Chief Medical Officer, CMO - MercyOne Des Moines

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Mercy One is a connected system of health care facilities and services dedicated to helping people and communities live their best lives. The system’s more than 230 clinics, medical centers, hospitals and care locations are located throughout the state of Iowa and beyond. Today, the nonprofit health system generates more than $3.4 billion in combined revenue and employs more than 22,000 colleagues.

Headquartered in central Iowa, Mercy One is a member of Trinity Health (based in Livonia, Michigan) – one of the largest not-for-profit Catholic health care systems in the nation. Learn more

The Chief Medical Officer will have responsibility for Mercy One Medical Center in Des Moines (696 beds) and West Des Moines (73 beds). The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) provides service to the medical staff and hospital leadership for the local ministry in order to assist them in fulfilling their mission, plans and objectives which includes their responsibilities to the patient and the community for the provision of quality and cost‑effective care.

This position has impact on the quality, access to care and regulatory issues and financial outcomes of clinical and operational departments within their local ministry.

In all roles and activities, it is anticipated that the CMO will network and build consensus, collaborate, and problem solve. This position will play a key role in the implementation of strategic and operating plans as well as service line development, in particular the strategies for physician relationships and service line development. These activities and initiatives shall be accomplished through the existing and revised formal medical staff structures/committees, Medical Group/Health Network and voluntary medical staff multi‑facility physician task forces, committees as well as the regional CMO, COO, and Executive Team meetings and informative relationships.

Interpersonal

Skills:

Articulate and clear in all communications with others. Committed to the Mission, Values and Vision of Trinity Health and demonstrates this commitment through actions. Collaborative in nature, willing to take on leadership role, approachable, facilitative with all. Creative and positive in finding solutions to the day to day as well as the global issues faced by the RHM. Mature in all actions.

Seeks higher ground in all interactions particularly conflict. Creates relationships that are useful to influence and create change.

Areas of Expertise:

Medical Care. Quality and Process Improvement. Physician Relationships. Hospital Management and operations. Utilization review/physician advisor Graduate Medical Education.

Decision Making:

Independent in judgment and actions that impact the outcomes of patient care or will affect operations of large departments and/or the operation of the RHM as a whole. Operates freely to identify opportunities for improvement and implement needed changes. These decisions are clinical, qualitative, and financial in nature and determine the appropriate course of action. All decisions are founded on professional practice standards, RHM policy or regulatory agency standards and requirements.

Position Accountabilities:

Provides an effective bridge between RHM management staff and facilities medical staff to create superior relationships with physicians and to secure physician input into major decisions.

Partners with the market COO and is responsible to the regional CCO in a matrixed relationship for centralized medical staff functions such as quality, safety and utilization review and to the RHM President and other members of the Executive Team for medical directorships and operational activities related to the medical staff at the local ministry and all physician relationship activities. Supports the formal medical staff function at all facilities.

May chair committees as is appropriate. Works closely with the facility President and Medical Staff President. Holds self out as a resource in dealing with difficult medical staff decisions.

Assists in the development and implementation of the physician Continuous Quality Improvement process…