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Summary:
The Associate Chief Medical Officer (ACMO) is responsible for assisting the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in overseeing and managing all clinical activities, and promoting the integration of clinical programs and specialty services offered. including ensuring the highest standard of medical care. The ACMO may choose to engage in any clinical area the CMO determines to be under the purview of the ACMO including but not limited to the acute care hospital, the ambulatory surgical environment, and specialty clinics.
Responsibilities:
Provides leadership, direction, and guidance to assigned staff, to include clinical and administrative staff. Develops goals and priorities in conjunction with employees, and assigns tasks and projects. Develops staff skills and training plans. Counsels, trains, and coaches staff.
Assists in providing strategic direction regarding quality, safety, patient experience, financial performance and outcomes. In a collaborative fashion provides oversight and direction to medical staff to ensure standards of care and performance are met, ensuring that compliance with all standards of care are met, these will include but are not limited to prior authorization utilization, surgical services optimization, resource standardization and utilization, hospital acquired conditions, laboratory and imaging quality and safety outcomes, length of stay, utilization review, specialty clinic performance, referral management, supply chain improvements, etc.
Works in a collaborative fashion with the CMO to ensure all areas have a useful and meaningful balanced scorecard that includes safety, quality and operational performance metrics. Actively engages, guides, collaborates with, and counsels all providers in regards to quality and performance improvement.
Reviews clinical staff performance to ensure quality of care and efficient use of resources.
Ensures that service participates in quality improvement and peer review activities as required. Ensures compliance with regulatory agency requirements as well as the continued accreditation of ANMC and the service.
Committee participation and attendance at various quality committees is expected. Actively participates in any root cause analysis arising from the clinical platform, and will engage in activities planned to improve safety and experience as necessary.
Maintains clinical activity by full participation in departmental clinical workload including direct patient care and consultations, within the scope of privileges granted by the Joint Operating Board, on call, and field work. Represents service and participates in medical leadership activities.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Other information:
Must have interpersonal skills to appropriately navigate staff, patients, and family member communication and concerns.
Must have sufficient clinical knowledge and experience to monitor and assess clinical competencies and practices.
Must be actively engaged in furthering skills in a performance improvement methodology such as Lean Six Sigma or established equivalent approved by the ANMC organizational leadership.
Must have sufficient clinical knowledge and experience to provide clinical competence and meet institutional standards of care.
MINIMUM EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
Medical Doctor Degree or equivalent.
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION
Non-supervisory - Post residency (not including fellowship training) clinical experience in specialty required. Demonstrated engagement in quality improvement activities in a previous role as chief medical officer, service line medical director, chief medical information officer or similar positions for a period of not less than one year.
AND
Supervisory - One (1) year involving supervision of providers.
MINIMUM CERTIFICATION QUALIFICATION
Valid and unrestricted Alaska Medical License.
Current American Board of Certification specialty appropriate for service.
Completed appropriate BLS/ACLS training.
Must maintain CME to meet institutional and state licensing requirements. =