Interim – VP Hospital Chief Medical Officer – Willamette Region LOOKING FOR Interim – VP Hospital Chief Medical Officer – Willamette Region JOB AT Tualatin, OR

Interim – VP Hospital Chief Medical Officer – Willamette Region

US-OR-Tualatin

Job ID: 22-27041
Type: Regular Full-Time
Meridian Park Medical Ctr campus

Overview

Legacy Health seeks an interim VP Hospital Chief Medical Officer (VP CMO) for Legacy Health Willamette Region (Meridian Park Medical Center and Silverton Medical Center). This person will serve as an influential leader to promote safe, high quality care and clinical operations and contribute to the strategy, growth, operations and financial viability of the Willamette Region.

This is a limited duration employed interim role that is estimated to last for about 6-9 months.

The VP Hospital Chief Medical Officer will report to Legacy Health’s system CMO, with a dotted line relationship to the Willamette Region President. Working with the Willamette Region President and each Hospital Chief Operating/Nursing Officer, the VP CMO will serve as an influential leader to promote safe, high quality care and clinical operations and will contribute to the strategy, growth, operations and financial viability of the medical center and service area. They will play a leading role in promoting excellence and collaborating with clinical, service line, medical staff, and operational leadership. They will apply lean principles and the Legacy Operating System to oversee quality, patient safety and other physician/provider related initiatives. The VP CMO will work with medical center leadership, medical executive committee and Legacy Medical Group to evaluate and optimize the multidisciplinary team structure and lead the strategic growth of the medical staff. They will inspire and develop a physician and provider culture rooted in a commitment to excellence, quality, safety and above all else, doing the right thing.

Additionally, the VP CMO will be involved with Legacy Health’s system integration, working on quality and clinical initiatives that cross system lines in support of the overall organization. The VP CMO must know how to carefully balance the health system with the vision and goals of the medical center. They must leverage the value of the system while remaining focused on the day-to-day operations of the medical center and the community it serves.

Good health for our people, our patients, our communities and our world — these are not just words. They are commitments that form the core of our mission, and we take them seriously. That mission matches a profound and serious footprint: Legacy Health is a locally owned, nonprofit, six-hospital health system that also includes a full-service children’s hospital, more than 70 primary care, specialty and urgent care clinics, a research institute, 14,000 employees and nearly 3,000 health care providers. We provide comprehensive primary, secondary and tertiary care services across the Portland and Vancouver metro area and mid-Willamette Valley. From rural areas to urban centers, we play a critical role in the lives of 2.5 million people.

We strive to be a diverse, culturally responsive organization, and encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and inclusion to apply

Responsibilities

In addition to maintaining a clinical practice, the VP CMO will be charged with continuous improvement of medical center results, while adapting to changing internal and external circumstances and pressures.

• Boost adoption of clinical care standards to support Legacy Health’s top priority of becoming the safest place to deliver and receive care.
• Champion clinical change and exceed benchmark performance in quality, safety, financial viability, patient experience, employee engagement, physician/provider satisfaction, and culture/organizational development goals.
• Utilize Lean Operating System principles to evolve organizational structures and operating models to advance provider role in support of Legacy Health mission, vision, and priorities.
• Collaborate with the Willamette Region President and Hospital COO/CNOs in applying systems thinking to site level strategic planning, fostering the values supporting the objectives of Legacy Health, and assuring operational standardization.
• Work with hospital leadership to increase patient value, improve patient-centered operations and oversee high value care initiatives.
• Practice principles of diversity, equity and inclusion within their leadership approach
• Develop provider talent and a strong medical center culture through partnering with colleagues in organization development & learning.
• Establish strong community partnerships to enhance Legacy’s network and advise on market strategy.
• Champion medical center and Legacy Health priorities and partnerships with the community, government, public service organizations and local affiliates.
• Lend provider perspective on IS and medical center initiatives that evolve management systems, tools, and analytics to enable organizational agility and enhanced care management.
• Encourage strong triad working relationship across the medical center and between provider, nurse and administrative leaders and staff.
• Create an environment of inclusivity and diversity across the organization; ensure that the organization is responsive to the diverse communities it serves.
• Build an accountable structure in synergy with the site medical executive committee that supports exceptional execution toward the system’s goals.
• In partnership with medical center and Legacy Medical Group leadership, inform allocation of capital and human resources to ensure staffing patterns, mix and levels best meet patient/customer needs and evolving models of care.
• Advance a culture of trust and partnership by fostering psychological safety
• Help build a physician and provider leadership pipeline and support professional and personal development and succession planning.
• May have direct responsibility for employed physicians and/or contracted physician leaders
• Other duties as assigned

This role will include some clinical practice.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will be a talented physician leader with experience as a clinical leader.

• Experience as a Vice President or similar senior leader role
• Master’s degree in Health Care Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, or a related field is desirable.
• A strong desire to learn all aspects of health care administration including inpatient and outpatient clinical operations, finance, physician/provider relations, physician network development, information technology, human resources, government relations, board relations, marketing, strategic planning, and vendor/payer contract negotiations.
• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills that foster an informed and engaged team including other clinicians and medical staff, and that assure successful relationship building with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Leverages a collaborative style to support and enrich their multidisciplinary team.
• The ability to lead with influence. Be recognized as a change champion, skilled at promoting understanding and getting individuals and teams to work cooperatively.
• Familiarity with process improvement philosophies, including lean methodologies, and experience leading or participating in change and improvement is preferred, although not required.
• A proven ability to be a courageous and innovative leader with a “can do attitude” who inspires an organization to do its best and stay the course even in difficult or unfamiliar circumstances.

LEADING AT LEGACY

Demonstrates the ability to act consistently with Legacy’s Values in Action, exemplifies our core organizational values, and exhibits the leadership competencies outlined in Leading at Legacy.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled

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