Chief Medical Officer (CMO)

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionPosition 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.