Chief Medical Officer (Part-Time) – Internal Applicants Only

Livingston HealthCare; Livingston (MT); On-site; USD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) serves as the senior physician executive for Livingston HealthCare (LHC) and is responsible for providing clinical leadership, advancing quality and patient safety initiatives, promoting physician engagement, and supporting the organization's strategic goals.

The CMO acts as a liaison between the medical staff, administration, governing board, and community stakeholders to ensure high-quality, patient-centered, and financially sustainable healthcare services.

Responsibilities

• Provide physician leadership for all clinical quality, patient safety, and care management initiatives.
• Promote evidence-based medicine and best clinical practices throughout the organization.
• Partner with medical staff leaders to establish and maintain standards of patient care.
• Lead efforts to improve clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction.
• Support development and implementation of clinical protocols and care pathways.
• Oversee quality improvement, utilization management, infection prevention, and patient safety programs.
• Monitor and improve key quality metrics, regulatory indicators, and performance benchmarks.
• Participate in root cause analyses and corrective action plans related to adverse events.
• Support compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation, Critical Access Hospital regulations, and accreditation standards.
• Collaborate with the Medical Executive Committee and departmental leaders.
• Assist with physician recruitment, onboarding, credentialing, and retention efforts.
• Foster physician engagement and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Support medical staff peer review and professional practice evaluation processes.
• Address concerns involving clinical performance.

Job description

Job Summary

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) serves as the senior physician executive for Livingston HealthCare (LHC) and is responsible for providing clinical leadership, advancing quality and patient safety initiatives, promoting physician engagement, and supporting the organization's strategic goals. The CMO acts as a liaison between the medical staff, administration, governing board, and community stakeholders to ensure high-quality, patient-centered, and financially sustainable healthcare services.

Job Summary

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) serves as the senior physician executive for Livingston HealthCare (LHC) and is responsible for providing clinical leadership, advancing quality and patient safety initiatives, promoting physician engagement, and supporting the organization's strategic goals. The CMO acts as a liaison between the medical staff, administration, governing board, and community stakeholders to ensure high-quality, patient-centered, and financially sustainable healthcare services.
The CMO champions a culture of excellence, regulatory compliance, evidence-based practice, and continuous improvement while ensuring the unique needs of rural healthcare delivery are met.

Essential Functions, Duties And Responsibilities

Clinical Leadership

• Provide physician leadership for all clinical quality, patient safety, and care management initiatives.
• Promote evidence-based medicine and best clinical practices throughout the organization.
• Partner with medical staff leaders to establish and maintain standards of patient care.
• Lead efforts to improve clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction.
• Support development and implementation of clinical protocols and care pathways.

Quality and Patient Safety

• Oversee quality improvement, utilization management, infection prevention, and patient safety programs.
• Monitor and improve key quality metrics, regulatory indicators, and performance benchmarks.
• Participate in root cause analyses and corrective action plans related to adverse events.
• Support compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation, Critical Access Hospital regulations, and accreditation standards.

Medical Staff Leadership

• Collaborate with the Medical Executive Committee and departmental leaders.
• Assist with physician recruitment, onboarding, credentialing, and retention efforts.
• Foster physician engagement and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Support medical staff peer review and professional practice evaluation processes.
• Address concerns involving clinical performance,