Chief Medical Officer

Oneida Health•Oneida, NY

11h

About The Position

Oneida Health is seeking an accomplished, collaborative, and forward-thinking Chief Medical Officer to provide clinical leadership and shape healthcare across the organization and the communities it serves. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the CMO is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and the principal physician leader for clinical quality, patient safety, medical staff engagement, and clinical strategy. The role supports a culture of clinical excellence, collaboration, accountability, and patient-centered care, and offers the opportunity to influence the quality, safety, culture, growth, and future direction of a community-focused health system. The CMO works closely with the CEO, executive leadership, medical staff, department chiefs, and clinical leaders. The position provides strategic physician leadership across clinical services, quality, patient safety, and medical staff affairs; strengthens partnership between medical staff and administration; champions improvements in outcomes, patient experience, quality, and safety; and helps identify opportunities for innovation, growth, and service-line development. The CMO also supports an engaged medical staff and serves as a visible physician advocate for patients, clinicians, and the community. The CMO leads clinical quality and improvement efforts, provides expertise in medical care and quality policies and guidelines, reviews quality-of-care concerns, promotes evidence-based practice and innovation, and uses clinical data and performance metrics to drive measurable improvements. The role oversees medical staff processes including credentialing, privileging, and peer review; promotes physician engagement, development, well-being, and satisfaction; supports compliance with medical staff bylaws and organizational policies; and addresses physician performance or conduct concerns fairly and collaboratively. As an executive and operational leader, the CMO partners with the CEO and executive team on strategy, hospital operations, service-line development, growth, and organizational transformation. The role participates in leadership and Board meetings as appropriate, supports efficient workflows and high-value care, participates in clinical service budgeting and financial planning, and champions effective technology adoption. The CMO also ensures clinical operations and medical staff practices align with applicable laws, regulations, standards, and accreditation requirements, and provides physician leadership for regulatory surveys, accreditation reviews, and audits. The position helps address community health needs, disparities, and priorities through partnerships with physicians, community organizations, public health agencies, and other healthcare providers. It promotes access, health outcomes, prevention, and community well-being; fosters teamwork, accountability, respect, inclusion, and patient-centered care; mentors clinical leaders; develops physician leadership; and promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in clinical practice, leadership, and workforce development.

Requirements

Current, unrestricted, active MD or DO license in New York State.
Minimum of 5–10 years of clinical practice experience, including progressive leadership responsibility.
Demonstrated commitment to quality, patient safety, physician engagement, and clinical excellence.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic physician leadership for clinical services, quality, patient safety, and medical staff affairs.
Strengthen collaboration and trust between medical staff and administration.
Champion initiatives to improve clinical outcomes, patient experience, quality, and safety.
Identify opportunities for innovation, growth, and service-line development.
Support the development of a high-performing, engaged medical staff.
Serve as a visible physician leader and advocate for patients, clinicians, and the communities served.
Provide strategic direction for clinical services and promote high standards of care, patient safety, and clinical excellence.
Lead quality improvement initiatives focused on outcomes, patient safety, experience, and performance.
Provide clinical expertise in developing, implementing, and interpreting medical care and quality policies and guidelines.
Review quality-of-care concerns and ensure effective improvement processes are developed and implemented.
Promote evidence-based medicine, clinical best practices, and continuous innovation.
Use clinical data and performance metrics to identify opportunities and drive measurable improvements.
Build and maintain a collaborative partnership between administration and the medical staff.
Foster an environment in which physicians feel valued, heard, supported, and empowered.
Provide oversight of credentialing, privileging, peer review, and related medical staff processes.
Promote physician engagement, professional development, well-being, and satisfaction.
Maintain positive relationships with physicians, providers, and prescribers in the local medical community.
Support compliance with medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations, organizational policies, and the Code of Conduct.
Address physician performance or conduct concerns fairly, consistently, and collaboratively.
Partner with the CEO and executive leadership team on organizational strategy, hospital operations, and clinical priorities.
Contribute to strategic planning, service-line development, growth initiatives, and organizational transformation.
Participate in Executive Leadership Team, Board of Directors, medical staff, and other leadership meetings as appropriate.
Support efficient clinical workflows, appropriate resource utilization, and high-value care.
Participate in clinical service budgeting and financial planning.
Champion thoughtful adoption and effective use of technology to improve communication, efficiency, clinical workflows, and patient care.
Ensure clinical operations and medical staff practices align with applicable healthcare laws, regulations, standards, and accreditation requirements.
Provide physician leadership for readiness for regulatory surveys, accreditation reviews, and audits.
Promote continuous compliance, quality, safety, and accountability.
Advance initiatives addressing the health needs, disparities, and priorities of the communities served.
Develop and strengthen partnerships with physicians, community organizations, public health agencies, and other healthcare providers.
Advocate for initiatives that improve access, health outcomes, prevention, and community well-being.
Build a culture of teamwork, accountability, respect, inclusion, and patient-centered care.
Mentor, coach, and support clinical leaders, including department chiefs and medical directors.
Develop strong physician leadership throughout the organization.
Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in clinical practice, leadership, and workforce development.
Lead by example as a visible, approachable, and trusted physician executive.