Job Description - Associate Chief Medical Officer & VP of Medical Affairs
Associate Chief Medical Officer & VP of Medical Affairs - ( )
The BWFH ACMO and VP of Medical Affairs reports to the BWH / BWFH CMO. They have the primary responsibility for ensuring execution of the core OCMO functions at BWFH - including professionalism, credentialing, medical policy (where appropriate), OPPE / FPPE oversight. The BWFH ACMO will work with the BWH ACMO, VP of Quality to oversee daily activities related to quality, safety, patient experience and health equity at BWFH. The BWFH ACMO willrepresent the CMOoffice, as needed, on projectsandcommitteesacrossboth Brigham campuses, such as theBWH Board oversight committees and regular meetings with hospital and physician organization executive and clinical leadership.They willfunction asaclinical leader and advisor on operationalissues asthey impact the professional staff of both hospitals.By establishing professional and personal credibility with the BWH and BWFH medical staff, management, employees,and MassGeneralBrigham management, theACMO willestablish atoneofleadership which is professional, progressive, and outcome oriented.
General Responsibilities
Leading advocate for patients and high quality care across all care settings
Coordination of BWFH institutional quality and safety concerns withenterpriseCMOteam,and the BWH ACMO, VP of Quality.
Participateasmember of the BWHsenior management teamand adviseonmattersrelated to medical policy, clinical care, credentialling,professionalism and advance practice providers (APP) workforce issues.
Work closely with the department of Nursing and the Chief Nursing Officer forBWFH to help ensurealignmentof clinical practice, operations, and medical policy.
Assist withthedevelopment tracking andreportingforOPPEandFPPEforphysicians across BWH and BWFH.
Represents theBWHCMOin theirabsence atvarious internal leadership meetings aswell asto external audiences.
Communicate proactively with practicing physicians. This may include regularly attending departmental staff meetings to listen and to speak on behalf of the BWPO/MGPO.
Support clinical communications across BWH/MGH environment related to quality
Quality and Safety
SupporttheBWHCMO and ACMO / VP ofQuality inpresentation ofperformance tothehospital and BWPO Board
Leadingadvocateforpatientsandhigh -quality careacrossallcare settings
Coordinationofinstitutional qualityandsafetyconcernswith ACMO / VP ofQuality and enterpriseCMO team
Participate asmember of the BWH/MGB seniormanagement teamand advise onmattersrelated to quality, safety, patient experience, and health equity
Serveasphysician executive responsible forplanning andexecutingsitelevel-preparednessfor surveys at the hospital.
In coordination with the CMO and ACMO / VP ofQuality, manage the Quality Committee of the Board
Serve as on-site physician executive in support of embedded enterprise team members for clinical compliance, risk management, and patient safety, including conduct of safety event evaluations and mitigation, and Joint Commission surveys and other regulatory site visits and inquiries (DPH, BPHC, etc).
Serve as physician executive responsible for planning and executing site level-preparedness for surveys at the hospital.
Support MGB Medical Director for Infection Control in the local implementation of infection control policies in coordination with on-site infection preventionists
Serve as physician lead to embedded enterprise hospital quality teams including those supporting Medicare Value Based Purchasing, Hospital Acquired Conditions, and Hospital Readmission Reduction programs
Support advancement of ambulatory quality goals (including Internal Performance Framework) across BWH/MGH in collaboration with MGB CMO and Population Health Management teams
Oversee the clinical documentation integrity program for the hospital in close collaboration with the MGB CDI Medical Director and Senior Director and ACMO/ VP Quality, with oversight of the CDI nursing specialists and CDI medical director at the site.
Advanced Practice Provers
IncoordinationwithMGB leadership,refine theAPPcareerladderstrategyand implementation.
• Refinetheprocessesbywhich OPPEandFPPEaredevelopedandtrackedfor APPs.
Credentialing
• Act asliaison to theMGB Central Credentialing Office (CCO) and departmental credentialing representativestoassistand troubleshootcredentiallingprocessforBWHand BWFHphysicians and APPs
• RepresenttheBWHOCMOatthe BWFH Medical StaffCredentialing Committee
• Signoffonemergencycredentialswhenrequiredformedicalstaffand APPs
Health Equity
On-site physician executive supporting implementation of system wide health equity activities that align with MGB United Against Racism strategy
Coordinate activities with the MGB Senior Medical Director for Health Equity
- Provide counsel on local programs and efforts to effect system goals;
Qualifications:
S trong preference given tocandidates with experience within MGB system
MD/DO degree with significant combination of clinical and administrative experience in a large academic medical setting and board-certified in specialty.
Advanced business or healthcare administration degree desirable but not required
A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible leadership in hospital setting or large health care organization with proven leadership and management skills.
Capable of working in an extremely complex academic medical center as part of a large integrated delivery system with many matrixed relationships
Must be a skilled communicator and team-builder
Experience in quality improvement, safety event evaluation, health equity, and patient relations/ service recovery
Experience in managing local site preparedness and readiness for Joint Commission and other surveys/site visits
Exemplary interpersonal communication skills required to interact effectively with senior management and physicians on sensitive political and confidential issues.
It is expected that this role will ta ke a minimum of 0.8 FTE, and will combined with expected clinical work.
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Primary Location Work Locations
75 Francis St
Job
Job MD/PHD/Fellows/ PostDocs
Organization
Organization Brigham & Women's Physicians Organization(BWPO)
Schedule
Schedule Full-time
Standard Hours 40
Shift
Shift Day Job
Employee Status
Employee Status Regular
Recruiting Department BWH Office Of Chief Medical Officer