Chief Medical Officer

Saint Francis Memorial Hospital is an accredited not-for-profit community hospital that has been providing exceptional health care in San Francisco for more than 100 years. As San Francisco’s only downtown hospital Saint Francis is uniquely situated to care for international and domestic visitors as well as the residents that make up San Francisco’s diverse population.We encourage employee participation at all levels to encourage growth and excellence. Known as the downtown hospital Saint Francis boasts all private rooms and a friendly atmosphere.The hospital is renowned for orthopedics with leading programs in sports medicine joint replacement spine care and occupational medicine. Saint Francis is also known for outstanding acute burn care emergency medicine acute rehabilitation and a nationally-honored cancer care program.

St. Mary’s Medical Center has been caring for the health of San Franciscans since 1857 when it was founded by eight Sisters of Mercy from Ireland. It is an accredited not-for-profit hospital located across the street from Golden Gate Park. It is a full-service acute care facility with more than 575 physicians and 1100 employees who provide high-quality and affordable health care services to the Bay Area community.Home to advanced medical practices such as the nation’s first digital cardiac catheterization laboratory innovating orthopedic and spine surgery and comprehensive rehabilitation and a state-of-the-art cancer center. St. Mary’s Medical Center is one of San Francisco’s leading hospitals offering patients a full range of outpatient and inpatient services delivered with the human touch. Strategies and business development are centered on Oncology Services Cardiac Services and Orthopedics.

Position Summary:

This Chief Medical Officer position has a dual hospital responsibility and oversight. St Mary's Medical Center and Saint Francis Memorial Hospital are located in San Francoisco, CA.

Position Description:

• Develops engagement strategies for independent community physicians hospital-based physicians and other physician groups in the market with the goal ofbuilding cohesion around common clinical vision aligned strategic and economic incentives and advancing quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
• Guide and facilitate the integration of physicians within the Service Area into the strategic direction of Dignity Health ensuring alignment with Dignity Health's mission in the communities served optimizing market position and identifying and pursuing opportunities for further growth. Engages physicians in the expansion of established hospital-centric clinical service lines into clinical service lines that span the Service Area and have a population health management orientation.
• Forms a Physicians Strategy Council that brings physician leaders from the Service Area together to discuss issues that impact physician practices and barriers to greater alignment of physician and hospital goals and objectives. Support multidisciplinary outcome-driven and accountable approach to providing consistent patient experience with predictable outcomes.
• Develops a clinical vision that is aligned with the Service Area's operating model in order to transform the way that care is delivered throughout the market. Works with hospital-based physicians to include hospitalists critical care and emergency medicine physicians to ensure patient transfers are handled swiftly efficiently and in full compliance with required regulations (such as EMTALA) and ensure exceptional clinical and safetyoutcomes are achieved.

Education and Experience:

• Medical degree or DO degree with an active medical license.
• Minimum of five (5) years of clinical experience in specialty. Minimum of five years (5) of management experience in health care.

Licensure:

• Current active unrestricted license to practice medicine in at least one US state or territory and prior (or current) Board Certification in a specialty are required. If the physician is clinically active a current active unrestricted license to practice medicine must be in the state where the assigned facility operates and the Board Certification must be current.