Lutheran Health Network

Lutheran Hospital is seeking an innovative, strategic, operational, and transformational physician executive to provide leadership in all aspects of medical staff affairs for the hospital with an emphasis on creating a high-reliability culture of quality, patient safety, evidence-based medicine, and value-based clinical care. The goal of the Chief Medical Officer role is to set the vision and agenda for improvement in clinical outcomes, as well as resource utilization, patient-centered care coordination, and patient experience so as to optimize the quality of care through rigorous outcomes measurement, data analytics, and performance improvement processes. The Chief Medical Officer will manage the creation, updating, and implementation of quality and safety standards and processes for the hospital to ensure consistency and continuity with the goal of reducing inappropriate variation. The Chief Medical Officer will be a member of the hospital’s executive team and report directly to the Chief Executive Officer.

Serving the community since 1904, Lutheran Hospital is a 396-bed tertiary care facility that provides healthcare services to patients in Fort Wayne and throughout northeastern Indiana and northwestern Ohio. Accredited by The Joint Commission and part of Lutheran Health Network, we are dedicated to providing compassionate, quality care with the best possible experience to every patient, every time, and to making a positive impact on our community.

In addition to traditional healthcare, Lutheran Hospital provides extensive specialized services through:

Level II verified adult and pediatric trauma centers

A certified comprehensive stroke center

An accredited comprehensive cancer program

Northeastern Indiana's only accredited comprehensive bariatric surgery center

Chief Medical Officer Responsibilities

Serve as enterprise champion for the development and sustainability of a culture of quality, safety, and high reliability and provide leadership in the design and implementation of comprehensive quality and safety programs for the hospital.

Serve as a change agent for programs that will create clinical improvement and

optimization of related activities or goals for CHS and Chief Medical Center.

Develop, evaluate and implement clinical practice protocols in collaboration with the

hospital’s clinical staff and facilitate evidence-based practices which drive the

development of a culture of patient safety.

Provide leadership and vision in the development of clinical guidelines and care

pathways and integrate, monitor, and evaluate quality assurance with disease

management.

Support efforts to improve quality outcomes, both clinically and administratively, to

ensure the highest standards in the treatment and care of patients.

Support compliance with all relevant state and federal licensing and accrediting

bodies.

Participate in the ongoing development of clinical information systems and electronic

medical records to allow proper utilization of clinical data analytics and feedback to

physicians regarding their practice patterns and performance.

Support medical staff officers, chiefs and committee chairs to provide leadership for

the hospital’s bylaws, rules, and regulations, as well as policies, procedures, and

behavior standards.

Support the Medical Staff in its self-governance and accountability to the Hospital

Board for quality and safety of patient care. Assures medical staff compliance with

bylaws, rules and regulations, as well as policies, procedures, and behavior

standards.

Partner with medical staff leadership to resolve disputes between members of the

medical staff and follow up on medical staff behavioral issues as outlined in relevant

hospital and medical staff policies.

Define the roles of the Medical Staff leaders as outlined in the bylaws and regulations.

Ensure medical staff development plans and programs are implemented and

maintained.

Provides leadership in the areas of strategic planning, strategy execution and

implementation of care management programs. Works closely with the regional,

corporate and facility leadership to advise, organize and educate physicians on clinical

integration.

Support physician recruitment and promote programs which enhance physician

satisfaction.

Registration/Certification/Licensure: Board certification in medical specialty

Experience: Minimum of five years experience as a general practitioner in private practice, medical staff, military or medical society affairs.

Education: Graduate of an accredited medical school with an M.D. or D.O. degree with current licensure by the State of Indiana as a physician and surgeon along with significant management training; preference given to candidates with MBS, MPH or MHSA credentials.

Required Knowledge And Professional Experience

Demonstrated performance and accomplishments in physician leadership roles gained

in an acute care hospital setting and/or major medical group.

8+ years of clinical practice experience

Experience in and significant understanding of contemporary clinical process

improvement, acute care hospital clinical quality benchmarking, best practices and

quality management programs.

Familiarity with and understanding of medical staff organization, credentialing, bylaws,

rules, and regulations.

Possesses high energy and enthusiasm

Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to manage multiple competing priorities

Demonstrated abilities with strategic planning, budgeting, management, and goal

setting.

Experience designing effective clinical practice patterns and clinical protocols to

decrease inappropriate utilization to enhance quality outcomes.

Works as a goal-setting and solutions-oriented leader.

Equal Opportunity Employer