River Hospital is seeking an innovative, strategic, operational, and transformational physician executive to provide leadership in all aspects of medical staff affairs for the hospital with an emphasis on creating a high-reliability culture of quality, patient safety, evidence-based medicine, and value-based clinical care. The goal of the Chief Medical Officer role is to set the vision and agenda for improvement in clinical outcomes, as well as resource utilization, patient-centered care coordination, and patient experience to optimize the quality of care through rigorous outcomes measurement, data analytics, and performance improvement processes. The Chief Medical Officer will manage the creation, updating, and implementation of quality and safety standards and processes for the hospital to ensure consistency and continuity with the goal of reducing inappropriate variation. The Chief Medical Officer will be a member of the hospital’s Senior Leadership Team and report directly to the Chief Executive Officer. This role will have the opportunity to be part-time. 

At River Hospital you will be a crucial leader of an organization whose employees and medical staff choose to work here because they are dedicated to delivering excellence, are enthusiastic, and truly care about making a difference in a small rural community. Enjoy the natural beauty of Northern New York, the shores of the St. Lawrence River, exceptional, dedicated people, excellent compensation and benefit program and the ability to deliver healthcare in a close-knit community. These are just some of the reasons to join River Hospital.

Chief Medical Officer Responsibilities:
The Chief Medical Officer has a broad scope of responsibility including, but not limited to, the following essential functions:

Quality, Safety and Patient Experience Initiatives
• Serve as River Hospital champion for the development and sustainability of a culture of quality, safety, and high reliability and provide leadership in the design and implementation of comprehensive quality and safety programs for the hospital.
• Serve as a change agent for programs that will create clinical improvement and optimization of related activities or goals for River Hospital.
• Develop, evaluate, and implement clinical practice protocols in collaboration with the hospital’s clinical staff and facilitate evidence-based practices which drive the development of a culture of patient safety.
• Provide leadership and vision in the development of clinical guidelines and care pathways and integrate, monitor, and evaluate quality assurance with disease management.
• Support efforts to improve quality outcomes, both clinically and administratively, to ensure the highest standards in the treatment and care of patients.
• Support compliance with all relevant state and federal licensing and accrediting bodies.
• Participate in the ongoing development of clinical information systems and electronic medical records to allow proper utilization of clinical data analytics and feedback to physicians regarding their practice patterns and performance.

Medical Staff Partnership
• Support medical staff officers and committee chairs to provide leadership for the hospital’s bylaws, rules, and regulations, as well as policies, procedures, and behavior standards.
• Support the Medical Staff in its self-governance and accountability to the Hospital Board for quality and safety of patient care. Assures medical staff compliance with bylaws, rules and regulations, as well as policies, procedures, and behavior standards.
• Partner with medical staff leadership to resolve disputes between members of the medical staff and follow up on medical staff behavioral issues as outlined in relevant hospital and medical staff policies.
• Define the roles of the Medical Staff leaders as outlined in the bylaws and regulations.
• Ensure medical staff development plans and programs are implemented and maintained.
• Provides leadership in the areas of strategic planning, strategy execution and implementation of care management programs. Works closely with the regional, corporate and facility leadership to advise, organize and educate physicians on clinical integration.
• Support physician recruitment and promote programs which enhance physician satisfaction.

Registration/Certification/Licensure:  Current and in good standing New York State Physician license and Board certification in medical specialty. 

Education: Graduate of an accredited medical school with an M.D. or D.O. degree with current licensure by the State of New York as a physician and surgeon along with significant management training; preference given to candidates with MBS, MPH or MHSA credentials.

Required knowledge and professional experience:
• Demonstrated performance and accomplishments in physician leadership roles gained in a hospital setting and/or major medical group, 10+ years of clinical practice experience required with 5+ years of director level or above administrative experience preferred.
• Familiarity with and understanding of New York State Department of Health and Office of Mental Health regulations.
• Experience in and significant understanding of contemporary clinical process improvement, Critical Access Hospital clinical quality benchmarking, best practices, and quality management programs.
• Familiarity with and understanding of medical staff organization, credentialing, bylaws, rules, and regulations.
• Possesses high energy and enthusiasm.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Demonstrated abilities with strategic planning, budgeting, management, and goal setting.
• Experience designing effective clinical practice patterns and clinical protocols to decrease inappropriate utilization to enhance quality outcomes.
• Works as a goal setting and solutions-oriented leader.