Chief Medical Officer

Where You’ll Work

With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

Following a major expansion, Holy Cross Hospital – Jordan Valley's capacity tripled, now housing 171 beds to serve our growing community. We have invested substantially in advanced technology and state-of-the-art equipment, which has attracted our top-notch medical staff and a team of highly skilled nurses. Our entire hospital team is dedicated to providing expert care in a warm, family-friendly environment. We are a Level III Trauma center, STEMI Cardiac receiving center, and certified stroke treatment center. Our employees are continually prepared, accountable, inspired and ensure compliance with the highest levels of quality care and patient safety standards. Recently given the Women’s Choice Award for America’s 100 Best Hospitals Emergency Care, we are the only designated trauma center west of I-15 in the Salt Lake Valley.

As one of the busiest ERs in Utah, Holy Cross Hospital - West Valley is known for offering a broad spectrum of medical services and specialty clinics to care for the diverse healthcare needs of our growing community. We are on a mission to provide the highest quality health care services with compassion and respect and demonstrate this daily with proactive, focused, caring interactions that comfort, inform and promote healing among patients, families, and co-workers. We believe in doing what’s right. We treat our employees fairly, work hard, use resources wisely, and are constantly striving to improve the quality and safety of care we deliver to our patients. We offer a Level III trauma center, STEMI cardiac receiving center, Certified stroke treatment center, and orthopedics specializing in helping athletes recover from sports related injuries.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Chief Medical Officer for Holy Cross Hospital - Jordan Valley, Holy Cross Hospital - West Valley, you will be responsible for providing leadership, strategic direction and overall operational management of physician services and medical staff administration. This role reports to the Chief Executive Officer of the facility to develop strategic plans, policies and address operational issues that build effective relationships between the hospital and its Medical Staff to produce excellence in clinical outcomes. 

Every day our CMO must have a personal and professional connection to the mission of our faith-based organization. You must be a team player and contribute toward a team centered approach that lends itself to ensuring "team before self" as we lead our complex, highly matrixed organization into the differentiated leading role as the-system-of-choice. You will invite others into your mission and Community Health work in order to be fully transparent with the activities of your position, allowing for celebration of success and learnings through opportunities for change. As our CMO, you will be a change agent for the health system by being bold in your thoughts and actions that generate the need for urgency as we forge ahead as the thought leader in our industry. Finally, you must demonstrate personal and professional accountability to our community, employees, nurses and physicians for performance that this role and its team complete.

To be successful in this role you must demonstrate the following:

• Establishing and implementing standards and policies within each hospital and across hospitals to ensure quality of medical care.
• Partnering with the Chief Nursing Officers to provide effective multidisciplinary approaches to clinical outcome management and environments of quality and safety.
• Working closely with the Market Chief Medical Officer and CME to meet Market, Region and System-wide strategies, goals, objectives and standards.
• Serving as the primary community resource to all hospital communities and provides advice and counsel to administrators on medical and administration matters related to medical practice and current affairs.

Job Requirements

In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

• Education & Experience Requirements:

  • Five years’ (5) experience in delivery of physician services and medical staff administration with proven success in progressive responsibility in healthcare leadership
  • Knowledge of Joint Commission, managed care, and health policy is essential with proven success in effective integration of medical management
  • Board certified in an approved clinical specialty required while in clinical practices
  • MD or DO, DR-Current and unrestricted license to practice medicine in applicable state
  • Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master’s in business administration
  • Medical staff relations, quality measurement credentialing and previous medical management experience is highly desirable