Chief Medical Officer, CMO - MercyOne North Iowa

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

Full time

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DESCRIPTION

MercyOne North Iowa

MercyOne North Iowa is the largest provider of health care services in our
region, and we are proudly the largest employer in Cerro Gordo County. Our
hospital is a private, not-for-profit health care center, licensed for 346 beds,
which serves more than 400,000 inpatients and outpatients each year. In
addition, MercyOne North Iowa is a teaching institution. We conduct a Family
Medicine Residency, Internal Medicine Residency, Cardiology Fellowship, Hospice
and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, PGY1 Pharmacy Residency and a School of
Radiologic Technology. MercyOne North Iowa is a clinical training site for
approximately 500 students from 127 different colleges enrolled in programs for
medical laboratory, nursing, paramedic, rehabilitation, medical assistants,
pastoral services, physicians and many other medical fields. MercyOne North Iowa
holds management agreements with seven rural primary care hospitals, making us
the premier rural health care delivery network in northern Iowa and southern
Minnesota. 

MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center is a faith-based, critical-access hospital
offering a full range of inpatient and outpatient services. We are honored to
care for you and your family and are committed to providing you with the highest
quality and compassionate care

Mission 

We serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and
transforming healing presence within our communities. 

Core Values 

Reverence 
    We honor the sacredness and dignity of every person. 

Commitment to Those Experiencing Poverty 
    We stand with and serve those who are experiencing poverty, especially those
most vulnerable. 

Safety 
    We embrace a culture that prevents harm and nurtures a healing, safe
environment for all. 

Justice 
   We foster right relationships to promote the common good, including
sustainability of Earth. 

Stewardship 
   We honor our heritage and hold ourselves accountable for the
human, financial and natural   resources entrusted to our care. 

Integrity 
    We are faithful to who we say we are. 

Vision 

As a mission-driven, innovative health organization, we will become a leader in
improving the health of our communities and each person we serve. We will be the
most trusted partner for life. 

Promise Statement 

We Listen. We Partner. We Make it Easy. 

Our Actions 

* Listen to understand.  

* Learn continuously. 

* Keep it simple. 

* Create solutions. 

* Deliver outstanding service. 

* Own and speak up for safety. 

* Expect, embrace and initiate change. 

* Demonstrate exceptional teamwork. 

* Trust and assume goodness of intentions. 

* Hold myself and others accountable for results. 

* Communicate directly with respect and honesty. 

* Serve every person with empathy, dignity and compassion. 

* Champion health equity and the common good.  

 Position Purpose 

The Chief Medical Officer will have responsibility for MercyOne North Iowa.  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. 

Essential Functions 

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 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 throughout the local ministry, provides for the
functioning and effectiveness of quality improvement systems to include
internal and external operating systems that affect the delivery of physician
care within the local ministry. 

* Sets a universal standard for the delivery of patient care. Is the leader in
the setting of goals and improvement plans for
quality standards. Participates and assists in the development of plans and
implementation in all service line and patient care competency development. 

* Is a resource and influencer in the accomplishment of needed goals
and strategies. Promotes all programs and services to referring physicians.
Educates physicians and office personnel on all aspects of the local
ministry. Is a resource and problem solver when service issues arise. 

* Working with the COO of the facility medical staff, provides leadership
development opportunities. Sets goals and objectives for development of key
medical staff for the local ministry. Is a role model for changing behavior
and creates opportunities for better understanding by medical leadership of
business and strategic operations of the local and RHM. 

* Works directly with the Regional Chief Clinical Officer in bridging the
clinical arena of the RHM to the development of Trinity Health standards of
performance and Trinity Health policy. Creates unity among the facility
medical staff and where appropriate seeks ways to collaborate and combine
operations to effect greater teamwork. 

* Supervises and manages` the medical affairs division to ensure achievement
of objectives in a cost-effective manner and to ensure the continued
improvement of physician/physician, and physician/administration and
physician/community relationships. In partnership with the CNO, oversees
and facilitates clinical excellence of the care provided by physicians and
other clinicians. 

* Participates with the Senior Leadership Team of the local ministry in all
Managed Care strategies and negotiations 

* Provides leadership to all of the local ministry management teams. Is a
resource to them for problem solving and physician input. Maintains
professional growth and development. Keeps up on changing trends in the
healthcare business. Is a leader in providing new learning in all areas of
influence. 

Experience & Education 

* Graduate from an accredited medical school and completed an accredited
residency program in a medical specialty. 

* Board certification in field of specialty and agree to maintain such Board
Certification through tenure of employment. Board certification
is required in an ABMS Board. 

* Graduate from an accredited university with a Master's in Business
Administration, a Masters in Healthcare Administration or related field is
preferred. 

* Ability to work in a complex matrix reporting environment. 

* Proven leader with minimum of 10 years in clinical practice,
5 years leadership. 

* Demonstrated ability to lead and implement quality improvement initiatives. 

* Demonstrated ability to lead medical staff quality initiatives. 

* Strong verbal and written communication skills, in order to effectively
discuss quality issues and performance and to foster culture of the RHM and
Trinity Health. 

* Strong leadership/influencing skills are required with the ability to work
effectively within a RHM and infl