Chief Medical Officer

Job Description

The Chief Medical Officer, Hospital at Home (HaH) provides physician executive leadership for Atlantic Health's Hospital at Home program. This role is responsible for clinical strategy, care model design, physician and APP leadership, quality oversight, and the advancement of evidence-based acute care delivery in the home setting.

Reporting to the Vice President, Hospital-Based Medicine, the Chief Medical Officer will partner closely with the Executive Director, HaH Clinical Care and Operations, to develop and execute a nationally leading care model focused on clinical quality, patient safety, patient experience, and sustainable growth. This physician executive will lead implementation, scaling, and continuous optimization of acute hospital-level care delivered in the home setting.

The Chief Medical Officer oversees clinical standards, treatment protocols, quality and safety programs, and physician engagement across the HaH organization. This leader will serve as a national subject matter expert in home-based acute care delivery, driving innovation and clinical excellence across the organization. The role will help expand access to high-quality, cost-effective acute care, improve patient outcomes, optimize hospital capacity, and advance enterprise strategic goals.


PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
HaH Organization and Clinical Leadership

1. Strategy and Vision
• Develop and advance a nationally recognized clinical model for Hospital at Home care delivery that supports clinical quality, patient experience, and growth.
• Partner with HaH leadership to develop and execute the long-term clinical vision and strategic direction for acute care at home.
• Identify opportunities for clinical program growth, service expansion, and innovation in home-based acute care delivery.
• Promote evidence-based practices and clinical excellence across the HaH organization.

2. Program Design, Build, and Implementation
• Develop patient eligibility criteria and treatment protocols for all in-scope patient populations.
• Design scalable clinical care pathways and physician practice models supporting program growth and expansion.
• Lead development of care delivery models incorporating virtual care, remote monitoring, and home-based clinical services.
• Establish clinical quality metrics and outcome measures to monitor safety, utilization, and patient experience.
• Lead physician engagement and clinical adoption efforts supporting HaH implementation and expansion across the enterprise.
• Optimize processes to scale clinical care delivery capabilities from initial patient populations to patients with increasingly complex conditions.

3. Clinical and Operational Leadership
• Provide physician leadership and clinical oversight for acute hospital-level care delivered in the home setting.
• Provide clinical oversight for HaH physicians, APPs, and clinical care teams supporting home-based acute care delivery.

4. Performance and Accountability
• Create and manage a rigorous quality measurement and improvement program to accompany the launch of Atlantic Health's HaH organization.
• Monitor program performance against clinical, operational, financial, and patient experience goals.
• Develop solutions around program needs and pain points, including those of patients, their caregivers, and the clinical workforce.
• Evaluate clinical technologies and care delivery capabilities to support quality improvement and clinical scalability.
• Communicate program outcomes and strategic progress to executive leadership and key stakeholders.

5. Stakeholder Engagement
• Lead change management efforts to build support for HaH as a viable - and preferred - option for acute care treatment.
• Work with stakeholders across the organization to identify, evaluate and implement best practices for enhancing and improving HaH clinical operations and outcomes.
• Engage with patients, clinicians, and internal stakeholders and create feedback loops, gather data, and continuously test and validate home-based acute care models.
Partnership with extended HaH Leadership
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to HaH and enterprise leadership in advancing Hospital at Home services across Atlantic Health.
• Represent Atlantic Health internally and externally as a physician leader in Hospital at Home clinical innovation and best practices.
• Partner with operational and digital leaders to support technology-enabled care delivery models.
• Promote patient-centered care and caregiver engagement throughout the HaH experience.

$475k - $650k base salary only.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS
• Medical Degree (MD or DO)
• Minimum 7-10 years of clinical experience
• Minimum 3-5 years of leadership experience
• Active or eligible medical license in New Jersey
• Board certification in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
• Hospitalist or inpatient medicine background
• Experience launching or leading clinical programs or service lines
• Experience with cross-functional teams and projects
• Demonstrated experience leading transformational change initiatives - a change agent

SKILLS/ABILITIES/COMPETENCIES
• Clinical leadership and sound judgment in acute care medicine
• Strong executive leadership, relationship building, and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated ability to influence physicians and interdisciplinary teams
• Entrepreneurial mindset and skills to advance HaH services and goals
• Strong systems thinking and operational understanding
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and change management capabilities
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and respectful collaboration
• Ability to lead complex clinical and operational initiatives in a matrixed health system environment

About Us

At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Medical Group
• Atlantic Visiting Nurse
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group.


We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For."
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Named by Newsweek as two of the "World's Best Hospitals" in 2026.
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook ranked within the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report's 2025-2026 Best Hospital rankings.
• Atlantic Health scored four "A" grades by The Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and injections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook are New Jersey's only hospitals to be named among America's 50 Best hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
• Named by Becker's Healthcare as one of the "165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare - 2026.
• Atlantic Health Morristown, Atlantic Health Overlook, Atlantic Health Chilton and Atlantic Health Newton all Forbes Top Hospitals for 2026.
• Named by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity 2025.
• Atlantic Health rated LEVEL 9 - 2025 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired.

Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted:

Team Member Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
• Life & AD&D Insurance.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
• 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
• PTO & Paid Sick Leave
• Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
• Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
• Backup and On-Site Childcare
• Well-Being Rewards
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program
• Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
• Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance

Note: In Compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Act (effective Sunday, June 1, 2025), all job postings will include the hourly wage or salary (or a range), as well as this summary of benefits. Final compensation and benefit eligibility may vary by role and employment status and will be confirmed at the time of offer.

EEO STATEMENT

Atlantic Health, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran

About the Team

Atlantic Health System is at the forefront of medicine, setting standards for quality health care powered by a workforce of more than 18,000 team members and 4,800 affiliated physicians dedicated to building healthier communities, the system offers more than 400 sites of care, including eight award-winning medical centers. Specializing in cardiovascular care, cancer care, orthopedics, neuroscience, pediatrics, women's health and rehabilitation medicine. Atlantic Medical Group, comprised of 1,000 physicians and advanced practice providers, represents one of the largest multi-specialty practices in New Jersey and includes finance, legal, marketing, human resources, talent acquisition, ISS and more. Caring for our patients, our team members and the communities we serve is our central mission.