Division Chief Medical Officer - Wisconsin

Division Chief Medical Officer - Wisconsin

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This role provides strategic clinical leadership within their assigned division, ensuring the highest standards of patient care, clinical quality, patient safety and experience for all. The leader will exemplify highly reliable behaviors and implement practices to create a culture of safety to ensure achievement of clinical preeminence and zero harm. The leader must have demonstrated experience in the use of data and insights to implement sustainable improvement practices. The Division Chief Medical Officer serves as the key liaison between the health systems executive leadership, medical staff, and clinical service lines, aligning local operations with the enterprises strategic goals. The leader will have a matrixed relationship to the Division President and be a dyad partner to the Division Chief Nursing Officer. This position will drive clinical excellence, foster physician engagement, and promote initiatives that enhance the overall health of the population served, while maintaining compliance with all regulatory and accreditation standards.

Major Responsibilities

• Lead and implement quality improvement initiatives, ensuring consistent delivery of safe, high-quality care across all facilities in the designated geographic division.
• Monitor clinical performance metrics and outcomes, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure compliance with clinical protocols, guidelines, and enterprise-wide best practices.
• Collaborate with clinical leaders to align local strategies with enterprise-wide quality, patient safety and patient experience goals.
• Provide oversight of medical staff governance, credentialing, and peer review processes.
• Foster strong relationships with physicians, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and promoting clinical engagement.
• Facilitate effective collaboration among physicians, nursing leadership, and other clinical disciplines.
• Develop and lead initiatives to address medical staff wellness and burnout.
• Work closely with the divisional president and operational leaders to align clinical strategies with division goals and performance targets.
• Determine strategy and effective reporting relationships to ensure oversight of acute, ambulatory and medical group quality and safety performance.
• Participate in developing and executing business strategies to enhance clinical service lines, improve access to care, and optimize market performance.
• Ensure effective coordination between clinical and non-clinical operations to support seamless patient care delivery.
• Promote population health management strategies in coordination with system-wide initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to all federal, state, and local regulations, as well as accreditation standards.
• Collaborate with the enterprise risk management team to address clinical risks and implement mitigation strategies.
• Support enterprise-wide initiatives for infection prevention and control, patient safety, and high-reliability performance.
• Mentor and develop physician leaders within the market, promoting professional growth and succession planning.
• Facilitate ongoing leadership development programs in alignment with the health systems leadership framework.

Licensure, Registration, And / or Certification Required

Education Required

Experience Required

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required

Physical Requirements And Working Conditions

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

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