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The Chief of Hospital Medicine at Central Maine Healthcare (CMH) provides strategic, clinical, and operational leadership for Hospital Medicine services across CMH's acute care hospitals. This physician leader is responsible for advancing high-quality, patient-centered inpatient care while supporting CMH's mission to improve the health of our communities through accessible, compassionate, and coordinated care.

The Chief works collaboratively with the President and CEO of CMH, the President of the two critical access hospitals, the Chief Medical Officer, nursing leadership, and medical staff leaders to ensure consistent clinical standards, effective staffing models, and strong physician engagement across both tertiary and critical access settings.

Clinical & Program Leadership

• Provide overall clinical leadership for Hospital Medicine services at Central Maine Medical Center, Bridgton Hospital, and Rumford Hospital.
• Ensure high-quality, evidence-based inpatient care that reflects CMH clinical standards and patient safety priorities.
• Serve as a clinical role model and maintain active clinical practice appropriate to the role and site needs.
• Support patient flow, length-of-stay management, and effective care transitions across the system.

Physician Leadership & Engagement

• Lead, recruit, retain, and develop hospitalists and advanced practice providers across CMH facilities.
• Foster a culture of professionalism, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Medical Staff leadership and Human Resources on performance management, peer review, coaching, and physician wellness.
• Support leadership development and succession planning within the Hospital Medicine program.

Quality, Safety & Experience

• Lead system-wide quality improvement initiatives focused on patient safety, clinical outcomes, and patient experience.
• Collaborate with CMH Quality, Risk Management, and Infection Prevention teams to ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Use data and performance metrics to drive improvement in clinical outcomes and operational performance.

Operations & Financial Stewardship

• Partner with hospital and system leadership to develop sustainable staffing and coverage models appropriate to CMH's mix of tertiary and rural hospitals.
• Support budget development, productivity expectations, and resource utilization for Hospital Medicine services.
• Reduce reliance on temporary staffing through effective workforce planning and engagement strategies.

System Collaboration & Integration

• Work closely with nursing leadership, care management, emergency medicine, specialty services, and post-acute partners to ensure coordinated inpatient care.
• Support alignment of Hospital Medicine practices across sites while respecting the unique needs of Bridgton and Rumford Hospitals.
• Participate in CMH medical staff leadership committees and system-wide clinical initiatives.

Education & Professional Development

• Support teaching and mentoring of hospitalists, advanced practice providers, residents, and students, as applicable.
• Encourage continuing medical education, leadership development, and engagement in quality or scholarly activities.

• MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school
• Board certification in Internal Medicine
• Eligible for or current Maine medical licensure and CMH medical staff appointment
• Demonstrated clinical excellence in inpatient medicine
• Proven leadership experience in Hospital Medicine or a comparable physician leadership role

Preferred

• Experience leading Hospital Medicine programs in community or rural hospital settings
• Experience working in multi-site or system-based healthcare organizations
• Demonstrated success in quality improvement, physician engagement, or operational redesign

Key Competencies

• Physician leadership and team development
• Ability to lead across multiple hospital environments
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Commitment to rural health, access, and community-based care
• Data-informed decision-making and operational insight

CMH actively promotes diversity in its workforce at all levels of the organization. We strive to create and maintain a setting where we celebrate cultural and other differences and consider them strengths of the organization. CMH is an equal opportunity workforce and no one shall discriminate against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or veteran status with respect to any offer, or term or condition, of employment. We make reasonable accommodations to the known physical and mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities.

Central Maine Healthcare (CMH), a member of Prime Healthcare Foundation, is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving approximately 400,000 residents across central, western, and midcoast Maine through a network of more than 40 primary and specialty care locations. The system includes Central Maine Medical Center  (CMMC) in Lewiston, a 250-bed, not-for-profit regional referral hospital that is home to the region's only Cancer Care Center, an orthopedic ambulatory surgery center, and the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute. CMMC also serves as the central Maine base for LifeFlight of Maine, the state's only medical helicopter service.

CMH also includes Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital, two 25-bed critical access hospitals that provide essential care to Maine's rural communities.

As part of its commitment to healthcare education and workforce development, CMH is home to the Maine College of Health Professions, Maine's first nursing and medical imaging school. The private, not-for-profit institution is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education and plays an important role in training the next generation of healthcare professionals.

To learn more, visit www.cmhc.org.

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