Job Title:

**Chief Medical Officer ** 

 
Category: Professional
Department: Administration
Position Is For: Regular Full Time Employment

Location: Abq. NM
 
City Description:

Albuquerque is one of the fastest growing cities in the nation. No matter what time of year, Albuquerque will have plenty of things to do and see.It is also ranking among the country's top markets for real estate, education, and business development, making it a great place to relocate your family.  You can count on exceptional weather as you experience the rich diversity of  Albuquerque and the Sandia mountain playground. People are friendly and casual.
Facility Description:

Dynamic Leadership Team!

For more than 85 years, this Physician Group has offered New Mexicans a comprehensive range of services that now includes more than 40 medical specialties. These outstanding services have been delivered by skilled, professional physicians who are passionate about the quality of care they provide. Today, we’re providing the same excellent healthcare as an independent physician-owned organization, we believe we’ll be able to offer more innovative health solutions and more personalized care.

 
Position Description: 

Provides leadership and expertise for clinical quality and clinical effectiveness. The CMO will evaluate and optimize the care management approach, process of disease management, patient satisfaction, patient safety and develop processes to assure appropriateness of care and ancillary resource utilization.

Provides an environment of quality and cost improvement that is data driven and develops systems to review utilization of resources and objectively measure outcomes of patient care in the outpatient settings. Monitors physician and group patterns, presents data, analysis and interpretation to physicians and Executive team

Assures that quality management programs are carried out in all clinical areas through the development and implementation of effective disease management programs, clinical protocols and guidelines, other decision tools, and review of the outcomes. Develops a performance database incorporating JCAHO and other key quality indicators to provide leadership necessary to meet regulatory requirements and guidelines.

Partners and collaborates with the medical staff and management team, facilitating teamwork and shared goals. Help represent medical staff viewpoints to administration and relay administrative views to medical staff.

Develops a clinical decision support system to access utilization, quality and cost data. Provides strategic leadership by focusing teams and organization units on visions and distinctive strategies that result in excellent short and long-term performance in clinical, service and financial outcomes. Integrate evidence-based medicine practices wherever possible, building this into new and existing patient care delivery systems.

Provides on-going counsel and advice to the medical staff on physician matters. The primary responsibility and authority for dealing with medical staff matters and concerns will rest with the CMO. Facilitates, intervenes and moderates all major physician-physician, physician-patient, and physician-staff concerns in collaboration with Executive team and other appropriate medical staff and executive team members.

Implements organizational structures which promote shared accountability, high achievement and compliance with applicable laws and regulations; this to include electronic linkages and care delivery tools.

Ensures medical staff development plans and programs are implemented and maintained as required by policy.

Integrates clinical care quality and management with nursing, operations and finance; partners with members of the senior management team

Dedicates resources and time to developing physician leadership in an incremental manner, with a focus on the existing medical staff officers and clinical chief.

Experience Required:

• Medical education and training at institutions of high repute; MD or DO.
• Additional education and coursework in management and business would enhance candidacy. An MBA or equivalent business experience preferred.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of clinical practice, with a reputation as an excellent physician.
• Demonstrable leadership role and achievement in a complex physician group practice
• Knowledge and experience of quality infrastructure is needed, including how to develop and implement decision tools, clinical protocols and guidelines, care management programs, and outcome measurement assessments.
• Needs working knowledge of information technology, including statistical analysis, clinical epidemiology, and medical informatics; understanding of best practices and how to successfully introduce information technology into clinical practice.

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