CMO - Chief Medical Officer

About us:

Laredo Medical Center is Laredo’s largest hospital — a 326-bed licensed acute care facility offering a range of inpatient and outpatient services. Laredo Medical Center’s quality of care has been recognized by respected agencies and national accrediting bodies. LMC is an accredited hospital by the Joint Commission. LMC also earned advanced certification as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission, and it received the designation as a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care service provider from the Texas Department of State Health Services. Additionally, LMC has just been conferred the designation of Chest Pain Accredited v6 with Primary PCI Accreditation from the American College of Cardiology. LMC is also accredited as an MBSAQIP for its bariatric program, the first hospital in Laredo to achieve the Center for Excellence designation for this program. The hospital also is home to the largest emergency center in the community with an Advanced Level III Trauma Designation. LMC grew its footprint in the region by constructing its first stand-alone emergency room, Laredo Medical Center - North Central ER, in early 2020 at 9811 McPherson Road.

Additionally, LMC is the only hospital in the community with a dedicated unit for bone and joint services, including robotic-assisted surgery for total knee, partial knee and total hip replacements. The LMC primary care residency programs for family medicine and internal medicine are making an impact on the care patients receive in the community. Now with a second cohort of residents, this is the city’s first nationally accredited graduate medical education programs to train future generations of physicians.

We believe in the power of people to create great care. We're 1,200 healthcare professionals strong, and work hard every day to be a place of healing, caring and connection for patients and families in the community we call home.

About this role:

The CMO will serve as the senior physician member of the Executive Team. The CMO is the executive who proactively and collaboratively promotes high quality, cost effective medical care by leading interactions with hospital medical staff, hospital administrative leadership, and other facility and corporate leadership and staff. This executive supports the provision of consistent clinical performance and practice standards within the facility. The CMO provides leadership and expertise for hospital quality, safety and clinical initiatives to ensure the collaboration and coordination of all stakeholders in these processes. The CMO works with facility executives and physician services executives on business development activities and provides specialized focus on identifying and developing a physician leadership network in order to move the clinical operations agenda forward.

Key Responsibilities:

• With the CEO and Chief of Staff, investigates and studies new developments in medical practice techniques and initiates Medical Staff and administrative discussion of the implementation of new procedures.
• Participates in the development and implementation of new patient care programs, and consideration of medical center/Medical Staff ventures.
• Participates in the annual operating and capital budget preparation and is responsible for the budgets of medical affairs, for integrating Medical Staff and clinical issues into the Laredo Medical Center's planning, budgeting, and marketing process.
• Assists the appropriate directors in monitoring and evaluating the performance of physicians who receive compensation form the medical center.
• Represents Laredo Medical Center on assigned internal and external committees, task forces, commissions, agencies and promotional or public relations efforts regarding medical/clinical affairs.
• Serves as an ex officio member of all Medical Staff committees, serving to integrate the activities of the various committees with each other, and with the overall goals of Laredo Medical Center.
• Advises all medical departments regarding appointment and the delineation of clinical privileges, peer review and other credentialing and quality of care concerns.
• Informs the CEO and Chief of the Medial Staff of perceived infractions of hospital policies, patient safeguards, bylaws, and rules and regulation as they pertain to CMO physicians.
• In concert with the Chief of Staff, orients and informs the Medical Staff concerning the policies and procedures associated with the Hospitalist Program.
• Works with Hospitalist physicians to assure quality care and compliance with Medial Staff and Laredo Medical Center policies, bylaws, and rules and regulations.

Education: Medical degree from an accredited institution, completion of accredited residency program, board certification preferably in a field of adult medicine, active state license in the US and eligible for a TX medical admin license.
Masters degree preferred including MBA, MPH, MHA or equivalent.

Experience: Requires a highly self motivated and professional independent worker who is able to develop and keep to own schedule, is able to prioritize assignments and design programs to meet the facilities goals and measures. 5 years of clinical experience. Excellent interpersonal, communications and organizational skills required.

Licenses / Certificates: Current Medical License in a US state, current Board Certification.

Reporting Relationships: Reports directly to the CEO.