Pediatrics Physician

Job Description : Job Profile Summary

The Chief Medical Officer, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake, Canyons Region, works in partnership with hospital administrative, physician, and nursing leaders, to help define, establish, and direct clinical care teams, provide medical direction and leadership, and serve as liaison between the medical staff and administration. The Chief Medical Officer ensures extraordinary patient care and experience with optimal caregiver engagement through the fundamentals of care : Safety, Quality, Access, Patient Experience, Engaged Caregivers, and Stewardship. The Chief Medical Officer is an integral part of the hospital executive team, is the physician leader in the hospital, and is responsible for the coordination and function of all aspects of hospital medical affairs. The Chief Medical Officer works collaboratively with all disciplines (e.g., specialty care, community care, clinical programs, shared clinical services, clinical networks). The Chief Medical Officer serves as a hospital-wide champion for medical quality and provides leadership oversight and support for the development of a culture of high reliability and the measurement of care by identifying opportunities, building relationships, and executing on strategies to drive the performance and measured improvement of all physicians and advanced practice providers (APP).

The Chief Medical Officer performs all needed tasks necessary to provide efficient, high-quality patient care utilizing the Intermountain Operating Model. Along with the hospital executive team. The Chief Medical Officer is responsible for hospital clinical quality, financial and operational performance, achievement of hospital and Board goals, patient experience, community relations, and overall success of the hospital.

Scope

This is a hospital physician leadership role with key organizational relationships across Intermountain Health with a specific focus on leading clinical performance and continuous improvement of the Children's Hospital. This position has a solid line reporting relationship to the Associate Chief Medical Officer, Children's Health, Canyons Region and a partner relationship to the Hospital Administrator. The Chief Medical Officer serves as a member of the Medical Executive Committee and as a non-voting member of all other Medical Staff committees at facility. The Chief Medical Officer maintains a working relationship with the Board and works with the Board on specialized affairs and functions according to the established description of services prescribed by the Chief Medical Officer's contract.

Essential Functions

Safety

• Assists in compliance education with appropriate standards required by all governmental and regulatory agencies.
• Coordinates appropriate communication and resolution of physician and APP disruptive behavior.
• Works collaboratively with Clinical Excellence on safety-related issues.
• Champions the standards and principles of Zero Harm.

Quality

Patient Experience

Access

Stewardship

Engaged Caregivers

Skills