Chief Medical Officer

FLSA STATUS
Exempt

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

• M.D. or D.O. from an accredited medical school

EXPERIENCE

• Five years of experience in a community-based clinical practice setting along with progressive management and/or leadership experience in a health care organization
• Active category member of the medical staff

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Required

• MD - Physician - State Licensure - Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation_PSV Licensed to practice medicine and able to obtain a Texas license and
• Board certified in an approved clinical specialty

Preferred

• Advanced management training preferred

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security
• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles
• Knowledge of fundamentals of patient safety
• Knowledge of fundamentals of quality improvement
• Knowledge of organizational strategies and operational objectives
• Knowledge of the industry and impact of the department on overall objectives
• Demonstrates skill in coaching, counseling and developing others
• Knowledge of management principles, process and procedures
• Skilled in team building, team participation, and achieving organizational success
• Ability to think strategically, insightful decision maker
• Ability to analyze and solve problems
• Is knowledgeable of social, economic, and regulatory issues affecting the health care system including the accrediting body and HIPAA

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Identifies opportunities and takes action to build strategic relationships between one’s area and other areas, teams, departments, and units to achieve business goals. Drives the promotion of teamwork within and between departments; participates and/or leads and facilitates department process improvements as needed.
• Promotes a collaborative environment with directors, physicians and staff. Participates in orienting Medical Staff and other hospital staff members to policies and procedures. Supports and enforces behavior standards and procedures for medical staff as it relates to factors that contribute to adverse events and quality of care improvement.
• Provides leadership and communication to maintain a competent and engaged division by conducting regular department meetings to review operational matters, setting goals, and discussing system initiatives that impact department.
• Addresses patient care issues that arise. Provides physician leadership to staff in preparation and review of cases for peer review as needed. Guides the peer review, credentialing and reappointment process.
• Serves as liaison with medical staff to assure appropriate utilization of hospital services/resources. Participates in preparation and presentation of issues to the Board of Trustees. Provides communication and education to the Medical Staff, Hospital Leadership, Staff and Board of Trustees.
• Active participation in the recruitment of medical staff to meet long term objectives. Enhances physician recruitment and retention programs through the development of strategies to support physician practices.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Attends meetings of the Medical Staff and service line meetings as appropriate, providing communication and education to the Medical Staff, Hospital Leadership, Staff and Board of Trustees.
• Partners with HM Information Technology (IT) staff, researchers, and medical staff members to develop IT strategies that will support patient care and quality. Collaborates in the development of physician order entry, bar coding, and other devices in the delivery of clinical care.
• Meets with Directors, CNO and CEO on a regular basis to review appropriate data relating to operations, quality of care, and patient safety, and quality of customer service. Drives department service standards and activities to impact overall score for patient satisfaction, through role modeling and fostering accountability.

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Oversees, provides medical direction and directs the development of a comprehensive quality and patient safety program with practice guidelines, policies and procedures. Role models situational awareness, using teachable moments to improve safety and service, collaborating with physicians and Hospital Leadership. Utilizes change management principles to promote continuous quality improvement.
• Employs a proactive approach in the optimization of safe outcomes, using peer-to-peer accountability and identifying solutions to challenges via collaboration. Provides psychological safety within the organization with an expectation for “stopping the line” if an unsafe condition is identified.
• Communicates with management regarding services and clinical enhancements necessary to maintain or achieve a safe, high quality patient care environment, actively mitigating risk. Provides appropriate medical direction in accordance with all applicable hospital policies and procedures. Participates in accreditation and other surveys as appropriate.
• Leads initiatives related to medical staff clinical effectiveness, which include care path development, disease management, utilization and resource management, performance improvement, outcomes studies and best practices/benchmarking, assuring compliance with hospital and other regulatory safety requirements.
• Oversees investigation and internal reporting of sentinel events and serves as physician champion in PI efforts related to Patient Safety. Serves as the primary investigator for Medical Staff interviews for sentinel events and other medical care questions.

FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Serves as a liaison with medical staff, both full-time and voluntary faculty, collectively and individually, to assure appropriate utilization of hospital services/resources.
• Develops long-range goals, annual objectives, and strategies for the Hospital. Establishes appropriate budget; plan and organize areas of responsibility to accomplish operational and strategic objectives and do so within budget.
• Tracks the effectiveness of initiatives through analysis of clinical information/data and interprets and presents the results to members of the medical staff.

GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Work with Chief Physician Executive, system Executives and other colleagues to develop innovative educational programs that incorporate evolving requirements and paradigms for assigned area(s).
• Proactively evaluates processes; recommends and implements action plan(s) for change. Participates in the development and implementation of new procedures and the review and revision of existing procedures.
• Participates in speaking engagements, presentations or educational rounds to further enhance departmental and system-wide Houston Methodist Serves as a physician champion and change agent for assigned projects.

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• WORK ATTIRE
  • Uniform: No
  • Scrubs: No
  • Business professional: Yes
  • Other (department approved): No
  
  ON-CALL*
  *Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. Disaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below.
  • On Call* Yes
  
  TRAVEL**
  **Travel specifications may vary by department**
  • May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes
  • May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area Yes