Job Summary: The Associate Chief Medical Officer/Executive Clinician develops and oversees the management of medical processes for Saint Francis Health System (SFHS), ensuring coordination of healthcare services and standards within the organization. This role will also provide patient care including assessment, diagnoses, and administration of comprehensive treatment.

Minimum Education: Commensurate education as appropriate to obtain Oklahoma State medical license and to be board certified or board eligible in the chosen specialty at the time of hire.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification: Valid Oklahoma State Medical License.

Work Experience: Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible executive leadership experience in hospital setting or large health care organization.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite. Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to analyze information and provide well-founded recommendations, demonstrating strong critical thinking skills. Ability to facilitate effective communications across all organizational levels.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Administrative/Executive Responsibilities - Establishes short and long-term strategies that ensure excellent operational performance, drive clinical practice growth and support the mission of SFHS. Leads clinical performance expectations that support the goals of consistent clinical performance and provider practice across the facility resulting in superior clinical outcomes and unparalleled patient experience. Creates 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. Serves as a direct liaison between physicians, medical staff, and health system leadership. Assembles facility physician advisory panels (as needed) to provide ongoing feedback to SFHS senior leadership. Develops and executes clinical improvement strategies, including efforts for improved patient outcomes, reduced care variation, reduced physician/medical staff burnout, and enhanced physician/medical staff engagement.

Clinical Responsibilities - Provides part-time patient care services for which he/she is clinically privileged. Provides direct patient care services on an inpatient and outpatient basis including subspeciality consultations, follow ups, and diagnostic and therapeutic services/procedures. Recommends, participates in, and works to ensure the success of efforts to improve cost effectiveness and quality of care provided to patients. Participates in academic programs (e.g. medical education and research) as requested. Provides effective interdisciplinary team participation and support through collaboration with healthcare providers and referral sources, communication with patients and appropriate family members.

Decision Making: Independent judgement in making decisions from many diversified alternatives that are subject to general review in the final stages only.

Working Relationships: Direct supervision of others. Prepares and gives performance evaluations. Works with internal and/or external customers via telephone or face to face interaction. Works with other healthcare professionals and staff.

Special Job Dimensions: None.

Supplemental Information: This document generally describes the essential functions of the job and the physical demands required to perform the job. This compilation of essential functions and physical demands is not all inclusive nor does it prohibit the assignment of additional duties.