Market Chief Medical Officer-Sioux City
Location
Sioux City, IA | United States
Job description
Overview
UnityPoint-St Luke's Hospital
Part-Time
Days
As a collaborative member of the Market Leadership team, the Market Chief Medical Officer (CMO) leads clinical/provider performance for the market. This role aligns and maximizes provider performance to produce demonstrable value to the patient and community. This role drives implementation of UnityPoint Health (UPH) care delivery strategies in the market ensuring outcomes are achieved. In addition, the Market Medical Officer acts internally as the primary liaison between the Organized Medical Staff and Administration and externally as the primary liaison for clinical matters to the larger physician community in the market service area. The CMO, as part of the Market Leadership team is responsible for the oversight of local care delivery including clinical quality, patient safety, peer review and engagement and Medical Staff relationships and governance. The CMO works in a dyad relationship with the Market Chief Nursing Officer.
Why UnityPoint Health?
- Culture – At UnityPoint Health, you matter . Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.
- Benefits – Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options like 401K match, paid time off and education assistance that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment – We’re committed to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
- Development – We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
- Community Involvement – Be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.
Hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work at
Responsibilities
Fostering Relationships, Driving Quality, and Agent of Change
- Builds relationships and partnerships with employed and aligned physicians to drive performance in the Market. Collaborates across the physician community bringing different specialties and groups together to implement care delivery efforts.
- Leads the pursuit of top decile performance in quality and patient experience for the Market. With a focus on execution, creates accountability for results within the Market and builds the discipline and capacity for achieving results.
- Agent of Transformation. Creates the case for transformation by articulating the rationale for the change and linking change to UPH goals. Utilizes a data driven approach with a keen focus on the benefits to the patient first and team second. Recognizes and employs strategies that foster adoption of change and accelerates outcomes.
- Culture Champion. Works collaboratively with the Market President and Market Chief Nursing Officer to reinforce organizational structures, systems and processes that support a patient centered, physician driven culture. Ensures the involvement of physicians in decision-making relative to care delivery and seeks input frequently on ways to improve the patient or physician experience.
Local Operational Leader and Medical Staff Development
- With a focus on quality, innovation, and clinical excellence, the CMO provides leadership and direction in the Market for the implementation of patient care and provider engagement strategies.
- Oversees the execution of patient care policies and strategies, ensures the provision of clinically proven effective care.
- Implements patient care policies and policy frameworks that guide how UPH’s patient care mission is carried out.
- Works closely and collaboratively within the Division and across UPH to advance health care services and strategies that support reductions in harm, mortality, variations in care and readmissions.
- Participates as a member of the Market Leadership Team, driving operational execution including but not limited to budgetary, clinical outcome, staffing, Administrative On-Call duties, and other.
- Liaison between the Medical Staff and Administration/Board of Directors providing leadership over the Credentials and Privileges process, direct subsequent review of care including peer review, direct required regulatory and voluntary outcomes reporting, and review and implement standards established by regulatory agencies.
- Practices and reflects knowledge of HIPAA, TJC, DNV, DIA, OSHA and other federal/state/county regulatory agencies guiding healthcare.
- Responsible for constant important and necessary interactions with a multitude of stakeholders, both internally and externally (e.g., public officials, legal, employees, employed and aligned/non-aligned physicians, etc.)
- As needed, partner with affiliated rural hospitals and their medical staff policies/transfer agreements.
Basic UPH Performance Criteria
- Demonstrates UnityPoint Health’s FOCUS Values and Standards of Behaviors as well as adheres to the policies and procedures and safety guidelines.
- Demonstrates ability to meet business needs of the division with regular, reliable attendance.
- Maintains current licenses and/or certifications required for the position.
- Practices and reflects knowledge of HIPAA, TJC, DNV, OSHA and other federal/state regulatory agencies guiding healthcare.
- Completes all annual education and competency requirements within the calendar year.
- Maintains knowledge of compliance requirements for federally funded healthcare programs (e.g., Medicare and Medicaid) regarding fraud, waste and abuse. Brings any questions or concerns regarding compliance to the immediate attention of hospital administrative staff. Takes appropriate action on concerns reported by department staff related to compliance.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
Identify items that are minimally required to perform the essential functions of this position.
Preferred or Specialized
Not required to perform the essential functions of the position.
Education:
MD/DO, whose training and education demonstrates a command of the disciplines associated with health care delivery programs.
Experience:
Seven (7) years’ leadership experience in a hospital or health care delivery organization.
Previous experience in both matrix managed operations and business line management is desirable.
License(s)/Certification(s):
Licensed to practice in the state and board certified in trained specialty.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Extensive knowledge and experience with the complexities of medical staff leadership
Leadership acumen to serve as a member of the Market Leadership Team and collaborate with Physician Leaders.
Ability to implement care delivery plans and operating systems for the UPH System of Care consistent with the broader strategy and goals of the Summit.
The ability to build teams as well as consensus and deal with complex situations with a large degree of variation in policies, rules and regulations.
Ability to lead, challenge and motivate team members.
Commitment to service excellence, quality and continuous performance improvement.
Demonstrated experience in meeting regulatory and accreditation standards, and all aspects of patient care including quality assurance, utilization review, risk management, cost containment, total quality management, and information systems management.
Bias toward action
Demonstrates a high level of emotional intelligence. Has the capacity to be aware of, control, and appropriately express emotions, and handles interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically.
Record of success in implementing and/or overseeing programs determining and negotiating institutional support for physicians and physician extender services and implementing standards for physician access and service, quality assurance, quality improvement, and clinical resource management
Demonstrated successes delivering organizational outcomes and evidence of successful clinical business leadership.
Knowledgeable and continually mindful of healthcare trends, opportunities, challenges and healthcare policy and the ability to execute programs and plans based on those trends and opportunities.
Ability to collaborate across a complex, matrixed organizations.
A communicative, collaborative leadership style with listening, negotiating, and direct communication skills.
The ability to be a diplomatic, persuasive, and credible voice to a wide variety of audiences.
Sets high standards and continually strives for excellence measured against a wide array of industry benchmarks.
Team and coalition builder with highly developed inter-personal skills
Listens well.
Other:
May require travel to other UPH System of Care facilities.
Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.
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