Career Opportunities

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

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FLSA Status: Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham (BID Needham) is a rapidly growing community hospital serving the southwest and metrowest suburbs of Boston. Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Needham has served residents in Needham, Newton, Dedham, Dover, Medfield, Sherborn, Wellesley, Westwood and other surrounding communities for more than 100 years.

Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Needham is committed to achieving high quality and safe care for the patients we serve. At Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham, we’re shaping the future of health care – and that means creating medical equity for both our patients and employees.
BID Needham is a part of the larger Beth Israel Lahey Health Care System (BILH) and collaborates with other affiliates and shared system services on many healthcare initiatives, research, including a cancer center located in Needham licensed under BIDMC.
• Licensed 73-bed acute care community hospital
• More than 500 physicians on staff
• 5,000 annual inpatient hospitalizations
Points of Pride
• Multiple five-out-five-star ratings from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in its annual quality and safety assessment of hospitals across the country.
• Nationally recognized by the American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines program with two achievement awards – Stroke GOLD PLUS with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll. The awards recognize BID Needham for its commitment to the most up-to-date evidence-based treatment guidelines to improve patient care and outcomes.
• BID Needham was founded as Glover Hospital in 1912 and has served the community for more than 100 years.

BID Needham is part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a health care system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, and more than 4,700 physicians and 39,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access to great care and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education.

Position Summary
Under the direction of the President and within established organizational and departmental policies and procedures, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of standards of clinical practice, and for the overall integration, coordination and quality of clinical care provided by the medical staff of BID Needham. The CMO is responsible for the overall medical and administrative affairs related to health care delivery and medical staff management of patient care while providing a visible, institutional commitment to quality at BID Needham. The position fosters and maintains the partnership between the Hospital and its medical staff, aligning the quality processes and outcomes, assuring appropriate utilization of resources, championing a culture of safety, and supporting care standards to elevate the level of quality and efficiency.

The CMO is a member of the Senior Management Team and works closely with the President of the Medical Staff and the Medical Staff Executive Committee and the CNO- in oversight of the quality plan. The role of the CMO does not usurp the responsibility of the organized medical staff and its officers.

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) plays a vital leadership role in serving as the key liaison with major regulatory agencies, including but not limited to DPH, BoRM, JCAHO, Leapfrog and CMS. The CMO will actively participate in the local and system-wide initiatives and committees focused on reduction of excess days, improvement of readmission rates, and enhancement of throughput efficiency.
The role also includes collaborating with a high-performing leadership team, building strong partnerships with key stakeholders, and balancing active clinical practice as an MD, with up to 0.5 clinical FTE offset and additional clinical time in the candidate's specialty.
The CMO oversees the implementation of quality improvement strategies that enhance clinical outcomes and ensure adherence to healthcare regulations. Strengthening medical staff relations is a key aspect of the role, fostering collaboration between physicians, hospital leadership, and clinical teams to optimize communication and operational efficiency.

Additionally, the CMO leverages data and analytics to monitor performance metrics, assess areas for improvement, and drive evidence-based decision-making. By maintaining a focus on patient-centered care and continuous improvement, the CMO helps shape healthcare delivery, ensuring compliance with national standards while advancing operational effectiveness across the organization.

The Chief Medical Officer plays a vital role in driving, collaborating, and engaging in initiatives that advance innovative and transformative care, both within our local communities and across the broader healthcare system.

Job Description:

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serves as resource to the medical staff, resolving/mediating inter-physician and inter-service problems/controversies, credentialing problems. Serves as a liaison to and between the hospital and the medical staff by creating, communicating and implementing physician-related hospital policies and procedures, board decisions, medical staff opinions, attitudes, preferences and needs to the medical staff, hospital management and Board of Trustees. 
• Assist the President in clinical development and network development efforts, working closely as a liaison with Atrius Health, Affiliated Physicians Group/Beth Israel Deaconess Health Care and other BILH affiliates in the evaluation and development of new or expanded services and ACO development at BID Needham.   
• The CMO will serve as the Patient Care Assessment Coordinator of the Hospital, provides direction/support to Director of Quality and Safety, actively participates in Medical and Surgical Review Committees, reviews and investigates cases with possible physician-associated harm, and assists in response to regulatory authorities for physician-related issues.   
• Assists with implementation of new or expanded programs at BIDN. 
• Monitors and evaluates care performed by the Medical Staff.  Leads medical staff in achieving quality goals set by hospital and board committees, i.e.  PCAC goal of eliminating preventable harm. 
• Assists with implementation of new or expanded programs at BIDN. Regularly attend the Board of Trustees meetings and works on presentations on Quality effort at BIDN. 
• The CMO will lead clinical efforts and collaborate closely with the CNO in improving clinical delivery, throughput efficiency within the hospital, P4P performance, expanding the use of LEAN methodology, along with possible services as key advisor to IT department in HIM automation. 
• The CMO will have direct oversight of the Medical Staff Office, Hospitalist program, and outpatient clinics at BID Needham.   
• The CMO provides support and leadership for Utilization Review, working closely with HIM and Case Management, chairing UR committee and reviewing and signing off Code 44 cases in real time. 
• Chairs or participates in all meetings at BIDN/BILH related to quality and/or safety. 
• CMO will lead in the support of a strong culture of respect and belonging and work on the development and implementation of efforts that prioritize collaboration and career satisfaction.

Required Qualifications: 

• MA license; Medical Doctorate and ABM Board certification required.   
• Minimum 10 years in clinical practice and at least 5 years administrative/management experience managing quality and hospital related regulatory requirements required.   
• Master’s Degree in Business, Public Health or Health Administration strongly preferred.  
• Demonstrated fiscal management skills associated with planning, budgeting and monitoring/controlling fiscal resources. 

Competencies:

• Written Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.
• Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
• Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.
• Team Work: Ability to interact respectfully with other employees, professional staff and/or external contacts to offer ideas, identify issues, obtain information or deliver services.
• Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

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