Vice President Chief Medical Officer - Acute Care, North Region

Why ThedaCare?  

Living A Life Inspired!

Our new vision at ThedaCare is bold, ambitious, and ignited by a shared passion to provide outstanding care. We are inspired to reinvent health care by becoming a proactive partner in health, enriching the lives of all and creating value in everything we do. Each of us are called to take action in delivering higher standards of care, lower costs and a healthier future for our patients, our families, our communities and our world. 

At ThedaCare, our team members are empowered to be the catalyst of change through our values of compassion, excellence, leadership, innovation, and agility.  A career means much more than excellent compensation and benefits. Our team members are supported by continued opportunities for learning and development, accessible and transparent leadership, and a commitment to work/life balance. If you’re interested in joining a health care system that is changing the face of care and well-being in our community, we encourage you to explore a future with ThedaCare.

Benefits, with a whole-person approach to wellness –

• Lifestyle Engagement
  • e.g. health coaches, relaxation rooms, health focused apps (Wonder, Ripple), mental health support  

• Access & Affordability
  • e.g. minimal or zero copays, team member cost sharing premiums, daycare

About ThedaCare!

Summary :

The primary role of the acute care CMO is to provide clinical and administrative leadership in order to improve safety, clinical quality, and patient experience while decreasing the total cost of care. The acute care CMO will serve as a key liaison between the medical staff and Froedtert ThedaCare Northern Region administration. Responsibilities include oversight and support of the medical staff governance, credentialing and privileging, bylaws, rules and regulations, medical staff policy development/approval, physician leadership development, and collaboration with physician, nursing, operational, quality, and compliance leaders to advance acute care quality, safety, regulatory compliance, accreditation readiness, and clinical performance across Froedtert ThedaCare Northern Region acute care facilities.

Job Description:

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Identify and address strategic clinical, operational, and medical staff leadership needs of Froedtert ThedaCare Northern Region acute care facilities and its physician partners.
• Participate in identifying and executing on key strategic opportunities to provide improved access to care, continuously improve quality and safety, improve patient experience and drive improved financial sustainability and growth of acute care services in alignment with other key leaders across the entire continuum of care.
• Serve as a primary liaison between the medical staff and Froedtert ThedaCare Northern Region administration to strengthen relationships, communication, trust, and alignment in support of Froedtert ThedaCare's mission, vision, guiding principles, and annual goals.
• Mentor, and develop acute care physician leaders across Froedtert ThedaCare Northern Region, including acute care associate Chief Medical Officers.
• Ensure that activities of the unified medical staff, especially as they pertain to credentialing and privileging, medical staff governance, policy/procedure development, Joint Commission accreditation expectations, Wisconsin DHS regulatory and licensure requirements are effectively supported. Develop the assets and resources of the medical staff and its support personnel to achieve its objectives and to ensure compliance with external regulatory and professional standards, as well as internal standards of care.
• Attend and support unified medical staff committee meetings including but not limited to the Unified Medical Executive Committee (Unified MEC), Credentialing Committee, Bylaws Committee, General Medical Staff Meetings, System Peer Review Committee, and other medical staff leadership forums as needed to ensure appropriate oversight and alignment in collaboration with Acute Care physician leaders.
• Maintain operational accountability for medical staff structure, system bylaws, rules and regulations, medical staff policy interpretation and approval, credentials and privileging, and continued standardization of related policies and processes across Froedtert ThedaCare Northern Region acute care facilities.
• Provide executive oversight of Medical Staff Services, including leadership of the manager and team responsible for supporting credentialing, privileging, committee operations, practitioner files, and core medical staff administrative functions.
• Serve as leader and chair of the Acute Safety and Quality Council (ASQC), which has oversight of acute care quality, safety, and clinical care operations and regularly reports to the appropriate system quality governance structure. Prepare data, summaries, and presentations for FT leadership and the Board of Directors as requested.
• Partner closely with the Ambulatory Chief Medical Officer, Chief Quality Officer, quality leaders, compliance leaders, and the medical staff to support the system peer review committee and assure compliance with peer review expectations, regulatory requirements, just culture principles, High Reliability Organization (HRO) processes, and related medical staff processes, while providing guidance and oversight as needed.
• Partner with and lead site ACMOs, physician leaders, operational leaders, quality leaders, and compliance leaders to advance acute care safety, quality, clinical outcomes, and high reliability principles across Froedtert ThedaCare Northern Region acute care facilities.
• Partner with and lead site ACMOs, operational leaders, quality leaders, compliance leaders, and other relevant departments to assure regulatory compliance, support required utilization management processes and meetings, and assist with related initiatives and priorities affecting acute care medical staff practice.
• Report to and participate with system leadership, physician group leadership, medical staff leadership, and other leadership and quality teams or forums as requested to provide input on quality performance, physician leadership matters, medical staff governance, and business strategies and direction for Froedtert ThedaCare and Physician Partners. Be a spokesperson for Froedtert ThedaCare leadership at the appropriate venues as required.
• Organize and lead site ACMOs to support and direct their work across facilities, resulting in strong physician leadership, effective medical staff operations, and achievement of Froedtert ThedaCare's mission and vision with established quality and performance expectations.
• Direct reports include, but are not limited to, the manager of Medical Staff Services and site ACMO leaders as designated by the organization.

ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE SKILL

Additional executive skills needed for the Froedtert ThedaCare system Vice President and Chief Medical Officer - Acute Care include, but are not limited to, credibility, reliability, professionalism, courtesy, sound judgment, strong listening skills, respect for just culture principles, commitment to high reliability processes, and the ability to ensure physicians, clinicians, and team members feel heard, valued, and appropriately represented in executive discussions. This leader must be an effective collaborator who builds trust, communicates clearly, supports accountability, and serves as a consistent and respected voice for physicians and clinical care within the organization.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 5 years clinical practice experience.
• Wisconsin Medical License -- unrestricted. Current or obtained after hire.
• Board certification in his/her specialty.
• Physician executive leadership experience including oversight of safety, quality, process improvement, unified medical staff governance, and physician leadership development.
• Master's level education or equivalent work experience in healthcare or business management preferred but not mandatory.
• Demonstrated competence in delivery system and managed care environments.
• Demonstrated understanding of regulatory, licensure, and accreditation standards.
• Demonstrated understanding of credentialing, privileging, unified medical staff governance, bylaws, rules and regulations, and medical staff policy administration.
• Direct line management experience. The ideal candidate will have experience leading physician leaders, managing through complexity, and working effectively across administrative and medical staff structures.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Ability to move freely (standing, stooping, walking, bending, pushing and pulling) and lift up to a maximum of twenty-five (25) pounds without assistance.
• Job classification could be exposed to blood borne pathogens (blood or bodily fluids) while performing job duties.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Normally works in climate-controlled office environment.
• Frequent sitting with movement throughout office space.
• Possible exposure to communicable diseases, hazardous materials, and pharmacological agents.
• Use of computers throughout the workday.
• Frequent use of keyboard with repetitive motion of hands, wrists, and fingers.
• Travel to multiple hospital settings across Wisconsin.

Position requires compliance with department specific competencies.

PAC approved

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Scheduled FTE:

1

Location:

ThedaCare Corporate Office - Neenah,Wisconsin

Overtime Exempt:

Yes

Worker Shift Details:

Days