Chief Medical Officer

Executives thrive with us! HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, comprising of 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 HCA Florida Largo Hospital team where excellence creates excellence.

HCA Florida Largo Medical Center is a 455 bed facility where its staff is continuously recognized by its patients, their families and by the many accolades we have received from national healthcare organizations. The hospital has been repeatedly ranked among the Top 100 U.S. Hospitals for overall care. It has earned the Top 100 designation specifically for our cardiovascular, orthopedic, stroke and intensive care services. In addition, we have received the gold seal of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. This nationwide seal of approval indicates that our hospital meets high performance standards.

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 the infection control, risk management, safety, and medical staff credentialing functions, ensuring the collaboration and coordination of all stakeholders in these processes. The CMO facilitates the analysis of quality performance and prioritization improvement opportunities and consults on an array of issues involving physicians. The CMO also contributes to overall hospital strategy and service line development to ensure quality management and promote optimum patient experience.

 What qualifications you will need:

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) required
• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or related field preferred
• 10+ years of experience in clinical practice required
• Experience as a CMO (or equivalent) in a large, complex hospital or regional health system preferred
• Current and clear medical licensure in any US state required
• Current or past Board Certification required
• State Medical Board required (any US state)

What you will do in this role:

• You will lead clinical performance expectations that support the goals of consistent clinical performance and practice standards across the facility to ensure superior clinical outcomes and unparalleled patient experience
• You will work with Hospital Chief Medical Officers, Chief Executive Offers, medical staff, and Boards of Directors to improve the functionality and effectiveness of the hospital medical staff organization
• You will partners with medical staffs and hospital management teams, facilitating teamwork and shared goals. Represents medical staff viewpoints to management and relays management viewpoints to medical staff by establishing and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships between HCA leadership and community and/or employed physicians.
• You will provide clinical support and consultation regarding cost-effective clinical resource management in the facilities by sharing reports and recommendations regarding how to reduce the variable cost per case while maintaining and enhancing clinical effectiveness
• You will create a data-driven environment of quality and cost improvement, and develops systems to review utilization of resources and objectively measure outcomes of care in the inpatient and outpatient settings
• You will serve as a direct liaison between HCA-affiliated physicians and facility/corporate clinical services functions
• You will establish and maintain an ongoing program to orient and develop management expertise for Hospital Chiefs of Staff, Medical Executive Committees, and other medical staff leaders by providing oversight and leadership for all medical education programs
• You will lead educational sessions and provides ongoing in-service programs to facility medical staff regarding clinical resource management, appropriate documents standards, utilization and quality issues, and quality improvement activities, in collaboration with the Chief of Staff or other clinical leadership in the facility
• You will assemble regional physician advisory panels to provide ongoing feedback to HCA senior management, and serves as a liaison between committees and facility/corporate leadership, as well as to affiliated physicians
• You will serve as spokesperson to HCA hospitals and affiliated physicians to explain and obtain buy in for corporate-, group-, and facility-sponsored clinical initiatives
• You will collaborate daily with other facility and corporate CMOs
• You will educate physicians on HCA clinical technologies
• You will collaborate with HPG and Supply Chain on formulary and supply opportunities
• You will develop, implement, and monitor disruptive physician and impaired physician policies, and develops monitoring and intervention programs in the region
• You will provide recommendations in the development and/or revision of hospital policies and procedures pertinent to the medical staff and medical staff affairs