Chief Medical Officer

Company Description
KVH is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes 24-hour emergency care, inpatient, and outpatient hospital services through KVH Hospital. Clinics and services provided include family medicine, internal medicine, a geriatric nurse practitioner program, home health and hospice, physical therapy, orthopedics, general surgery, pediatrics, women's health, and urgent care.
Kittitas Valley Healthcare expects all employees to uphold our Vision & Mission. The KVH Vision, Mission & Guiding Principles can be found at
KVH puts 'employee care' high on the priority list, with health benefits like low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance and a robust employee wellness program. KVH offers company contribution toward your choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including coverage available for spouses/ domestic partners, and dependent children. KVH believes that continuing education is critical to our mission and vision. We have implemented many educational programs such as the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program and certification pay to encourage continuing education. We want our employees to know they are valued. One of the ways we show this is by quickly vesting employees, making them pension eligible after just one year of part-time status. To view more details about the comprehensive benefits package we offer to eligible employees visit our website -
Benefits - KV Healthcare

Job Description
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is a member of both the executive and physician leadership teams. The CMO cooperates to establish and monitor clear, measurable expectations for clinical quality, coordination of care, patient safety and adherence to regulatory requirements. In cooperation with other clinical leaders, the CMO directs the maintenance of policies and procedures associated with patient care. The CMO fosters a culture of provider leadership and establishes framework for communicating and managing behavioral expectations for health care providers practicing at District facilities. The CMO cooperates with the executive team, physician leaders and Board to evaluate the adequacy and appropriateness of the clinical services provided to residents and patients of the District including a multi-year, system wide, medical staff development plan. The CMO assists in the development of annual and long-term fiscal goals including productivity objectives consistent with District policies, resources, budgets, and mission vision and values. The CMO leads the district's vision to support learning and being a teaching institution. The CMO maintains an active, part-time practice of medicine.
Qualifications
What is required...

• Graduation from an approved school of medicine and completion of an approved residency in an area of specialty
• Board Certified and licensed to practice in Washington State
• Ten (10) years clinical experience in both hospital and outpatient settings
• Five (5) years clinical administrative experience in a supervisory role

Additional Information
Wage: Wage range starts at $267,467/year to $406,203/year. Actual wage will be determined based on previous years' of applicable experience.
FTE: 1.0 = 40 hours/week; FTE will be split between Administration and Medical Practice
Benefits: This position is benefits eligible
Union Status : This is a non-union covered position