What are the responsibilities and job description for the VP, Associate Chief Medical Officer position at Regional One Health?
A Brief Overview
The Associate Chief Medical Officer serves as a senior physician executive and key deputy to the Chief Medical Officer, with a strong focus on clinical operations, performance improvement, physician advisory and clinical informatics. Leads cross-functional collaboration with operations, quality, finance, nursing, and service-line leadership to drive improvements in reliability, throughput, patient outcomes, and overall organizational performance within a high-acuity, mission-driven hospital setting.
What You Will Do
The Associate Chief Medical Officer serves as a senior physician executive and key deputy to the Chief Medical Officer, with a strong focus on clinical operations, performance improvement, physician advisory and clinical informatics. Leads cross-functional collaboration with operations, quality, finance, nursing, and service-line leadership to drive improvements in reliability, throughput, patient outcomes, and overall organizational performance within a high-acuity, mission-driven hospital setting.
What You Will Do
- Provides senior physician leadership for enterprise clinical operations, with oversight of ROH clinical operations and alignment of physician services with hospital performance goals.
- Assists with operational improvement initiatives focused on hospital throughput, length of stay, discharge optimization, transfer efficiency, utilization management, and care transitions.
- Oversees clinical informatics and AI strategy and execution, including EHR optimization, clinical decision support, data governance, and digital workflow transformation to improve quality, efficiency, and provider experience.
- Partners with quality and safety leaders to drive measurable improvements in mortality, harm reduction, patient safety, patient experience, and regulatory readiness.
- Collaborates with CDI, case management, revenue integrity, and finance to enhance documentation quality, reduce denials, and optimize resource utilization and financial performance.
- Translates clinical data into actionable insights by leveraging analytics platforms, dashboards, and reporting tools to support real-time operational and strategic decision-making.
- Supports development and execution of service line strategies and clinical programs, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities and performance metrics.
- Builds physician engagement through visible leadership, effective communication, informatics enablement, and performance-driven coaching.
- Serves as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on clinical operations, informatics, digital transformation, and performance improvement initiatives.