Assistant Chief Medical Officer (ACMO)

Who We Are JPS Health Network is a $950 million, tax-supported healthcare system in North Texas. Licensed for 582 beds, the network features over 25 locations across Tarrant County, with John Peter Smith Hospital a Level I Trauma Center, Tarrant County's only psychiatric emergency center, and the largest hospital-based family medical residency program in the nation. The health network employs more than 7,200 people.
Acclaim Multispecialty Group is the medical practice group featuring over 300 providers serving JPS Health Network. Specialties range from primary care to general surgery and trauma. The Acclaim Multispecialty Group formed around a common set of incentives and expectations supporting the operational, financial, and clinical performance
outcomes of the network. Our goal is to provide high quality, compassionate clinical care for every patient, every time.
Why JPS? We're more than a hospital. We're 7,200 of the most dedicated people you could ever meet. Our goal is to make sure the people of our community get the care they need and deserve. As community stewards, we abide by three Rules of the Road:
1. Own it. Everyone who wears the JPS badge contributes to our journey to excellence.
2. Seek joy. Every day, every shift, we celebrate our patients, smile, and emphasize positivity.
3. Don't be a jerk. Everyone is treated with courtesy and respect. Smiling, laughter, compassion - key components of our everyday experience at JPS.
When working here, you're surrounded by passion, diversity, and dedication. We look forward to meeting you!
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Job Title:
Assistant Chief Medical Officer (ACMO)
Requisition Number:
37095
Employment Type:
Full Time
Division:
QUALITY, EDUCATION, PREVENTION & OUTCOMES
Compensation Type:
Salaried
Job Category:
Director / Management Level
Hours Worked:
Location:
John Peter Smith Hospital
Shift Worked:
Job Description:
Job Summary: The Assistant Chief Medical Officer (ACMO) serves as a key physician leader with oversight of physician advisory services and supports the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) with oversight of the medical staff services. This position is responsible for providing hospital-wide clinical and administrative leadership. The ACMO works collaboratively with the medical staff and organizational leaders to further the mission, vision and objectives of JPS Health Network. The ACMO is responsible for supporting the CMO with the optimization, development and implementation of the acute care services and strategy for JPS Health Network. The ACMO works collaboratively under the direction of the CMO to ensure achievement of annual strategic goals and objectives.
Essential Job Functions & Accountabilities:

1. Serves as a key physician leader and supports the CMO with oversight of the medical staff services.
2. Works collaboratively with leaders of medical staff to support their need and the needs of the organizations.
3. Works in collaboration with the CMO and Medical Staff Affairs leadership to ensure regulatory and organizational compliance with necessary protocols and policies.
4. Ensures compliance with CMS and Joint Commission rules and regulations.
5. Collaborates with Medical Staff leaders and administration towards implementing evidence-based practices to improve patient outcomes.
6. Serves as visible and collaborative physician leader across the in-patient JPS care sites.
7. Servant leader with the ability to gain deep understanding of current state of clinical program performance and inspire teams towards achieving aspirational goals.
8. In collaboration with appropriate nursing leaders, will oversee and be responsible for hospital capacity management.
9. Partners with the Network Quality Executive and the Quality department in all QI and quality assurance activities.
10. Partners with the accreditation team and Network Quality Executive to ensure continuous regulatory readiness.
11. Collaborates with leadership and medical staff to develop and implement new clinical systems/programs to enhance existing services.
12. Works directly with clinical and operational leaders to make certain that all patients have a positive experience with our provided services in assigned clinical areas and that programs, systems, operations, and resources throughout clinical care delivery areas provide safe, evidence-based, and efficient patient care.
13. Supports the CMO in partnership with department chairs to improve clinician well-being and engagement.
14. Ensures that assigned clinical areas achieve clinical core measurement scores and have functional action plans for continued improvement in clinical care delivery.
15. Ensures that all activities are conducted in a timely and cost-effective manner and in compliance with organizational values, professional standards, internal policies/standards/procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements.
16. Anticipates and recognizes evolving factors that affect organizational needs/assigned clinical areas and participates in the development of strategies/initiatives/programs/projects to support growth and transformational change in patient experience, access to services, and clinical programs.
17. Job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and may be subject to change with or without notice. Staff are expected to perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:

• Current Medical Doctor (M.D) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) degree from an accredited school of medicine.
• A minimum of 15 years of clinical experience practice with 5-10 years of progressive leadership experience in highly matrixed healthcare organizations.
• Active Administrative medical license or ability to gain one within first year of employment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, medical management, and/or business administration.

Location Address:
1500 S. Main Street
Fort Worth, Texas, 76104
United States