Chief Medical Officer - Main Campus, Miamisburg and Troy

Job Details

As a key member of the senior executive team, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) provides strategic leadership, direction, and coordination for divisional operations, aligning them with the organization’s mission and objectives. The CMO acts as the senior medical authority at KH sites, serving as a vital liaison between Administration and the Medical Staff. This role is pivotal in advising administration on medical and clinical matters, promoting, and embodying the mission, vision, and core values of Kettering Health, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leadership & Strategy: Develop and champion the hospital’s patient safety and clinical quality agenda in collaboration with the executive responsible for quality and performance improvement. Establish annual goals, performance targets, and metrics, and facilitate information dissemination and knowledge management related to safety and quality.
• Clinical Standards & Outcomes: Define standards of care, enhance clinical outcomes, and disseminate best practices across the organization.
• Support & Collaboration: Assist the Chief of Staff, Medical Executive Committee, and Medical Staff in their roles to foster a culture of patient safety and quality. Provide support in achieving optimal hospital performance and clinical excellence.
• Committee Leadership: Chair or support key physician committees focusing on clinical program alignment, strategic planning, integration of care standards, research, and continuous quality improvement. Typically, the CMO will chair formal committees only when necessary to cover for absent medical staff officers.
• Liaison Responsibilities: Serve as the primary clinical liaison to the Quality and Safety Board Subcommittee and the community, fostering effective working relationships with all clinical staff including physicians, nurses, physician assistants, and advanced practice providers.
• Physician Recruitment & Relations: Assist with physician recruitment, promote physician and patient satisfaction, and support the hospital’s efforts in physician retention and relations.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., HFAP, CMS, federal and state regulations) and support the hospital’s strategic planning and development efforts.
• Executive Participation: Actively participate in Kettering Health physician leadership meetings, the hospital’s Executive Council, and assist in the development and implementation of the hospital’s Strategic Plan.
• Utilization Review: Oversee and provide clinical supervision of the hospital’s utilization review program.
• Integration & Growth: Evaluate and facilitate the consolidation and integration of clinical services and oversee the administration of the Medical Staff Bylaws. Support and promote the growth of clinical education initiatives.

Mission & Values Expectations

To live God’s love by promoting and restoring health.

Executive leaders are expected to integrate this Mission into strategic decision-making, leadership behaviors, and organizational priorities—ensuring actions consistently reflect compassion, integrity, and service. Emerging from our Mission, our Values guide how executive leaders lead, decide, and engage across the system.

• Lead through values: by modeling and mentoring behaviors that foster trust, respect, accountability, and shared purpose.
• Champion continuous improvement: in quality and safety, experience (consumer, patient, and team), growth, and financial outcomes.
• Build leaders and teams: who embody our Mission and create environments where individuals feel valued, supported, and able to contribute their best work.
• Foster a learning environment: by modeling humility, curiosity and commitment to personal and professional growth.

Skills & Knowledge

• In-depth knowledge of healthcare finance, government regulations, management theory, reimbursement, budgeting, and health technologies.
• Proven experience in leading multidisciplinary clinical programs and prior quality and management experience.
• Excellent communication skills with a strong track record in fostering collaboration, building consensus, and achieving collective objectives.
• Experience with or appreciation of community-based medical practice, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Familiarity with Ohio medical licensure practices, reporting requirements for the State Medical Board, and the National Practitioner Data Bank.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a positive demeanor in problem-solving and dealing with people.
• Advanced analytical and organizational skills necessary for leading and managing a complex clinical enterprise.
• Ability to communicate effectively, delegate tasks, and hold team members accountable.
• Awareness of national healthcare industry trends and their potential impact on providers and the industry.

Responsibilities & Requirements

Required

• M.D. or D.O. degree
• Board Certification in a clinical specialty
• Master’s degree in health administration, Business Administration or Certified Physician Executive Certificate, desirable
• Appropriate continuing education courses
• Licensure, Certifications, Registrations:
• Ohio Medical License
• Board Certification
• Active member on the medical staff of Kettering Health

Required

• Ten years’ clinical practice experience.
• Three years’ experience in medical management and administration.

Overview

Kettering Health is a not-for-profit system of 14 medical centers and more than 120 outpatient facilities serving southwest Ohio. Our mission is to live God’s love by promoting and restoring health. Our commitment to our patients is to help individuals be their best. With that context, safety is our top priority. We provide an integrated system of healthcare experts committed to providing exceptional care.

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