Chief Medical Officer- Part Time Position Available In Catawba, North Carolina

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Job DescriptionJob SummaryThe Chief Medical Officer (CMO)reports to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with additional directreporting responsibilities to the Group Leadership and the CMO ofthe company. The CMO plays a key role in building and maintainingrelationships between hospital management and the medical staff, aswell as recruiting new physicians. In addition, the CMOcollaborates with Administration and leads in clinicaltransformation efforts to improve patient care quality and safetyand overall clinical effectiveness and efficiency. COMPANYDESCRIPTIONFrye Regional Medical Center, located in the beautifulfoothills of North Carolina is a 355-bed acute care hospital,81-bed Behavioral Health facility and more than 70 primary andspecialty care providers. Essential Functions Provides leadership and expertise for hospital quality andclinical effectiveness. Develops facility Chief Medical Officers. Provides leadership and expertise for graduate medicaleducation, including medical students and residents. Evaluates and optimizes the care management approach, processof disease management, patient satisfaction, patient safety anddevelops processes to assure appropriateness of care includinglength of stay and ancillary resource utilization. Assures hospitalist program delivers consistent, high qualitypatient care through solid partnerships with communityproviders. Leads development of patient-centered comprehensive care withinthe primary care network. Provides an environment of quality and cost improvement that isdata driven and develops systems to review utilization of resourcesand objectively measure outcomes of care across the continuumwithin the inpatient setting, transitional care services, and theoutpatient setting. Monitors physician and group patterns, presents data, analysisand interpretation to physicians and physician and hospitalcommittees for review. Assures that quality management programs are carried out in allclinical areas through the development and implementation ofeffective disease management programs, clinical protocols andguidelines, other decision tools, and review of the outcomes. Develops a performance database incorporating JCAHO and otherkey quality indicators to provide leadership necessary to meetregulatory requirements and guidelines. Partners and collaborates with the medical staff and managementteam, facilitating teamwork and shared goals. Helps represent medical staff viewpoints to administration andrelay administrative views to medical staff. Provides strategic leadership by focusing teams andorganization units on visions and distinctive strategies thatresult in excellent short and long-term performance in clinical,service and financial outcomes. Integrates evidence-based medicinepractices wherever possible, building this into new and existingpatient care delivery systems. Provides on-going counsel and advice to Executive Leadershipregarding the medical staff on physician matters. In conjunction with and in support of the medical staffleadership, helps facilitate, intervenes and moderate’s majorphysician-physician, physician-patient, and physician-staffconcerns with executive team members. Implements organizational structures which promote sharedaccountability, high achievement and compliance with applicablelaws and regulations; this to include electronic linkages and caredelivery tools. Ensures medical staff development plans and programs areimplemented and maintained as required by policy. Integrates clinical care quality and management with nursing,operations and finance; partners with members of the seniormanagement team, particularly the Chief Nursing Officer, in thisendeavor. Dedicates resources and time to developing physician leadershipin an incremental manner, with a focus on the existing medicalstaff officers and clinical chiefs. Benefits – Wide range ofbenefits options! Here at Frye, you choose your own Medical, Dental, and Visionplans from a variety of competitive options that give you thecoverage that best fits your needs. HSA 401(K) retirement plan contributions Generous Paid Time Off Accident & Critical Illness Insurance Prescription Assistance with OptumRx Income protection programs for the entire family such as lifeinsurance, Short/Long-term Disability, and Identity Theft. Employee Assistance program at no cost to you to provideemotional, legal, financial, and daily life support for your entirehousehold. Services are available 24 hrs. a day, 7 days aweek. Free travel and entertainment discount program to ensure youenjoy your time away from work. Why join our team?

Frye RegionalMedical Center employs more than 1500 professional and clinicalstaff. Our medical center is a 355-bed acute care facility whichoffers a broad array of inpatient and outpatient care. FryeRegional Medical Center is dedicated to providing patients with afull range of services to meet the healthcare needs of ourcommunity. We believe our employees are our most valuable assets inaccomplishing this goal and we have made great strides to ensureemployee satisfaction. If you are passionate about changing lives,we are looking for you! MD or DO degree, completed residency training in a recognizedspecialty, board certification in the specialty of training andmanagement (MBA, MHA, MMM, MPH) degree or equivalent experience ispreferred. Effective communicator; excellent written and verbalcommunication skills. Previous practice experience. Proven leadership skills and accomplishments. Must have knowledge of hospital structure, operations, andinfrastructure of quality and utilization. Requires expertise with medical staff processes, policies andprocedures.• Experience in managing, developing and mentoringphysicians. Highly motivated in the areas of quality improvement andclinical transformation, with proven expertise in multiple aspectsof healthcare such as quality assessment, peer review, delineationof clinical privileges, outcomes research, clinical profiling,evidence-based medicine and service quality.

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