VP, Associate Chief Medical Officer (5613)

REGIONAL ONE HEALTH • Memphis, TN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Chief Medical Officer serves as a senior physician executive and key deputy to the Chief Medical Officer, with a strong focus on clinical operations, performance improvement, physician advisory and clinical informatics. Leads cross-functional collaboration with operations, quality, finance, nursing, and service-line leadership to drive improvements in reliability, throughput, patient outcomes, and overall organizational performance within a high-acuity, mission-driven hospital setting.

Requirements

• M.D. or D.O. from accredited school
• Board certification in an ABMS- or AOA-recognized specialty.
• Licensed to practice medicine in the State of Tennessee.
• Minimum 5 years experience Of progressive physician leadership experience, including experience in hospital operations, medical staff affairs, quality, or service-line leadership.
• Experience with improvement in quality, throughput, utilization, or physician engagement.
• Strong executive presence, conflict-management ability, and skill in leading across a matrixed environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a large urban hospital, safety-net system, trauma center, or academic medical center.
• Experience with care progression, physician advisory functions, utilization review, regulatory readiness, or denials management.
• Experience supervising or coaching medical directors, department leaders, or physician committees.

Responsibilities

• Provides senior physician leadership for enterprise clinical operations, with oversight of ROH clinical operations and alignment of physician services with hospital performance goals.
• Assists with operational improvement initiatives focused on hospital throughput, length of stay, discharge optimization, transfer efficiency, utilization management, and care transitions.
• Oversees clinical informatics and AI strategy and execution, including EHR optimization, clinical decision support, data governance, and digital workflow transformation to improve quality, efficiency, and provider experience.
• Partners with quality and safety leaders to drive measurable improvements in mortality, harm reduction, patient safety, patient experience, and regulatory readiness.
• Collaborates with CDI, case management, revenue integrity, and finance to enhance documentation quality, reduce denials, and optimize resource utilization and financial performance.
• Translates clinical data into actionable insights by leveraging analytics platforms, dashboards, and reporting tools to support real-time operational and strategic decision-making.
• Supports development and execution of service line strategies and clinical programs, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities and performance metrics.
• Builds physician engagement through visible leadership, effective communication, informatics enablement, and performance-driven coaching.
• Serves as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on clinical operations, informatics, digital transformation, and performance improvement initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree