Chief Medical Officer

HealthEcareers - Client; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Chief Medical Officer for Del Sol Medical Center. The successful candidate will ensure high-quality, patient-centered care, lead clinical initiatives, and work collaboratively with medical staff to enhance performance. This role demands strong leadership skills and a commitment to quality improvement in healthcare delivery.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical coverage

401(k) Plan with matching

Education assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Flexible spending accounts

Time Away From Work Program

Qualifications

• Proven clinical leadership experience in a healthcare setting.
• Strong background in quality management and patient care.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical performance and manage clinical standards.
• Collaborate with hospital leadership to enhance medical staff effectiveness.
• Develop programs for medical staff orientation and education.

Skills

Collaboration

Clinical support

Quality improvement

Data analysis

Education

Medical Degree (MD or DO)

Board Certification in a relevant specialty

Job description

Executives thrive with us! HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, comprising over 180 hospitals and about 2,000 sites of care in 21 states and the United Kingdom. We are looking for a Chief Medical Officer for our Del Sol Medical Center team, where excellence creates excellence.

Del Sol Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage, as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance, and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder, and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning, and more.
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services, and preferred banking partnerships.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Healthcare has expanded our influence across the healthcare industry by investing $3.5 billion in capital improvements in recent years. Do you want to be an influencer in healthcare? Apply for our Chief Medical Officer role today!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The role of the Facility Chief Medical Officer (CMO) ensures high-quality, patient-centered care by leading clinical and quality initiatives that support the provision of consistent clinical performance and practice standards across the hospital. The CMO provides senior-level leadership to infection control, risk management, safety, and medical staff credentialing functions, ensuring collaboration and coordination among all stakeholders. The CMO facilitates the analysis of quality performance and prioritizes improvement opportunities, consulting on issues involving physicians. The CMO also contributes to hospital strategy and service line development to ensure quality management and promote an optimal patient experience.

What you will do in this role :

• Lead clinical performance expectations supporting consistent clinical standards to ensure superior outcomes and patient experience.
• Collaborate with Hospital CMOs, CEOs, medical staff, and Boards of Directors to improve hospital medical staff effectiveness.
• Partner with medical staff and hospital management, facilitating teamwork and shared goals. Represent medical staff viewpoints to management and relay management viewpoints to medical staff, establishing mutually beneficial relationships.
• Provide clinical support and consultation on cost-effective resource management, sharing reports and recommendations to reduce variable costs while maintaining clinical effectiveness.
• Create a data-driven environment for quality and cost improvement, developing systems to review resource utilization and measure care outcomes.
• Serve as a liaison between HCA physicians and facility/corporate clinical services.
• Establish and maintain programs to orient and develop management expertise among medical staff leaders, overseeing medical education programs.
• Lead educational sessions and ongoing in-service programs on clinical resource management, standards, utilization, and quality improvement, in collaboration with clinical leadership.
• Form regional physician advisory panels to provide feedback to senior management and serve as a liaison between committees and leadership.
• Act as spokesperson to explain and promote clinical initiatives to physicians and hospital staff.
• Collaborate daily with other facility and corporate CMOs.
• Educate physicians on HCA clinical technologies.
• Work with supply chain on formulary and supply opportunities.
• Develop and monitor policies for disruptive and impaired physicians, and develop intervention programs.
• Recommend revisions to hospital policies related to medical staff affairs.
• Consult on physician credentialing, utilization, and quality profiling; participate in peer review committees.
• Evaluate new medical technologies and programs for relevance and impact.