible for providing leadership, management, and strategic direction to ensure the delivery of high quality, cost-effective health care consistent with the mission of CommonSpirit Health to better meet the needs of the community. The Region CMO works to improve clinical performance, oversee conversion to evidence-based medicine, head up safety initiatives and direct quality assurance for the South Region and in collaboration with FMG. The Region CMO will oversee physician credentialing and privileging, evaluate and manage physician performance to optimize quality of care to our patients and serve as a liaison between the physicians, administration and community organizations. The CMO provides on-going counsel and advice to the market and facility CMOs, Medical Directors, and other elected medical staff officers on physician matters. The Region CMO assures compliance with corporate policies, by laws and mission statement of the organization and assure medical staff efforts meet or exceed standards of the various accrediting and approving bodies. The Region CMO will work closely his/her counterparts within CommonSpirit. The Region CMO will work collaboratively with the Leadership Team in all aspects of Region affairs and is accountable for the clinical excellence of medical care through the development, implementation and evaluation of the South Region clinical effectiveness process that requires the integration of provider staff, South Region management, and employees in collaborative working relationships.

Job duties require considerable knowledge of the specialized principles and practices related to health care management in order to evaluate and make viable recommendations for the improving health care delivery system(s) and enhancing organizational effectiveness and efficiency. Also requires considerable leadership expertise relating to business planning, process improvement, budget administration and personnel management. Performance improvement efforts cover a variety of processes, and an incumbent must be sufficiently knowledgeable to recognize important synergies and opportunities in clinical outcomes, cost containment, patient safety/satisfaction and regulatory compliance.

Operational Accountability:

• • Leads and oversees, through subordinate directors/managers, the programs, systems, operations and resources of the assigned facility/clinical area(s) to assure the safe and appropriate delivery of diagnostic and therapeutic patient care, achievement of clinical core measurement scores, and to ensure that all activities are conducted in a timely and cost-effective manner and in compliance with organizational values, professional standards, internal policies/standards/procedures and applicable regulatory requirements.
  • Provides executive oversight with respect to all aspects of patient care within the assigned clinical area(s) and ensures the application of consistent practices relating to clinical/administrative operations, customer service, human resources activities and CommonSpirit standards; collaborations with medical staff to develop and implement new clinical systems/programs to enhance existing services and raise the standard of care for the patient population served.  . 
  • Serves as a member of the South Region Leadership team and, as such, provides effective strategic vision, leadership and direction in the overall management of the organization; collaborates with other leadership team members in the common goal of standardization, integration and enhancement of the continuum of services available within designated clinical area(s); participates in the company-wide evaluation of processes and practices to determine the need for change to accommodate shifting business priorities, conditions and objectives.  

Procedures Development/Implementation:

• • Leads and oversees the development, implementation and evaluation of new/revised standards, policies, procedures, protocols and/or general communications in support of assigned clinical area(s) to ensure consistency with the philosophy/values of the organization and compliance with applicable regulatory/accreditation requirements; ensures that all clinical and related support activities are fully documented in accordance with the standards and practices of the organization. 

Resource Management/Budget Administration:

• • Determines operating/capital resources needed to accomplish the performance objectives of the assigned facility/clinical area(s) and leads/oversees activities and resources in a manner that is fiscally responsible and in accordance with CommonSpirit Health policies and standards; leads/oversees the development  of the annual operating/capital budget, ensuring alignment/optimization of resources towards achievement of financial goals; exercises effective cost control by monitoring and directing the adjustment of expenses as necessary to stay within budget; directs the preparation of complete and accurate  financial, budget, activity and productivity information including variance reports, financial projections and other statistical reports; keeps appropriate parties appraised of all issues with potential for budgetary/financial impact.

Staff Management and Development:

• • Directs and evaluates the work of management staff in accordance with the content, spirit and intent of applicable internal/external regulations and standards for human resource management; ensures adequate staffing levels for appropriate coverage to meet budgetary and operational objectives and that staff are qualified and properly trained to perform assigned job duties; makes employment decisions, establishes performance standards and evaluates  management staff performance; counsels/develops management staff and addresses performance management concerns and technical issues elevated by subordinates as beyond the their scope of authority.

Short- and Long-Term Planning:

• • Anticipates and recognizes the evolving factors that affect current/future needs, and leads/oversees the development of strategies/initiatives/programs/projects to support future growth of clinical area(s) and address matter such as:  provision of new services, standardization of policies/practices across the organization, increasing market share, maximizing revenues, cross-selling services, improving efficacy/cost-effectiveness of clinical services provided, enhancing patient outcomes/satisfaction and others of similar complexity and consequence; understands and ensures the full optimization of available information technology to achievement of overall business objectives; directs the development of formal strategic/tactical plans, to include both short- and long-term business planning, with full accountability for achievement of plan objectives; presents and gains Leadership Team support for recommendations and leads/oversees project management efforts to develop/implement planning objectives.  

Regulatory Compliance:

• • Ensures full compliance with internal/external legal and regulatory standards and requirements, and effective control procedures are in place and fully functioning to preclude improprieties from occurring; monitors the effectiveness of current practices in meeting expectations and producing desired results. 
  • Keeps abreast of changing regulatory requirements/regulation, clinical/professional standards, changing customer demographics and competitive industry practices impacting assigned functions, as well as organizational initiatives/changes with potential to impact current strategies, programs and resources; determines nature/scope of impact on existing activities and determines effective response/solution while maintaining acceptable service levels and work quality.
    

Business Development/Marketing:

• • Works collaboratively with South Region Marketing/Communications Dept. to develop effective marketing strategies and promotional materials for the clinical area(s) that are designed to enhance awareness, expand market share and increase revenues to the South Region; identifies and implements strategies/opportunities to differentiate the South Region programs and services from those of other healthcare providers; participates in community awareness activities to promote clinical programs/services.
  • Cultivates and maintains professional relationships with primary customers of the clinical area(s) including medical directors, physicians, physician groups, patients, supply vendors and external entities to foster opportunities for revenue enhancement, enhanced customer service and to positively impact core clinical measures.

Performance/Quality Improvement:

• • Leads and oversees the development, implementation and evaluation of systems/initiatives/programs to facilitate performance/quality improvements in keeping with strategic objectives and regulatory requirements; conducts ongoing assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the assigned clinical area(s) to better understand/identify future needs and challenges; evaluates existing systems/program/priorities and future potential to make recommendations for growth, expansion, new services and solvency of existing services based on market demographics and volume projections; develops and presents comprehensive recommendations regarding the viability of specific systems/projects; plans and directs quality process improvement initiatives/projects to ensure achievement of business objectives.

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Education and Experience:

• • Requires MD or DO degree with Board Certification in a medical or surgical specialty (does not need to be current).
  • Post Graduate Management degree (MBA, MHA or similar) preferred.
  • A record of successful clinical practice augmented by five (5) to seven (7) years of leadership experience in a multi-hospital system, integrated delivery network as CMO/VP Medical Affairs.
  • Employed physician group experience preferred. 

Required Licensure and Certification:

• • License to practice medicine, full and unrestricted