Sedgwick County Health Center
Chief Medical Officer
Sedgwick County Health Center, Julesburg, Colorado, United States, 80737
$330,000-$375,000
Position Purpose:
Under general supervision of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) directs and coordinates all clinical activities regarding the delivery of health services and serves as a member of the senior management team. The CMO is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and enforcing acceptable professional and ethical standards of the medical staff according to its policies, procedures, philosophy, and objectives. Assists the CEO in assuring the hospital, clinics, nursing home, and assisted living center meet all related local, state, and federal rules and regulations. Coordinates and directs patient care in the facility according to adopted policies/procedures, state and federal regulations and standards. The CMO will provide leadership to employed, contracted, aligned medical staff and contracted medical directors. The CMO will work collaboratively with Administration on both a strategic and operational level to develop and oversee system objectives and services. In addition, the Chief Medical Officer will serve as a practicing Family Medicine Physician.
Core Responsibilities:
Every effort has been made to make this job description as complete as possible. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties the incumbent will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or is a logical assignment to the position.
Provides leadership to employed, contracted, aligned medical staff and contracted medical directors. Works collaboratively with Administration on both a strategic and operational level to develop and oversee hospital objectives and services.
Serves as a member of the Executive Leadership Team.
Provides a blend of organizational leadership and direct clinical care.
Provides supervision and clinical oversight of all clinicians.
Provides a physician voice in organizational decision-making.
Develops and maintains collegial relationships with physicians and clinical staff to promote engagement and quality patient care.
Provides guidance and engages peer providers in initiatives to define and ensure effective delivery of medical services in compliance with local, state and federal law, and rules and regulations pertaining to the practice of medicine.
Provides physician leadership and engages providers in development of patient care policies, protocols and procedures. Serves as an organizational resource for medical directors.
Facilitates, intervenes and moderates provider-provider, provider-patient, provider-resident, provider-staff concerns in collaboration with other appropriate providers and hospital leadership.
Advises Administration on clinical strategy development and recommends resolution to medical and administrative issues and problems.
Responsible for monitoring and improving the quality of the patient and resident experience, as measured by regularly administered patient satisfaction surveys.
Responsible for reviewing chart notes and chart structure, to ensure compliance with charting standards.
Participates in committees to support clinical outcomes analysis and quality initiatives.
Ensures appointment and reappointment to the medical staff and allied health staff are compliant with sound privileging practices.
Works in collaboration with department directors to establish goals and performance measures.
Monitors practice patterns, presents data analysis and interpretation, and initiates performance improvement activities.
Serves as liaison and organization resource to the physician peer review process.
Assists with screening and recommendation for physician, physician associate, and nurse-practitioner applicants for employment.
Practices within legal, ethical and professional boundaries. Maintains expertise in primary service line.
Serves as a role model by demonstrating positive team-based behaviors.
Shows commitment to personal professional growth through the pursuit of advanced knowledge and skills.
Abides by the SCHC Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct.
Contributes to the daily operations of the hospital, clinics, nursing home, and assisted living center by performing other roles as needed.
Additional Responsibilities:
Provides and manages direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses, and treatment for a specified patient population.
Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
Refers patients to specialists and to relevant patient care components as appropriate.
Trains and supervises medical students and residents engaged in specialty activities and procedures, as appropriate.
May manage the daily operations of a specific medical program, patient care unit, or research function.
Directs and coordinates the patient care activities of nursing and support staff as required.
Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
As appropriate to the position, participates in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Serves on appropriate committees.
Attends classes, in-services, and meetings as required.
Performs other duties as assigned within a timely manner.
Attending staff meetings and participate as appropriate.
Qualifications:
Education: Doctoral degree required – Medical degree with board certification in chosen field. MBA, MHA or MPH preferred.
Experience: 8 years’ experience required – Clinical practice, with participation in leadership roles within the medical staff or other health system leadership roles. Prior supervisory and management experience in a primary care setting or prior experience in a Chief Medical Officer role preferred.
Licensure/Certification: Current and non-restricted medical license required in the state of Texas.
Core Competencies:
Knowledge:
Must possess knowledge of medical staff, regulatory and legal, and accreditation requirements.
Demonstrated knowledge of managed care and health policy that encourages visionary thinking.
