Chief Medical Officer

Overview

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the .

from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four .

residents. 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 primary role of this position is to provide skilled management and strategic leadership functions for the Hospital that results in effective planning, monitoring of the quality of patient care, resource utilization across all departments and service line development.

This position Provides physician oversight over such activities as Quality Management, patient safety, patient experience, Medical Staff Office, fostering a positive relationship with medical staff and any other duties as assigned.

This individual shall assume a facilitative role to assist the President of the medical Staff, its officers, and department chairs in carrying out their responsibilities.

Sets policies and procedures and ensures all

services meet the objectives of the organization.

Responsibilities

• The Chief Medical Officer will be responsible for Quality, Patient Safety, Medical Staff Department and be a liaison between administration and the medical staff.
• 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 Healths 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 Areas 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.

Qualifications

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.