Primary City/State:
Osborn Medical Center Category:
Physician Providers Shift:
Day Department:
Hospital Administration
Hours: Monday-Friday -- .5 FTE -- 20-25 hours per week
Location: Hospital based role, partnering with CMO - Will be based out of Four Peaks, Osborn, or John C. Lincoln Medical Center
Dedicated role to physician executive oversight for daily hospital operations. Close collaboration with hospital CMO.
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Responsibilities:
JOB SUMMARY
Under the direction of the assigned Hospital Chief Medical Officer, the Associate Chief Medical Officer provides physician executive leadership for hospital and clinical operations across an assigned portfolio. The role partners with Hospital Chief Medical Officers, Hospital Administrators, nursing leaders, medical staff leaders, and operational leaders to translate organizational strategy into reliable clinical execution.
The Associate Chief Medical Officer provides visible and responsive physician leadership for patient flow, quality and patient safety, utilization, medical staff activities, case management, physician engagement, and operational issue resolution. The role supports consistent clinical standards, strengthens accountability across clinical and operational teams, and helps resolve barriers affecting safe, timely, efficient, and appropriate patient care.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Physician Leadership for Hospital Operations: Partners with Hospital Chief Medical Officers, Hospital Administrators, nursing leadership, and operational leaders to provide physician leadership for daily hospital operations. Participates in applicable operational huddles and leadership forums; identifies clinical and operational barriers; clarifies ownership; supports timely escalation; and maintains alignment among physicians, medical staff, and operational teams.
Patient Flow and Throughput: Leads and supports improvement of patient flow and throughput, including capacity management, transitions of care, discharge barriers, length-of-stay performance, and escalation of issues affecting the safe, timely, and appropriate movement of patients through the hospital and across the care continuum.
Quality and Patient Safety: Provides physician leadership for quality and patient safety activities. Participates in applicable safety escalation, event-review, and improvement processes; evaluates clinical and operational concerns; promotes a culture of safety; and supports implementation and monitoring of corrective and preventive actions.
Medical Staff Leadership and Governance: Participates in applicable medical staff departments, committees, and governance forums. Supports communication, issue resolution, and alignment among medical staff leadership, hospital administration, and clinical operations. Escalates material concerns through established medical staff and administrative channels.
Clinical Performance Improvement: Provides physician leadership for priority clinical performance programs. Uses clinical, quality, safety, utilization, and operational data to identify unwarranted variation, establish improvement priorities, support action plans, and monitor outcomes.
Utilization and Case Management: Partners with case management, utilization management, nursing, physicians, physician advisors, and operational leaders through length-of-stay rounds, utilization-management committees, and related forums. Helps resolve barriers to efficient and medically appropriate care, strengthens transitions, and supports responsible stewardship of organizational…