Chief Medical Officer (CMO)

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary:

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is the senior physician executive responsible for enterprise clinical governance, physician strategy, resident safety, quality, regulatory excellence, physician services, and clinical innovation across a growing skilled nursing enterprise. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the CMO initially oversees four facilities before expanding to enterprise responsibility across a 40-facility portfolio while preserving the statutory responsibilities of each facility Medical Director, Administrator, Governing Body, Director of Nursing, and Compliance Officer.

Reporting Relationships:

• Reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer.

• Partners with the COO, CNO, CFO, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer and Governing Body.

• Provides executive oversight of Facility Medical Directors, attending physicians, and advanced practice providers.

Executive Responsibilities:

• Lead enterprise clinical strategy.

• Standardize evidence-based care.

• Oversee physician recruitment, credentialing, privileging, peer review and succession.

• Lead QAPI, infection prevention, resident safety and emergency preparedness.

• Improve quality, survey readiness and value-based performance.

• Represent the organization with hospitals, payers and regulators.

Clinical Governance:

• Establish enterprise medical policies.

• Maintain Medical Director governance model.

• Lead serious event review and root-cause analysis.

Compliance & Risk:

• Partner with Compliance while preserving independence.

• Promote documentation integrity and medical necessity.

• Support CMS, NYDOH, Medicare and Medicaid compliance.

Authority:

• Issue interim clinical directives.

• Require physician performance review.

• Recommend privilege restriction through governance.

• Escalate unresolved risks to CEO and Board.

Qualifications:

• MD/DO with unrestricted NY license.

• Board Certified; CMD preferred.

• Executive multi-site SNF leadership.

• Expertise in CMS, NY regulations, QAPI and value-based care.

First-Year Deliverables:

• 90 days: enterprise assessment.

• 180 days: physician scorecards and dashboards.

• 365 days: measurable quality and physician improvements.

Executive KPIs:

• Resident outcomes.

• Risk-adjusted readmissions.

• CMS Five-Star trends.

• Survey performance.

• Physician engagement.

• Strategic initiative execution.

Executive Competencies:

Visionary leadership; executive communication; systems thinking; physician engagement; strategic partnerships; financial stewardship; innovation; change management; Governing Body  communication.