Market Chief Medical Officer - Desert Care Network, Palm Springs, CA

Market Chief Medical Officer

The Market Chief Medical Officer reports directly to the Market Chief Executive Officer of the South California Market and has a matrix relationship and accountability to the Chief Medical Officer of Tenet Healthcare Corporation. The Market Chief Medical Officer will serve as the hospital grouping's Senior Executive Clinical Leader responsible for assuring successful operation of medical staff functions and continuous improvement in safety and quality and will be committed to the mission of service and improvement of patient clinical outcomes.

The Market CMO serves as the liaison and resource to management on matters pertaining to four key areas :

• Medical Staff Engagement and Outreach which includes collaboration with the medical staff members, especially elected medical staff leaders and overseeing credentialing, privileging, OPPE and peer review;
• Quality, Patient Safety and Experience : assuring performance on quality metrics and securing patient safety and experience;
• Streamlining Clinical Processes : Adhering to evidence based best practice and working to standardize a Tenet Operating System, working with the Physician Advisors to maximize documentation integrity ;
• Partnering with Hospitals' Chief Nursing Officers to provide seamless clinical leadership.

Functional Expectations & Requirements :

The Market Chief Medical Officer 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 accountabilities include the following :

Organizational Leadership - Expectations & Requirements :

As a leader in healthcare, Tenet is committed to providing the best possible care to every patient, with a clear focus on quality and service. Strong leadership is essential to delivering on this commitment, and we believe that the quality of our leaders can give us a significant long-term competitive advantage. We want to ensure every current and future leader in Tenet is successful, and we support that through our selection and hiring process and by providing coaching and training to our leaders.

In this regard, we have identified core competencies that will enable a leader to succeed at Tenet, and have defined them within the following five areas critical to performance :

Leadership Competencies

Technical Competencies