Chief Medical Officer, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake, Canyons Region

Chief Medical Officer, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake, Canyons Region

The Chief Medical Officer, Quaternary Hospital, works in partnership with hospital administrative, physician, and nursing leaders, to help define, establish, and direct clinical care teams, provide medical direction and leadership, and serve as liaison between the medical staff and administration. The Chief Medical Officer ensures extraordinary patient care and experience with optimal caregiver engagement through the fundamentals of care: Safety, Quality, Access, Patient Experience, Engaged Caregivers, and Stewardship.

Quaternary Hospitals are defined as services that include high complexity and serve a total of 600,000 Attributed Network Lives. Quaternary hospitals include: Intermountain Medical Center and Primary Children's Hospital. The Chief Medical Officer is an integral part of the hospital executive team, is the physician leader in the hospital, and is responsible for the coordination and function of all aspects of hospital medical affairs.

The Chief Medical Officer works collaboratively with all disciplines (e.g., specialty care, community care, clinical programs, shared clinical services, clinically integrated networks). The Chief Medical Officer serves as a hospital-wide champion for medical management and provides leadership oversight and support for the development of a culture of high reliability and the measurement of care by identifying opportunities, building relationships, and executing on strategies to drive the performance and measured improvement of all physicians and advanced practice providers (APP).

Job Essentials

• Safety : Assists in compliance education with appropriate standards required by all governmental and regulatory agencies.
• Quality : Ensures that evidence-based clinical care standards for physicians and APP's are established, communicated, and effectively implemented across the hospital.
• Patient Experience : Champions and helps drive improvement in patient experience amongst all caregivers.
• Access : Participates in hospital strategic direction and initiatives in collaboration with system leaders, including physician and APP recruitment.
• Stewardship : Participates in the development of capital and operating budgets for the hospital.
• Engaged Caregivers : Builds relationships with physician, nursing, and administrative leaders to help achieve the Intermountain Mission.

Minimum Qualifications

• M.D. or D.O Education must be obtained through an accredited institution.
• Board certified in relevant medical specialty.
• Active Medical Licensure, or in the process of obtaining licensure.
• Three years of experience leading successful improvement in clinical settings.
• Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Public Health or another business-related field.
• Trained in improvement science (i.e., Six Sigma, Lean, Project Management, Advanced Training Program).

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.