Associate Chief Medical Officer & VP Medical Affairs

The Associate Chief Medical Officer (ACMO) and Vice President of Medical Affairs (VPMA) at the hospital plays a pivotal leadership role in advancing clinical excellence, patient safety, and operational effectiveness across the hospital. With a primary reporting relationship to the EVP/Chief Physician Executive of GBMC HealthCare and a secondary reporting relationship to the Hospital EVP/Chief Operating Officer, this position maintains an active clinical practice while providing executive oversight for medical staff governance, institutional review board, and quality improvement initiatives. Key responsibilities include championing hospital quality and safety, optimizing patient flow and resource utilization, ensuring clinical documentation integrity, and fostering collaborative relationships among medical staff, hospital leadership, and stakeholders. The role demands strategic communication, regulatory compliance, and a commitment to GBMC’s core values of respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork, ethical behavior, and results, all aimed at delivering superior patient care and supporting organizational goals.

Education

• M.D. or D.O. , with completion of an ACGME-approved residency (required)
• Master's Degree MBA, MHA or equivalent training (Preferred)

Experience

• At least five years of experience with significant combination of clinical, educational, and administrative experience in a hospital environment with proven leadership & management skills.
• Previous CMO, ACMO, or medical director experience (Preferred)

Skills

• Knowledge of industry standards JCAHO, Medicare, OSHA, Organizational management, regulatory standards for affected area of responsibility.
• Demonstrated success leading change, integration, and culture initiatives that align diverse stakeholders around shared goals.
• Excellent interpersonal skills necessary to maintain good rapport and effective working relationships with medical staff, nursing staff and other hospital personnel.
• Demonstrates and facilitates collaboration and teamwork to achieve goals
• Seeks opportunities to be present, visible, & approachable in the organization.
• Demonstrates innovative and creative approaches to work

Licensures, Certifications

• Maryland Medical License (required upon hire)
• Current Board Certification & active state medical license (required)

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical Care:

• Maintain a minimum of 0.25 FTE in an active clinical practice within GBMC HealthCare
• Ensure maintaining outstanding clinical care, quality, and service to patients and referring providers, and set the example for the providers at GBMC HealthCare.

Medical Staff Office & Institutional Review Board (IRB):   

• Provides executive oversight of the Medical Staff Office and Institutional Review Board (IRB), including annual budgeting, resource allocation, and performance monitoring.
• Ensures that the MSO & IRB operations are appropriately staffed, financially responsible, and aligned with organizational strategic and compliance priorities.

Physician Champion for Hospital Quality & Safety:

• Direct responsibility for clinical aspects of quality and safety of patient care (Board Quality, grievance, critical incident command, & P&T, etc). Lead relevant local quality and safety committees.
• Partner with Quality & Safety (Q&S) team leadership as the physician subject matter expert (SME) and physician champion to achieve system goals. In particular, champion excellence for the federal and state quality initiatives (MHAC, QBR, RRIP, VBP, etc.)
• Support the Quality department to ensure regulatory readiness for Joint Commission & other regulatory surveys.
• Foster a culture of safety, high reliability, and Zero Harm.

Hospital Throughput:

• Serves as the executive physician leader accountable for hospital throughput, patient flow, & inpatient capacity management.
• Champions a culture of proactive patient progression, engaging physician and nursing leaders to remove barriers to timely care.
• Leads hospital-wide initiatives to improve coordination across continuum, reducing avoidable delays, & optimizing use of hospital resources.

Clinical Documentation Integrity & Case Mix Optimization:

• Partner with the Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) and coding teams to engage physicians in accurate, complete documentation that reflects true patient acuity, and supports an optimized case mix index.
• Champions physician education and accountability for documentation practices that advance quality reporting, appropriate reimbursement, and regulatory compliance.

Utilization Review and Resource Stewardship:

• Collaborate with Utilization Review, physician advisors, and case management to ensure medical necessity, appropriate level-of-care decisions, and efficient use of hospital resource.
• Champions physician accountability for documentation and clinical judgement that support appropriate utilization and accurate representation of patient status.

Medical Staff Governance:   

• Assist the medical staff officers, Medical Board Committee, Medical staff committees, and Department Chairs in carrying out their functions.
• Work collaboratively with the Chairs of all Medical Staff Committees as an ex-oficio, non-voting member of all medical staff committees.
• Support Medical Staff leadership to improve medical staff functions and governance.
• Assist Medical Staff leadership in the oversight of the conduct of Medical Staff members privileged at the Hospital in accordance with Hospital policies, medical staff bylaws, rules, and regulations.
• Participate in the development or revision of hospital policies and procedures relevant to medical staff and medical staff affairs.
• Support Medical Staff Leadership to ensure appropriate dialogue about the strategic initiatives of the Medical Staff and the Hospital.
• Assist medical staff credentialing specialist, elected medical staff officers, and the Chair of Credentials Committee to coordinate medical staff credentialing including the review of credentials, delineation of clinical privileges, & development of privileges.
• Support the Quality Department and Medical Staff Leadership in Peer Review and in the development of appropriate OPPE and FPPE.

Stakeholder Communication & Collaboration:

• Open, transparent, & strategic communication
• Serve as a liaison between executive leadership and medical staff to ensure alignment on quality and safety priorities and initiatives.
• Develops and maintains effective relationships with other Hospital employees, the medical staff, patients and visitors to promote a positive response to the Hospital and a positive work environment.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift up to ten (10) pounds maximum and occasionally lifts or carry small item (files, manual, binder).
• Ability concentrate and pay close attention to detail.
• Must be able to work occasional weekends and attend employee or business functions in evenings or early mornings, outside of normal business hours.

Working Conditions

• Normal office work environment.
• Must maintain an active clinical practice within GBMC HealthCare

All roles must demonstrate GBMC Values

GBMC Values

Value Description

Respect

I will treat everyone with courtesy. I will foster a healing environment.

• Treats others with fairness, kindness, and respect for personal dignity and privacy
• Listens and responds appropriately to others’ needs, feelings, and capabilities

Excellence

I will strive for superior performance in every aspect of my work. I will recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of others.

• Meets and/or exceeds customer expectations
• Actively pursues learning and self-development
• Pays attention to detail; follows through

Accountability

I will be professional in the way I act, look and speak. I will take ownership to solve problems.

• Sets a positive, professional example for others
• Takes ownership of problems and does what is needed to solve them
• Appropriately plans and utilizes required resources for various job duties
• Reports to work regularly and on time

Teamwork

I will be engaged and collaborative. I will keep people informed.

• Works cooperatively and collaboratively with others for the success of the team
• Addresses and resolves conflict in a positive way
• Seeks out the ideas of others to reach the best solutions
• Acknowledges and celebrates the contribution of others

Ethical Behavior

I will always act with honesty and integrity. I will protect the patient.

• Demonstrates honesty, integrity and good judgment
• Respects the cultural, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of patients/families/coworkers

Results

I will set goals and measure outcomes that support organizational goals. I will give and accept help to achieve goals.

• Embraces change and improvement in the work environment
• Continuously seeks to improve the quality of products/services
• Displays flexibility in dealing with new situations or obstacles
• Achieves results on time by focusing on priorities and manages time efficiently

Pay Range

$225,000.00 - $300,000.00

Final salary offer will be based on the candidate's qualifications, education, experience and alignment with our organizational needs.

Equal Employment Opportunity

GBMC HealthCare and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.