FUNCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:

The Chief Medical Officer, El Paso Market provides leadership and involvement in all initiatives and concerns involving patient safety, quality, and infection control and risk management and patient service, especially those related to physician issues.

Other key responsibilities include the following:

• Responsible for assuring a robust peer review and credentialing process, ensuring issues on the part of the medical staff are addressed fairly and in a timely fashion.
• Active participation in the care coordination program including monitoring of the appropriateness of procedures, admissions and utilization of resources.
• Oversight of other Medical Directors at the hospital and evaluation of their job performance in addition to collaboration with the Hospital Compliance Officer regarding physician issues that involve regulatory compliance.
• Provides input to Human Resources.
• Assures compliance with Federal and State law and accrediting and licensing agencies.
• Integrates departmental services with the organization�s primary functions and coordinates with other departments/services in a manner that fosters a collaborative environment for teamwork.
• Models and provides leadership for delivery of excellent customer service and ensures the successful implementation of effective strategies and approaches.
• Leads efforts that will establish the hospital as a top performer as defined by externally reported measures of performance, e.g. CMS� Value Based Purchasing Program.
• Serves as a resource for the vetting, development and implementation of related activities within Tenet.
• Works with physicians and administration to identify key market drivers and develop plans and strategies to address trends and future business development efforts.
• Provides leadership and fosters alignment of physicians and physician services within the hospital�s strategic plan and clinical program priorities.
• In partnership with Communications, develops and implements physician communication strategies that inform, promote information exchange, and socialization.
• Provides service, guidance, and promotion of quality standards through audits, peer review, quality management, and education initiatives.
• Promotes information sharing, benchmarking, and best practice identification across the system.
• Meets with the Medical Staffs of other hospitals to effect ease of patient transfer and communications between facilities and their Medical Staffs.
• If a residency program is in place, the Chief Medical Officer addresses efforts to improve and expand residency rotations at the hospital.
• Serves as the Medical Staff liaison for information technology issues.
• Works with Medical Records and Medical Staff on coding/quality issues and the use of principal, co-principal, and secondary diagnoses.
• Deals with clinical systems problems, identifying cause and developing action plans for effective resolution of issues.
• Addresses patient family provider grievances and follows up on successful resolution.
• Plays a key role in decision-making processes regarding new procedures/devices being planned by various members of the Medical Staff and assists in the development of clinical and business plans for the hospital.
• Actively engages in the implementation of an Electronic Health Record at the hospital and engages with clinical informatics.
• Promotes and supports the Medical Staff Ethics Committee.
• With the support of the hospital CEO, coordinates Joint Conference Meetings between the Medical Staff and the Board of Trustees.
• Assists in updating physician recruitment plan and oversees physician recruitment visits.
• Monitors physician resources consumption and supports the development and implementation of standards for equipment, supplies, procedures and technology utilization.
• Reviews and makes recommendations on physician-requested capital budget items.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.