Chief Medical Officer (Multi-Site)

Title: Chief Medical Officer/Vice President

Site: Advocate Health System

Location: Advocate South Suburban Hospital and Advocate Trinity Hospital

Schedule: Monday-Friday with the ability to accommodate business needs

ABOUT ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE:

In December of 2022, Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health came together to create Advocate Health. Together as one integrated health care system, Advocate Health can now do more, be better and go faster to deliver the best health outcomes, make care more accessible and affordable to all, and help more people live well.

· 3rd Largest Nonprofit Health Care Organization in the United States

· 67 Hospitals Across 6 States

· 1K Sites of Care-150K Team Members-40K Nurses21K Physicians

· 6M Patients

We’re compelled by what’s possible. Advocate Health is redefining how, when and where care is delivered to help people live well. We’re providing equitable care for all in our communities and using our combined strength and expertise to deliver better outcomes at a lower cost.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE:

As the Chief Medical Officer of South Suburban Hospital and Trinity Hospital, you will be responsible for the continuation and further development of positive, mutually supportive relationships between hospital administration, the medical staff, and Advocate Health Care clinical integration initiatives. As such, the Vice President/CMO will work closely with both administrative staff, members of the medical staff and its leadership, and Advocate clinical integration division to maintain the high quality of the medical staff and to assist the medical staff's participation in furthering the mission of Advocate Health Care.

The CMO exercises direct supervisory responsibility for quality assurance/quality improvement, medical staff services, risk management, case management, utilization management, social services, infection control, and any others as assigned and which are directly responsible to him/her for their capital and operating budgets, departmental planning as well as their clinical departmental supervisory functions.

Administrative:

• As a member of senior leadership, provides regular input into the strategic planning and resource allocation processes of the hospital. With the Chief Executive Officer and the President of Medical Staff investigates and studies new developments in medical practice techniques and initiates medical staff and administrative discussion of the implementation of new procedures, participates in the development and implementation of new patient care programs, and consideration of hospital/medical staff/Advocate ventures.
• Participates in the annual operating and capital budget preparation and is responsible for the budgets of medical staff services and other areas of direct reporting or integrating medical staff and clinical issues into the hospital's planning, budgeting, and marketing process.
• Represents the hospital on assigned internal and external committees, task forces, commissions, agencies and by promotional or public relations efforts regarding medical/clinical affairs. Also, monitors and interprets legislative and administrative activities which may impact the medical staff and the organization.
• Provides staff support to and regularly reports to the hospital governing council on matters of clinical excellence and medical staff development.
• Represents the hospital and medical staff on committees and with strategic initiatives associated with Advocate clinical integration division.
• Serves as an ex-officio member of all medical staff committees, serving to integrate the activities of the various committees with each other, and with the overall goals of the hospital and Advocate Health Care.
• Performs other duties as required relative to medical affairs but always with full awareness of the complexity of the medical organization and the rights of others. Participates as a member of the Advocate Medical Management Team.

Medical Staff:

• Establishes priorities and directs the staff and activities of the medical staff services including providing services support for medical staff governance. This support will include involvement in and oversight responsibilities for physician services, credentialing, bylaws, orientation of new physicians, medical staff committees, and providing the medical staff chairmen with intervention assistance in medical staff counseling and discipline.
• In concert with the President of Medical Staff, receives, investigates, and where possible, resolves conflicts referred by the medical staff, and reports complaints against members of the medical staff to the appropriate bodies.

Regulatory Organizations:

• Assists the hospital and related affiliated operations in meeting Accrediting Organization guidelines, licensure requirements, and in achieving quality assurance objectives.
• Maintains an expert knowledge of Accrediting Organization standards and guidelines, as well as clinical standards for federal programs and state licensure requirements, including proposed changes.

Clinical:

• Reviews the delivery of services and care provided to patients for medical necessity, appropriateness, and conformance to professional standards as determined by the appropriate medical staff committees.
• Pursues clinical activities to maintain professional identity and proficiency, as well as credibility

Quality Management:

• Provides leadership and oversight to department chairs and medical staff officers in matters related to medical staff quality assurance, risk management and utilization review activities, develops standards to improve quality outcomes, both clinically and administratively, to ensure the highest standards in the treatment and care of patients, and to ensure compliance with the hospital's goals and objectives and all relevant licensing and accrediting bodies.
• Provides leadership and vision in the development of clinical guidelines and care pathways. Ensures that medical records, medical information, and charting systems are administered in an orderly and systematic manner and accurately reflect the data upon which treatment is based and the actual treatment provided.

Education:

• Provides direction for continuing medical education programs for the medical staff.

Network Development:

• Advises the Chief Executive Officer of the hospital and Advocate clinical integration division in the development and implementation of joint ventures, physician practice acquisitions and merges.
• Along with the President of the PHO, and PHO medical director, implements clinical integration strategies of Advocate Health Partners.

Information Systems:

• Participates in information systems development to allow feedback to physicians regarding practice patterns, performance and resource utilization, particularly in support of care management activities.
• Develops and maintains a clinical data management system for the simultaneous review of the
• appropriateness, effectiveness and cost-efficiency of patient care.
• Assures proper analysis of data occurs to identify patterns and trends and reports the ongoing result of quality review to medical staff departments and individual members.
• Serves as medical staff liaison for information systems education and implementation.
• Accountable for training of the medical staff and the effective use of clinical information systems, i.e. CareConnection, eICU, PACs, etc. to support clinical excellence and patient safety.

Care Management:

• Develops and implements care management systems and processes to reduce LOS in high-impact DRGs.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

Education: Doctorate Degree in Medicine

Certification/License: Medicine and Surgery, MD-DO license issued by the state in which the team member practices.

Required Management Experience:

• Minimum 5 years clinical experience.
• Minimum 3 years management experience within an acute hospital. May include prior experience as chair of major medical staff committee or medical staff leadership experience (medical staff officer, medical department chair.)
• Demonstrated continuous education in management and leadership development. Willingness to attend educational courses to advance knowledge.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Exceptional written and verbal communication and general interactive skills. Experience with and commitment to Accrediting Organization and NCQA performance improvement expectations for health care organizations; familiarity with HEDIS 3 indicators for quality.
• Total commitment to customer service; (identified customers are physician community, patient community, payers of health care services, Advocate associates.) Experience with physician education design and implementation.
• Experience with and commitment to continuous performance and quality improvement methodology.
• (Identify, collaborate, understand, improve, mentor, assess). Inherent identification with Advocate values.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Position may require travel which may result in exposure to road and weather hazards.
• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.
• This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

At Advocate Health Care

We pride ourselves on taking care of our people. And not just our patients—we mean you, too. We help each other live well. When you work at Advocate, you get the chance to work with a dedicated team that’s as passionate about the work as you are. Here, you’ll find limitless opportunities for ongoing learning, career advancement, competitive compensation, and a stable work environment. But more than that, you can change lives—including your own.