Chief Medical Officer

Reston Hospital Center

Reston, VA 23225

https://restonhospital.com/

Size of Hospital: 199-beds

Hospital Overview:

Conveniently located in the vibrant heart of town at the Reston Town Center, our expanding, full-service 223-bed acute care medical and surgical hospital serves residents in the growing Northern Virginia region that incorporates western Fairfax and eastern Loudoun counties. A caring organization, Reston Hospital Center enhances the health and quality of life across our region.

First opening our doors on November 10, 1986, Reston has been integral in the care of northern Virginians ever since with a quality of care philosophy to strive for clinical excellence and make patient safety our top priority. In 2001, we began a major expansion project that added the West Wing, a five-story facility featuring 60 additional licensed beds for The Family Center; critical care, progressive care, medical/oncology and surgical units; an endoscopy suite; expanded emergency and radiology departments; enlarged ancillary areas for medical records and dietary services; the Parkway Medical Tower housing an ambulatory/outpatient surgery center and medical offices and a parking garage with more than 1,000 new spaces. Reston is dedicated to providing the latest medical advancements and modernized care facilities to the continually growing population of Northern Virginia.

Position Summary:

The Facility Chief Medical Officer leads clinical and quality initiatives that support the provision of consistent clinical performance and practice standards across the hospital; facilitates the analysis of quality performance and prioritization improvement opportunities; provides senior level leadership to the infection control, risk management, safety, and medical staff credentialing functions ensuring the collaboration and coordination of all stakeholders in these processes; and consults on an array of issues involving physicians.

Major Responsibilities:

• Promotes Physician Alignment between HCA-Affiliated Physicians and HCA Hospital and Corporate Leadership by:
• Leading clinical performance expectations that support the goals of consistent clinical performance and practice standards across the facility to ensure superior clinical outcomes and unparalleled patient experience.
• Working with Hospital Chief Medical Officers, Chief Executive Officers, Medical Staffs, and Boards of Directors, to improve the functionality and effectiveness of the hospital medical staff organization
• Partnering and collaborating with medical staffs and hospital management teams, facilitating teamwork and shared goals. Representing medical staff viewpoints to management and relaying management viewpoints to medical staff by establishing and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships between HCA leadership and community and/or employed physicians.
• Provides clinical support and consultation regarding cost effective clinical resource management in the facilities by sharing of reports and recommendations regarding how to reduce the variable cost per case while maintaining and enhancing clinical effectiveness.
• Creating an environment of quality and cost improvement that is data driven and develops systems to review utilization of resources and objectively measure outcomes of care in the inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Serving as a direct liaison between HCA affiliated physicians and facility, and corporate clinical services functions.
• Establishing and maintaining an ongoing program to orient and develop management expertise for Hospital Chiefs of Staff, Medical Executive Committees, and other medical staff leaders by providing oversight and leadership for all medical education programs.
• Leading educational sessions and providing ongoing in service to facility medical staff regarding clinical resource management, appropriate documents standards, utilization and quality issues, and quality improvement activities in collaboration with the chief of staff or other clinical leadership in the facility.
• Assembling regional physician advisory panels to provide ongoing feedback to HCA senior management and serves as a liaison between these committees and facility, and corporate leadership as well as to the affiliated physicians.
• Serving as spokesperson to HCA hospitals and affiliated physicians to explain and obtain buy in for, corporate, group, and facility, sponsored clinical initiatives.
• Collaborating on a day to day basis with other facility and corporate Chief Medical Officers.
• Educating physicians on HCA clinical technologies.
• Collaborating with HPG and Supply Chain on formulary and supply opportunities.

Education & Experience:

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), Required
• Master's degree in business or related field, Preferred
• 10+ years of experience in clinical practice, Preferred
• Experience as a CMO (or equivalent) in a large, complex hospital or regional health system, Required
• Additional education and coursework in management and business, Preferred

Licenses, Certifications, & Training:

• Board Certified Physician, Required
• State medical board licensed, Required