Position Summary:
Serves as chief medical officer of the Medical Staff of McLaren Subsidiaries through the subsidiary President, to discharge the organizational and administrative duties and responsibilities relating to Medical Staff affairs. Assists the President and the Board or Directors, Administration, Medical Staff, Chief of Staff, Executive Committee, and various committees of the hospital. In conjunction with the Chief of Staff, assures that the clinical departments, through their respective elective chief, perform in accordance with the rules and regulations as specified by the Medical Staff and the hospital. Observes the hospital and Medical Staff bylaws, rules and regulations.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
1). Assures implementation of McLaren Health Care’s mission statement, particularly around “quality outcomes and costs”.
2). Responsible for subsidiary quality dashboard ensuring the data is accurate, current and shared across the organization.
3). Regularly reporting quality and safety results to the subsidiary board, medical executive committee and the medical staff.
4). Involved at the system and site level in activities that standardize care delivery to improve patient outcomes.
5). To be the lead at the site with a major focus on driving results to top decile in Safety, Quality, and Service.
6). To utilize quality improvement tools (lean, six sigma) to accelerate outcome improvements at site.
7). To partner with subsidiary President in regards to medical staff development, medical group growth and relations with independent medical staff.
8). To be a site leader with McLaren Physician Partners to be part of the deployment of accountable care or value based activities at the site.
9). To manage the medical staff office and other areas as assigned by subsidiary President
10). At teaching sites, the CMO will be the assistant DIO working with the site Director of GME to ensure regulatory compliance and quality outcomes. This function would be oversight by the System CAO.
Critical Competencies:
Clinical Strategic and Quality Leadership: The successful candidate will have the ability to provide strategic leadership and direction in a matrix organization in order to achieve outstanding clinical quality goals and to create a care environment where patient satisfaction measures exceed industry norms. He/she will demonstrate this by having:
• Strategically advised and influenced senior leadership on clinical matters in the past
• Worked directly with physicians to develop standards of care that have improved outcomes.
• Commanded the respect of fellow physicians to drive consensus on critical issues that impact the delivery of quality of care as well as on other complicated matters.
Knowledge Expert:
The successful candidate will be a recognized knowledge leader in all aspects of quality, clinical best practices and evidence-based medicine in order to advance the strategic directives.
Results Oriented:
The successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to meet results in a timely, cost-effective manner as well as the ability to course-correct when necessary. He/she will do this by:
• Working collaboratively with the operational leadership of the organization on all initiatives
• Possessing strong communication skills, including both listening skills as well as presentation skills
• Setting goals and holding him/herself to achieving these goals.
• Being a hands-on, self-directed leader.
