Chief Medical Officer (CMO)

Description

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Summary:

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) serves as the leading physician executive for their assigned hospital. In partnership with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), they provide strategic direction and oversight for all clinical and medical operations within the hospital, ensuring high-quality patient care, physician engagement, and alignment with the hospital's mission and strategic goals.

Responsibilities:

Quality and Safety: Oversee the quality and safety of patient care delivered within the hospital. Develop and implement clinical service lines to meet the needs of the community. Be a key member of the clinician recruitment and retention team to build a strong and diverse medical staff. As a member of the senior leadership team, cultivate a culture of quality, safety, and continuous improvement within the medical staff. Oversee physician performance management and credentialing.
Strategic Planning: Partnering with the CNO, develop and implement a comprehensive clinical strategic plan aligned with the hospital's overall strategy. Evaluate and recommend new clinical service offerings based on market needs and capabilities. Partner with hospital leadership on strategic initiatives impacting patient care.
Financial Oversight: Contribute to the hospital's financial health by ensuring clinical services are delivered efficiently and cost- effectively. Work collaboratively with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to manage clinical budgets and resource allocation.
Regulatory Oversight: In partnership with the CEO and CNO ensure adherence to all applicable healthcare regulations and standards (HIPAA, Medicare/Medicaid, JCAHO). Lead the development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure patient safety and regulatory compliance.
Leadership: Keep UNC Health Rockingham leadership and medical staff informed of key UNC Health system initiatives and clinical expectations of UNC Health. Leads in a deliberate and predictable way and operates with transparency. Treats sensitive or confidential information appropriately.
Develop the ability of others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and by providing opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods. Manage and resolve conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner.
Leading People: Lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Encourage workforce engagement by building a commitment to excellence and by promoting the organization's vision internally and externally. Delegate responsibility, clarify expectations and hold others accountable for achieving results related to their area of responsibility. Lead in a deliberate and predictable way and operates with transparency. Treat sensitive or confidential information appropriately. Develop the ability of others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and by providing opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods. Manage and resolve conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner.
Leading Change: Act as a catalyst for organizational change. Influences others to translate vision into action. Bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Establish an organizational vision and implements it in a continuously changing environment. Is open to change and new information and rapidly adapts to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles. Deal effectively with pressure and remain optimistic and persistent, even under adversity. Recover quickly from setbacks. Formulate objectives and priorities and implement plans consistent with the long-term interests of the organization. Capitalize on opportunities and manages risks. Take a long-term view and builds a shared vision with others.
Results Drive: Exceed organizational goals and customer expectations.
Make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Hold self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Deliver high-quality services and is committed to continuous improvement. Foster a culture of safe and compassionate patient care. Make well-informed, timely decisions, even when data are limited, or solutions produce unfavorable results. Position the organization for success by identifying new opportunities and builds the organization by developing and improving services. Lead the budgeting process. Use cost-benefit thinking to set priorities, monitor expenditures in support of programs and policies, and identify cost-effective approaches.

Education Requirements:
* Requires MD or DO from an accredited School of Medicine.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* Board Certification Physician in a clinical discipline.
Professional Experience Requirements:
* Requires a minimum of twelve (12) years of clinical experience, with at least ten (10) years of leadership experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
* Solves complex problems that may have a long-term impact on the business function/line of business. Develops innovative ideas and solutions with significance to the organization's future. Identifies problem areas and skill gaps proactively and addresses them appropriately. Excellent project management and change management skills for designing and implementing Entity, Triangle, or System initiatives in a complex environment.

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC Rockingham Health Care

Organization Unit: RHC Administration

Work Type: Part Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 20.00

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: Eden, NC (Rockingham County)

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.