Vice President, Hospital Chief Medical Officer - Mount Hood Medical Center

Location

Gresham, OR | United States

Job description

The Hospital Chief Medical Officer (HCMO) is responsible for driving clinical excellence, academics, and research in service of our patients and the communities we serve. They report directly to the system CMO, with a dotted line relationship to the Hospital President. Working as a triad with the Hospital President and Hospital Chief Nursing Officer, the HCMO will serve as an influential leader to promote safe, high quality care and clinical operations and will contribute to the strategy, growth, operations and financial viability of Mt. Hood Medical Center and its service area.

They will play a leading role in promoting great patient care while collaborating with clinical service lines, medical staff, and operational leadership. They will apply lean principles and process improvement methodologies to improve quality, patient safety and other physician/provider related initiatives. The HCMO will work with medical center leadership, the Medical Executive Committee, and the Legacy Medical Group to evaluate and optimize our multidisciplinary team structure to lead the strategic growth of the medical staff. They will inspire and develop a physician and advanced practice provider culture rooted in a commitment to excellence, quality, safety and above all else, doing the right thing.

Additionally, the HCMO will be involved with Legacy Health’s system integration, working on quality and clinical initiatives that cross system lines in support of our patients and the overall organization. The HCMO must know how to carefully balance the health system with the vision and goals of the medical center. They must leverage the value of the system while remaining focused on the day-to-day operations of the medical center and the community it serves.   

Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center is East County’s full-service hospital, always expanding to meet the community’s growing needs and offering an award-winning patient experience delivered with a personal touch. We offer advanced imaging, a modern emergency department, a welcoming family birth center, surgical services, intensive care, cancer care, gastroenterology and more.

In addition to maintaining a small clinical practice, the HCMO will be charged with continuous improvement of medical center results, while adapting to internal and external opportunities.  

• Boost adoption of clinical care standards to support Legacy Health’s top priority of becoming the safest place to deliver and receive care. 
• Champion clinical change and exceed benchmark performance in quality, safety, financial viability, patient experience, employee engagement, physician/provider satisfaction, and culture/organizational development goals.
• Utilize principles of continuous process improvement to evolve organizational structures and operating models to advance provider support of Legacy Health mission, vision, and priorities. 
• Collaborate with the Hospital President and Hospital CNO in applying systems thinking to site level strategic planning, fostering the values supporting the objectives of Legacy Health, and assuring operational standardization. 
• Work with hospital leadership to increase patient value, improve patient-centered operations and oversee high value care initiatives. 
• Practice principles of diversity, equity and inclusion within their leadership approach 
• Develop provider talent and a strong medical center culture through partnering with colleagues in organization development & learning. 
• Establish strong community partnerships to enhance Legacy’s network and advise on market strategy. 
• Champion medical center and Legacy Health priorities and partnerships with the community, government, public service organizations and local affiliates. 
• L end provider perspective on information systems and medical center initiatives that involve management systems, tools, and analytics to enable organizational agility and enhanced care management. 
• Encourage strong triad working relationship across the medical center and between provider, nurse and administrative leaders and staff.
• Create an environment of inclusivity and diversity across the organization; ensure that the organization is responsive to the diverse communities it serves. 
• Build an accountable structure in synergy with the site medical executive committee that supports exceptional execution toward the system’s goals. 
• In partnership with medical center and Legacy Medical Group leadership, inform allocation of capital and human resources to ensure staffing patterns, mix and levels best meet patient/customer needs and evolving models of care .
• Advance a culture of trust and partnership by fostering psychological safety 
• Help build a physician and provider leadership pipeline and support professional and personal development and succession planning.
• Will have direct responsibility for employed physicians and/or contracted physician leaders 
• Other duties as assigned

The successful candidate will be a talented physician leader with experience as a clinical leader, preferably as a medical director, chair or other senior leader. This role will include some clinical practice.

The ideal candidate will possess:  

• M.D. or D.O degree.
• Medical specialty board certification.
• Eligibility for licensure for the applicable state; acquired within 6 months of start date.
• A minimum of seven years of active medical practice.
• Master’s degree in Health Care Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, or a related field is desirable.
• A strong desire to learn all aspects of health care administration including inpatient and outpatient clinical operations, finance, physician/provider relations, physician network development, information technology, human resources, government relations, board relations, marketing, strategic planning, and vendor/payer contract negotiations. 
• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills that foster an informed and engaged team including other clinicians and medical staff, and that assure successful relationship building with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Leverages a collaborative style to support and enrich their multidisciplinary team.
• The ability to lead with influence. Be recognized as a change champion, skilled at promoting understanding and getting individuals and teams to work cooperatively. 
• Familiarity with process improvement philosophies, including lean methodologies, and experience leading or participating in change and improvement is preferred, although not required.
• A proven ability to be a courageous and innovative leader with a “can do attitude” who inspires an organization to do its best and stay the course even in difficult or unfamiliar circumstances. 
• Prior experience as a Chief Medical Officer or similar senior leadership role is preferred, though not required.

LEADING AT LEGACY

Demonstrates the ability to act consistently with Legacy’s Values in Action, exemplifies our core organizational values, and exhibits the leadership competencies outlined in Leading at Legacy.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled

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