Knowledge of modern national trends in hospital technology, quality, and patient safety.
Skills:
Skilled in effectively handling multiple conflicting assignments, demands, and priorities.
Skilled in influencing physician behaviors; partnering and problem solving with physicians and administrative leaders within multiple clinical areas and among members of the medical staff.
Abilities:
Ability to analyze complex problems and develop recommendations and solutions.
Ability to function in a collaborative and interdisciplinary manner with other medical staff, as well as staff in other departments in order to maximize the well-being of our patients.
Ability to navigate a highly matrixed organizational structure with skill and efficiency.
Latitude, Contacts/Interactions:
All positions of Sedgwick County Health Center are part of an interdisciplinary team, and as such, participate in the care and service delivery process through effective interaction with other team members. Primarily interacts with hospital staff, medical staff, patients, and visitors. Reports to the Chief Executive Officer.
Physical Demands & Working Conditions:
Frequent: sitting, standing, walking, & reaching. Occasional: bending, squatting, lifting, carrying, pushing, & pulling. Visual and hearing acuity required. Work is inside, with good ventilation and comfortable temperature. Possible exposure to: toxic/caustic chemicals or detergents, moving mechanical parts, potential electric shock, radiant energy, communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens.
Qualifications & Requirements:
Applicant must have received an MD or DO degree from an approved school of medicine or osteopathy. Licensed as an MD or DO in the State of Colorado.
Applicant must have completed an approved internship and residency program, approved by the American Board of Family Medicine.
Applicant must hold board certification or become certified within five years of completion of residency training by an appropriate specialty board.
Documentation of current competence (evidence of providing patient care to at least 60 patients during the last 24 months).
DEA registration with prescriptive authority.
Current CPR, BLS, ATLS & ACLS Certifications.
Equal Opportunity:
Sedgwick County Health Center is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. Sedgwick County Health Center is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please e-mail Brad in Human Resources at behmke@schealth.org.
Job Type:
Full-time
Pay:
$330,000.00 - $375,000.00 per year
Benefits:
401(k)
Dental insurance
Employee discount
Flexible schedule
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Medical Specialty:
Primary Care
Ability to Relocate:
Julesburg, CO 80737: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location:
In person
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Position Purpose:
Under general supervision of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) directs and coordinates all clinical activities regarding the delivery of health services and serves as a member of the senior management team. The CMO is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and enforcing acceptable professional and ethical standards of the medical staff according to its policies, procedures, philosophy, and objectives. Assists the CEO in assuring the hospital, clinics, nursing home, and assisted living center meet all related local, state, and federal rules and regulations. Coordinates and directs patient care in the facility according to adopted policies/procedures, state and federal regulations and standards. The CMO will provide leadership to employed, contracted, aligned medical staff and contracted medical directors. The CMO will work collaboratively with Administration on both a strategic and operational level to develop and oversee system objectives and services. In addition, the Chief Medical Officer will serve as a practicing Family Medicine Physician.
Core Responsibilities:
Every effort has been made to make this job description as complete as possible. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties the incumbent will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or is a logical assignment to the position.
Provides leadership to employed, contracted, aligned medical staff and contracted medical directors. Works collaboratively with Administration on both a strategic and operational level to develop and oversee hospital objectives and services.
Serves as a member of the Executive Leadership Team.
Provides a blend of organizational leadership and direct clinical care.
Provides supervision and clinical oversight of all clinicians.
Provides a physician voice in organizational decision-making.
Develops and maintains collegial relationships with physicians and clinical staff to promote engagement and quality patient care.
Provides guidance and engages peer providers in initiatives to define and ensure effective delivery of medical services in compliance with local, state and federal law, and rules and regulations pertaining to the practice of medicine.
Provides physician leadership and engages providers in development of patient care policies, protocols and procedures. Serves as an organizational resource for medical directors.
Facilitates, intervenes and moderates provider-provider, provider-patient, provider-resident, provider-staff concerns in collaboration with other appropriate providers and hospital leadership.
Advises Administration on clinical strategy development and recommends resolution to medical and administrative issues and problems.
Responsible for monitoring and improving the quality of the patient and resident experience, as measured by regularly administered patient satisfaction surveys.
Responsible for reviewing chart notes and chart structure, to ensure compliance with charting standards.
