Description

Chief Medical Officer, Clara Maass Medical Center

Job Overview:

The Hospital Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is responsible for the overall leadership of physicians at Clara Maass Medical Center (CMMC) and is an essential member of CMMC’s executive leadership team. The CMO is responsible for all physician related matters including medical education, ongoing professional practice evaluation, and ensuring safety, quality, patient experience, and professionalism across all physicians who are part of the CMMC medical staff.

The CMO is accountable to effectively integrate and coordinate clinical services with the goal of achieving top clinical and patient-centered outcomes that set the standard in healthcare delivery and innovation. The CMO will collaborate with other Chief Medical Officers and physician leaders throughout RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Health and promote the overall success of the enterprise while partnering with leadership in other health professions to foster an interprofessional team-based environment.

Reports To:

• The Chief Medical Officer of Clara Maass Medical Center reports directly to Thomas Burke, Chief Administrative Officer, with a matrixed reporting relationship to Dr. Andy Anderson, EVP, System Chief Medical and Quality Officer
• Direct Reports – Medical Staff Office, Patient Safety, Quality, Risk, Privacy
• Additional Matrix Reports – Director Hospitalist Service, Medical Director Critical Care, Medical Director Emergency Department

Qualifications:

• MD or DO degree with board certification in a clinical discipline required
• Medical License in the state of NJ required
• 10+ years of experience leading clinical and quality programs within an acute care hospital or health system
• MBA, or MPH or equivalent preferred

Essential Functions:

Clinical Leadership:

• In close partnership with the hospital Chief Nursing Officer, CNO, and other key hospital leaders and key functions, including Safety, Quality, and Patient Experience, the CMO leads efforts to ensure optimal outcomes for all patients
• The CMO is responsible for integration and coordination of clinical practice across all service lines, to develop and deploy methods of process improvement designed to enhance and improve clinical quality/safety, zero preventable harm and continuous quality improvement, patient experience and reduce healthcare costs
• The CMO is the physician leader for continuous quality improvement, regulatory compliance, including CMS and Joint Commission/DMV requirements, safety, throughput, and effective clinical resource management
• The CMO should be a champion for optimization of Epic and ongoing use of the Vizient Clinical Database for benchmarking and process improvement

Physician and Advanced Practice Provider oversight:

• Ensures that Medical Staff activities and operations are carried out in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, laws governing business operations, and requirements of accreditation agencies
• Directs the Departments to ensure that each physician and APP on the Medical Staff has an annual performance review and maintains all requirements associated with Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation
• Strengthen relationships with voluntary members of the medical staff; develop onboarding and mentoring programs for new physicians
• Ensures the highest levels of professionalism in the work environment
• Collaborate with System Physician Recruitment, Service lines/Medical Group in the recruitment of new physicians and APPs to their respective Medical Staff Office
• Collaborates with system and System CMO for Medical Affairs on a central medical staff office to include credentialing, peer review and bylaws management, corrective action
• Collaborate to implement standardized physician orientation and onboarding with Central Medical Staff Office
• Collaborate to create standardized Chairs and Chiefs Manual with Central Medical Staff Office

Collaboration and Partnerships:

• Create a strong sense of teamwork and unity, and enhance engagement and satisfaction for physicians, nurses, and other clinical staff
• Partner with leadership in other health profession training programs to create a culture of interprofessional collaboration and growth
• Build and maintain strong collaborations with academic institutions, research organizations, and industry partners to enhance clinical outcomes
• Works with Medical Staff governance to champion engagement and wellness activities

Quality Improvement:

• Work closely with quality improvement teams to integrate into clinical practice, ensuring evidence-based care and patient safety
• Participate in the Vizient, Leapfrog, CMS stars, US News and World Report and other institutional quality reporting and associated initiatives
• Develop and implement strategy, in partnership with clinical leaders to achieve quality and safety results including zero preventable harm and maintaining and integrating High Reliability Organization HRO principles

Health Equity:

• Partner in the development and implementation of strategic initiatives that promote health equity across all clinical operations, ensuring that services are accessible, culturally competent, and tailored to meet the diverse needs of the communities served by RWJBH
• Oversee the collection, analysis, and application of health equity data to identify disparities in care and outcomes
• Lead efforts to address these disparities by integrating health equity considerations into clinical quality improvement processes and patient care protocols
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders, including community organizations, governmental agencies, and other healthcare providers, to advance health equity goals
• Advocate for policies and practices that reduce health disparities and promote equitable access to high-quality care

Finance:

• Collaborate with financial stakeholders to manage budgetary resources
• Collaborate with senior leadership to determine which areas need infrastructure improvements or upgrades and make recommendations to the leadership team about how RWJUH can improve its care and service

Academics:

• Facilitate and collaborate with other hospitals and system leadership to promote the academic mission including supporting the research environment, including clinical trials and translational research activities, and supporting the medical education environment through engagement with learners and promotion of continuing medical education

Goals and Key Performance Indicators:

• Alignment with cascaded RWJBH system goals
• Financial, Quality/Safety, Patient Experience, Employee Engagement
• Alignment with service lines goals
• Growth
• Alignment with hospital goals and regional goals, including alignment of services,
• Ensuring CMS Star, Leapfrog and Vizient Q&A performance
• Achieving Health Equity outcomes, NCQA accreditation

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits and Perks:

At RWJBarnabas Health, our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Driven by our Total Wellbeing promise, our market-competitive offerings include comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees’ physical, emotional, financial, personal, career, and community wellbeing.  These benefits and resources include, but are not limited to:

• Paid Time Off including Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
• Retirement Plans
• Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Disability and Life Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Planning Support
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Wellness Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
• Community and Volunteer Opportunities
• Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, and Verizon
• ….and more!

Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!

RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.

RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey—whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.