Chief Medical Officer

Job description

The Chief Medical Officer is the senior physician executive for Valleywise Health and provides system-wide strategic leadership for clinical quality, patient safety, medical staff affairs, clinical performance, accreditation, and the clinical learning environment. As the principal clinical advisor to the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the executive leadership team, the Chief Medical Officer sets enterprise clinical strategy, aligns physicians and clinical leaders with organizational priorities, and advances safe, equitable, high-quality care and improved health outcomes across the health system.
Annual Salary Range: $383,635.20 - $613,808.00
Essential Functions
• Provides system-wide executive clinical leadership and sets the strategy for clinical quality, patient safety, medical staff affairs, accreditation, physician engagement, and clinical performance to advance organizational priorities and improve patient outcomes.
• Serves as the principal clinical advisor to the President and Chief Executive Officer, governing bodies, and executive leadership team on clinical operations, healthcare policy, regulatory requirements, quality outcomes, emerging healthcare trends, and enterprise risk.
• Leads the enterprise quality, patient safety, and clinical effectiveness framework to strengthen high reliability, transparency, accountability, evidence-based practice, and continuous improvement across the health system.
• Provides executive oversight of medical staff governance and professional practice standards, including credentialing, privileging, peer review, ongoing and focused professional practice evaluation, and compliance with applicable regulatory and accreditation requirements.
• Sets the system-wide physician engagement and clinical leadership agenda, developing collaborative relationships with District Medical Group leadership, affiliated providers, and interdisciplinary leaders to execute strategic and clinical priorities.
• Directs clinical integration, care transformation, population health, and value-based care initiatives to improve access, health equity, care coordination, clinical outcomes, and organizational performance.
• Aligns clinical, operational, and financial leadership to optimize care delivery, achieve quality and performance objectives, and ensure responsible stewardship of organizational resources.
• Provides executive oversight of graduate and undergraduate medical education, the clinical learning environment, academic partnerships, clinical research, and clinical program development to advance workforce capability and innovation.
• Represents Valleywise Health with physicians, academic institutions, regulatory and accreditation bodies, healthcare partners, government agencies, and community organizations to advance the organization’s mission, reputation, and strategic objectives.

Job Qualifications
Education:
• Requires a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from an accredited institution.
• A Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, or a related field is preferred.

Experience:
• Requires ten (10) years of progressively responsible physician leadership experience in a complex healthcare organization, academic medical center, teaching hospital, or integrated delivery system, including demonstrated leadership of quality, patient safety, medical staff, and clinical transformation initiatives.
• Executive physician leadership experience within a public, safety-net, or integrated healthcare delivery system is preferred.

Certification/Licensure:
• Requires a current unrestricted license to practice medicine as an MD or DO, or the ability to obtain an unrestricted Arizona physician license prior to employment.
• Requires current board certification by an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) recognized specialty board.
• Certification as a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) is preferred.