Participates in committees to support clinical outcomes analysis and quality initiatives.
Ensures appointment and reappointment to the medical staff and allied health staff are compliant with sound privileging practices.
Works in collaboration with department directors to establish goals and performance measures.
Monitors practice patterns, presents data analysis and interpretation, and initiates performance improvement activities.
Serves as liaison and organization resource to the physician peer review process.
Assists with screening and recommendation for physician, physician associate, and nurse-practitioner applicants for employment.
Practices within legal, ethical and professional boundaries. Maintains expertise in primary service line.
Serves as a role model by demonstrating positive team-based behaviors.
Shows commitment to personal professional growth through the pursuit of advanced knowledge and skills.
Abides by the SCHC Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct.
Contributes to the daily operations of the hospital, clinics, nursing home, and assisted living center by performing other roles as needed.
Additional Responsibilities:
Provides and manages direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses, and treatment for a specified patient population.
Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
Refers patients to specialists and to relevant patient care components as appropriate.
Trains and supervises medical students and residents engaged in specialty activities and procedures, as appropriate.
May manage the daily operations of a specific medical program, patient care unit, or research function.
Directs and coordinates the patient care activities of nursing and support staff as required.
Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
As appropriate to the position, participates in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Serves on appropriate committees.
Attends classes, in-services, and meetings as required.
Performs other duties as assigned within a timely manner.
Attending staff meetings and participate as appropriate.
Qualifications:
Education: Doctoral degree required – Medical degree with board certification in chosen field. MBA, MHA or MPH preferred.
Experience: 8 years’ experience required – Clinical practice, with participation in leadership roles within the medical staff or other health system leadership roles. Prior supervisory and management experience in a primary care setting or prior experience in a Chief Medical Officer role preferred.
Licensure/Certification: Current and non-restricted medical license required in the state of Texas.
Core Competencies:
Knowledge:
Must possess knowledge of medical staff, regulatory and legal, and accreditation requirements.
Demonstrated knowledge of managed care and health policy that encourages visionary thinking.
Knowledge of modern national trends in hospital technology, quality, and patient safety.
Skills:
Skilled in effectively handling multiple conflicting assignments, demands, and priorities.
Skilled in influencing physician behaviors; partnering and problem solving with physicians and administrative leaders within multiple clinical areas and among members of the medical staff.
Abilities:
Ability to analyze complex problems and develop recommendations and solutions.
Ability to function in a collaborative and interdisciplinary manner with other medical staff, as well as staff in other departments in order to maximize the well-being of our patients.
Ability to navigate a highly matrixed organizational structure with skill and efficiency.
Latitude, Contacts/Interactions:
All positions of Sedgwick County Health Center are part of an interdisciplinary team, and as such, participate in the care and service delivery process through effective interaction with other team members. Primarily interacts with hospital staff, medical staff, patients, and visitors. Reports to the Chief Executive Officer.
Physical Demands & Working Conditions:
Frequent: sitting, standing, walking, & reaching. Occasional: bending, squatting, lifting, carrying, pushing, & pulling. Visual and hearing acuity required. Work is inside, with good ventilation and comfortable temperature. Possible exposure to: toxic/caustic chemicals or detergents, moving mechanical parts, potential electric shock, radiant energy, communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens.
Qualifications & Requirements:
Applicant must have received an MD or DO degree from an approved school of medicine or osteopathy. Licensed as an MD or DO in the State of Colorado.
Applicant must have completed an approved internship and residency program, approved by the American Board of Family Medicine.
Applicant must hold board certification or become certified within five years of completion of residency training by an appropriate specialty board.
Documentation of current competence (evidence of providing patient care to at least 60 patients during the last 24 months).
DEA registration with prescriptive authority.
Current CPR, BLS, ATLS & ACLS Certifications.
Equal Opportunity:
Sedgwick County Health Center is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. Sedgwick County Health Center is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please e-mail Brad in Human Resources at behmke@schealth.org.
Job Type:
Full-time
Pay:
$330,000.00 - $375,000.00 per year
Benefits:
401(k)
Dental insurance
Employee discount
Flexible schedule
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Medical Specialty:
Primary Care
Ability to Relocate:
Julesburg, CO 80737: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location:
In person
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