Chief Medical Officer

Chief Medical Officer

Oneida Health is seeking an accomplished, collaborative, and forward-thinking Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to provide clinical leadership and help shape the future of healthcare across our organization and the communities we serve. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the CMO is a key member of the Executive Leadership Team and serves as the principal physician leader for clinical quality, patient safety, medical staff engagement, and clinical strategy. This is an exciting opportunity for a physician leader who wants to make a meaningful impact—not only on the quality and safety of care, but also on the culture, growth, and future direction of a community-focused health system.

As Chief Medical Officer, you will help advance a culture where clinical excellence, collaboration, accountability, and patient-centered care are at the heart of everything we do. Working closely with the CEO, executive leadership, medical staff, department chiefs, and clinical leaders, you will:

• Provide strategic physician leadership across clinical services, quality, patient safety, and medical staff affairs.
• Strengthen collaboration and trust between medical staff and administration.
• Champion initiatives that improve clinical outcomes, patient experience, quality, and safety.
• Help identify opportunities for innovation, growth, and service-line development.
• Support the continued development of a high-performing, engaged medical staff.
• Serve as a visible physician leader and advocate for patients, clinicians, and the communities we serve.

Clinical Excellence & Quality

• Provide strategic direction and physician leadership for clinical services, promoting consistently high standards of care, patient safety, and clinical excellence.
• Lead and champion quality improvement initiatives focused on outcomes, patient safety, experience, and performance.
• Provide leadership and clinical expertise in the development, implementation, and interpretation of medical care and quality policies and guidelines.
• Review quality-of-care concerns and ensure effective processes are developed and implemented to drive meaningful improvement.
• Promote evidence-based medicine, clinical best practices, and continuous innovation.
• Use clinical data and performance metrics to identify opportunities and drive measurable improvements.

Medical Staff Leadership & Engagement

• Build and maintain a strong, collaborative partnership between administration and the medical staff.
• Foster an environment where physicians feel valued, heard, supported, and empowered to contribute to organizational success.
• Provide oversight of credentialing, privileging, peer review, and related medical staff processes.
• Promote physician engagement, professional development, well-being, and satisfaction.
• Maintain positive relationships with physicians, providers, and prescribers throughout the local medical community.
• Support compliance with medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations, organizational policies, and the Code of Conduct.
• Address physician performance or conduct concerns fairly, consistently, and collaboratively.

Executive & Operational Leadership

• Partner with the CEO and executive leadership team on organizational strategy, hospital operations, and clinical priorities.
• Contribute to strategic planning, service-line development, growth initiatives, and organizational transformation.
• Participate in Executive Leadership Team, Board of Directors, medical staff, and other leadership meetings as appropriate.
• Support efficient clinical workflows, appropriate resource utilization, and high-value care.
• Participate in clinical service budgeting and financial planning.
• Champion the thoughtful adoption and effective use of technology to improve communication, efficiency, clinical workflows, and patient care.

Regulatory, Compliance & Accreditation

• Ensure clinical operations and medical staff practices align with applicable healthcare laws, regulations, standards, and accreditation requirements, including DNV, The Joint Commission, the New York State Department of Health, and CMS, as applicable.
• Provide physician leadership in organizational readiness for regulatory surveys, accreditation reviews, and audits.
• Promote a culture of continuous compliance, quality, safety, and accountability.

Community & Population Health

• Help advance initiatives that address the health needs, disparities, and priorities of the communities served by Oneida Health.
• Develop and strengthen partnerships with physicians, community organizations, public health agencies, and other healthcare providers.
• Advocate for initiatives that improve access, health outcomes, prevention, and overall community well-being.

Leadership, Culture & Development

• Build a culture of teamwork, accountability, respect, inclusion, and patient-centered care.
• Mentor, coach, and support clinical leaders, including department chiefs and medical directors.
• Develop strong physician leadership throughout the organization.
• Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in clinical practice, leadership, and workforce development.
• Lead by example and serve as a visible, approachable, and trusted physician executive.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted, active MD or DO license in New York State.
• Minimum of 5–10 years of clinical practice experience, including progressive leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated commitment to quality, patient safety, physician engagement, and clinical excellence.

This is more than a traditional physician executive role. It is an opportunity to shape the future of healthcare in a community where relationships matter and leadership has a direct and lasting impact. The CMO will have the opportunity to work alongside an engaged executive team and medical staff while helping advance clinical quality, strengthen physician partnerships, support innovation, and improve the health of the community.

If you are a physician leader who is energized by people, purpose, clinical excellence, and the opportunity to make a difference, we invite you to explore the opportunity to join Oneida Health as our next Chief Medical Officer. For a confidential conversation reach out to Kelly Domizio, Director of Provider Recruitment, at View email address on click.appcast.io