Assistant Chief Medical Officer - Utah Valley Hospital

Job Essentials

Safety, Quality and Patient Experience

Align quality initiatives, reduce redundancies, and connect providers with other caregivers also dedicated to quality.

Inspire physicians and clinical staff to be a model high reliability organization.

Engage our patients and elevate their voices within the process of care and continuous improvement.

Recommend annual and long-term goals.

Collaborate with and support other providers in their monitoring, reporting and improvement of clinical outcomes.

Serve as a spokesperson for Hospital with regards to safety, quality, and patient experience. 

Foster and support research and education programs to enhance patient care. 

Partner and support advancement of caregiver safety.

Ensure Hospital is a learning organization by advancing psychological safety and accountability through caring and learning, event reporting and analysis, and root cause analysis.

Collaborate with Hospital’s Clinical Excellence manager in directing the Serious Safety Event process.

Work with clinical and administrative leadership to implement risk reduction strategies and ensure implementation of improvements and countermeasures to all serious safety events.

Participate in development of dashboards to succinctly communicate Hospital’s performance.

Participate in the development and deployment of enhancements of the electronic health record to maximize safety, quality outcomes, clinical effectiveness, and efficiency.

Ensure reporting of quality metrics to all required external entities.

Foster and maintain collaborative relationships with Hospital’s physicians and APPs to ensure that quality standards are met.

Monitor activities and ensure compliance with laws and external agencies regarding accreditation and regulatory bodies affecting clinical practice.

Proactively support efforts to educate and align medical staff regarding improving outcomes and complying with regulations.

Support Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation and Focused Professional Practice Evaluation processes.

Collaborate to create initiatives that engage and align physicians and APPs with the organization’s mission, vision, values, and fundamentals; and Collaborate with Graduate Medical Education on requirements related to quality and safety.

Minimum Requirements

M.D. or D.O Education must be obtained through an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.

Board certified in relevant medical specialty.

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Active Medical Licensure, or in process of obtaining licensure.

Three years of experience leading successful improvement in clinical settings.

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Experience with change management and providing leadership in the adaptation and implementation of new processes and technology that enhance safety.

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Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

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Three years of progressive healthcare leadership experience.

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Holds medical staff privileges at assigned hospital.

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Experience in a role requiring effective conflict resolution skills to work effectively with difficult issues.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Public Health or another business-related field.

Trained in improvement science (i.e., Six Sigma, Lean, Project Management, Advanced Training Program).

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Significant portion of clinical work done within the hospital setting.

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Experience working in a complex health system (e.g., hospitals, ambulatory clinics, post-acute care). - and -

Demonstrated leadership of clinicians.