Associate Chief Medical Officer (ACMO), Administration, 40-Hours, Variable shifts

Heywood Hospital•Gardner, MA

83d•Onsite

About The Position

Heywood Healthcare values its employees and offers competitive wages, great benefits, and generous earned time off. This position serves as a delegate for the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in medical staff and patient safety matters, supporting credentialing, privileging, and quality initiatives. The role also involves leadership for the OB-GYN department, focusing on clinical quality, staffing, recruitment, and strategic growth for women's health services. The Associate Chief Medical Officer will partner with nursing leadership, represent the service line in strategic planning, and ensure alignment with system-wide quality and safety standards.

Requirements

MD or DO, board-certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Active or eligible Massachusetts medical license.

Nice To Haves

Experience or strong interest in rural or community hospital settings preferred.
Prior departmental, service-line, or administrative leadership experience strongly preferred.
Demonstrated collaborative leadership style; comfort operating within a matrixed reporting structure.

Responsibilities

Serve as the CMO Office delegate for medical staff and patient safety matters requiring administrative response.
Support credentialing and privileging processes, including FPPE/OPPE review, in partnership with the Medical Staff Office, engaging with department chairs system-wide.
Serve as an alternate point of contact within the disruptive physician/professionalism pathway when the CMO has a conflict of interest or is otherwise unavailable, regardless of specialty involved.
Participate in Quality & Patient Safety Committee activities and peer review processes across medical and surgical service lines.
Serve as a rotating or standing member of relevant system-wide committees (e.g., Medical Executive Committee, Pharmacy & Therapeutics, or Utilization Review).
Partner with the CMO on multi-specialty quality initiatives (e.g., sepsis response, readmission reduction, care transitions) requiring coordination across inpatient, ED, and ambulatory settings.
Represent the CMO's office in select hospital-wide operational or strategic planning discussions, gaining exposure to service lines beyond Women's Health.
Maintain working familiarity with medical staff bylaws, conduct policies, and BORIM/NPDB reporting obligations sufficient to act in the CMO's stead on routine matters, system-wide.
Serve as the physician leader for the OB-GYN department, including clinical quality, staffing model, and coverage/call schedules.
Own departmental quality and safety metrics for obstetrics and gynecology, including perinatal quality measures.
Lead physician recruitment, onboarding, and retention efforts for the Women's Health service line, with an emphasis on building coverage depth and long-term sustainability.
Partner with nursing leadership on Labor & Delivery/OB unit operations.
Develop and execute a strategic growth plan for women's health services, including outreach to surrounding rural communities and future-proofing local maternity access.
Represent the Women's Health service line in system strategic planning, capital planning, and relevant grant or community-benefit initiatives (e.g., rural health access efforts).
Ensure service-line practices align with system-wide quality and safety standards set by the CMO's office.