Chief Medical Officer

Colebrook, NH Full Time
POSTED ON 1/29/2024

Job Summary:

The CMO plays a key role in the development of a regional health care system through supporting a system wide organizational culture that fosters cooperation and harmonious relations between system and hospital corporations, their employees and management and medical staffs. The CMO guides the coordination, integration, and standardization of clinical activities which are designed to meet the stated mission of the organization while optimizing operations across all entities.

Essential Requirements:

1. Works collaboratively as an active member of the Leadership Team to build and support a culture that promotes exceptional care and service excellence through mentoring, alignment of behaviors and commitment to our Journey to Excellence.

2. Consults with the President and the Board Chairs with respect to provider representation on and appointment to the Board committees.

3. Oversees the design, implementation and monitoring of a comprehensive provider’s quality assurance/quality improvement plan and constituent projects for the hospital.

4. Actively participates in the Peer Review, Quality Cooperative Committee, UCVH's multidisciplinary Quality Improvement programs.

5. Advise the President and Medical Staff Coordinator on medical-administrative and medical-legal issues.

6. In concert with the President, develops and administers clearly defined performance expectations and appropriate evaluation methodologies for Physician and mid-level practitioners credentialed by the Hospital.

7. Participates in the development and implementation of long and short range planning for the Hospital.

8. In collaboration with the Chief of Staff and the UCVH Leadership Team, designs and recommends policies and procedures to the professional staff and board and/or its committees, as appropriate for provider directed clinical activities including charting, scheduling, patient flow, provider productivity and clinical outcomes/evidence-based medicine. Implements policies and procedures within defined time limits and report progress on an ongoing basis. 38% 37% 25%

9. Orients new Physicians and mid-level practitioners appointed to and/or employed by the Hospital or its clinical affiliates when applicable.

10. Participates in Physician and mid-level recruitment efforts.

11. Represents UCVH as the CMO at North Country Healthcare and QHR/NEAH meetings and other UCVH affiliations.

12. Time permitting, actively participates on UCVH committees including the Leadership Team as requested and as appropriate and with the option of call-in or video conferencing.

13. Collaborates with the Chief of Staff, the Professional Staffs elected representative.

14. Assumes the lead role and Chairman of Credentialing Committee.

15. Enforces the medical staff bylaws and rules and regulations and policy, implementing sanctions where indicated and promoting compliance with the procedural safeguards where corrective action has been requested or initiated.

16. Other duties as assigned

About UCVH:

Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital (UCVH), an affiliate of North Country Healthcare, is a 16-bed critical access hospital serving 20 communities and 8,500 people in its service area which includes communities in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. UCVH provides over 4,000 emergency department visits, 325 outpatient surgeries, 300 inpatient admissions, 7,000 imaging studies, and 140,000 laboratory tests annually. UCVH offers a broad array of services including a 24/7 fully staffed emergency department, outpatient surgical care, cardiac rehabilitation, inpatient care, ambulatory care, x-ray, MRI, CT scans, mammography, outpatient rehabilitation, laboratory services, and more.


About North Country Healthcare (NHC):

North Country Healthcare is a non-profit affiliation of four medical facilities, Androscoggin Valley Hospital, North Country Home Health & Hospice Agency, Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital, and Weeks Medical Center, located in the White Mountains Region of New Hampshire. NCH includes numerous physicians and medical providers at multiple locations. This leading comprehensive healthcare network which employs hundreds of highly-trained individuals delivers integrated patient care through three community hospitals, specialty clinics, and home health and hospice services. NCH remains committed to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

North Country Healthcare is an equal-opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to the Human Resources department at the affiliate to which you are applying.

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