Chief Executive Officer jobs in Arizona

ARIZONA GROUP:

Phoenix Market:

• Abrazo Arizona Heart Hospital (Phoenix), 59 beds, key service lines include Cardiac Imaging, Cardiac Rehab, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Surgical Care, and Emergency Services.
• Abrazo Arrowhead Campus (Glendale), 229 beds, key service lines include Bariatrics, Cardiology, Critical Care, Emergency Services, Neuroscience, NICU, Orthopedics, Robotic Surgery, Spine, Urology, Women’s Services, Wound and Hyperbaric Center.
• Abrazo Central Campus (Phoenix), 206 beds, key service lines include Comprehensive GI, Emergency Care, Intensive Care, Occupational Medicine, Orthopedics, and Urology.
• Abrazo Scottsdale Campus (Phoenix), 120 beds, key service lines include Bariatrics, Comprehensive GI, Critical Care, Emergency Care, Orthopedics, Outpatient Rehab, Spine, Wound and Hyperbaric Center.
• Abrazo West Campus (Goodyear), 216 beds, key service lines include Cardiology, Level I Trauma Center, Neuroscience, NICU, Orthopedics, Robotic Surgery, Spine, Women’s Services, Wound and Hyperbaric Center.
• Abrazo Cave Creek Hospital (Cave Creek), 8 MOSU beds, Emergency Services, Lab, Imaging, and Pharmacy Services.
• Abrazo Surprise Hospital (Surprise), 8 MOSU beds, Emergency Services, Lab, Imaging, and Pharmacy Services.
• Abrazo Buckeye Emergency Center (Buckeye), Free Standing Emergency Department
• Abrazo Peoria Emergency Center (Peoria), Free Standing Emergency Department

Tucson Market:

• Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital (Nogales), 25 beds, key service lines include Palliative Care, Rehabilitation, Surgical Services, and Women’s Services.
• Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital (Tucson), 486 beds, key service lines include Cardiology, Joint Replacement, Neurosciences, Outpatient Rehab, Palliative Care, Robotic Surgery, Trauma Center, Urology, and Women’s Services.
• Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital (Tucson), 400 beds, key service lines include Bariatrics, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Inpatient Rehab, Orthopedics, Psychiatry, Palliative Care, Wound and Hyperbaric Center.
• Carondelet Marana Hospital (Marana), 8 MOSU beds, Emergency Care, Lab, Imaging, and Pharmacy Services.
• Carondelet St. Raphael’s Emergency Center (Tucson), Free Standing Emergency Department

The Group Chief Medical Officer reports directly to the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Arizona Group and has a matrix relationship and accountability to the Chief Medical Officer of Tenet Healthcare Corporation.

The Group Chief Medical Officer will serve as the hospital grouping’s Senior Executive Clinical Leader responsible for assuring the successful operation of medical staff functions and continuous improvement in safety and quality and will be committed to the mission of service and improvement of patient clinical outcomes.

The Group CMO serves as the liaison and resource to management on matters pertaining to four key areas:

• Medical Staff Engagement and Outreach: includes collaboration with the medical staff members, especially elected medical staff leaders, and overseeing credentialing, privileging, OPPE, and peer review.
• Quality, Patient Safety, and Experience: assuring performance on quality metrics and securing patient safety and experience.
• Streamlining Clinical Processes: Adhering to evidence-based best practices, standardizing a Tenet Operating System, and working with the Physician Advisors to maximize documentation integrity.
• Change Agent Leadership: Drive transformative initiatives across multiple hospital sites, lead organizational change efforts by fostering a culture of adaptability and innovation, championing evidence-based practices, and leveraging technology to drive efficiencies and improve patient care outcomes across the hospital network.

The Group Chief Medical Officer provides leadership and involvement in all initiatives and concerns involving patient safety, quality, infection control, risk management, and patient service, especially those related to physician issues.

Other key accountabilities include the following:

• Leadership and involvement in initiatives involving patient safety, quality, infection control, risk management, and patient service, especially those related to physician issues.
• Responsible for assuring a robust credentialing and peer review process and ensuring that medical staff issues are addressed fairly and timely.
• Active participation in the Physician Advisor program includes monitoring the appropriateness of procedures, admissions, and utilization of resources.
• Oversight of other Medical Directors at the hospital and evaluation of their job performance in addition to collaboration with the Hospital Compliance Officer regarding physician issues that involve regulatory compliance.

Assist with issues regarding compliance with Federal and State law and accrediting and licensing agencies.

• Integrates departmental services with the organization’s primary functions and coordinates with other departments/services to foster a collaborative environment for teamwork.
• Act as a mediator and facilitator in resolving complex issues and conflicts, promoting open communication, collaboration, and consensus-building among multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes and sustainable solutions.

• Models and provides leadership for delivery of excellent customer service and ensures the successful implementation of effective strategies and approaches.
• Leads efforts that will establish the hospitals as a top performer as defined by externally reported measures of performance, e.g., CMS’ Value-Based Purchasing Program
• Serves as a resource for the vetting, development, and implementation of related activities within Tenet and promotes standardization such as the Tenet Operating System.
• Works with physicians and administration to identify key market drivers and develop plans and strategies to address trends and future business development efforts.
• Provides leadership and fosters alignment of physicians and physician services within the hospital’s strategic plan and clinical program priorities.
• In partnership with Communications, develops and implements physician communication strategies that inform and promote information exchange and socialization.
• Provides service, guidance, and promotion of quality standards through audits, peer review, quality management, and education initiatives.
• Promotes information sharing, benchmarking, and best practice identification across the system.
• Execution of comprehensive GME programs across all hospitals, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards, fostering a supportive learning environment for residents and fellows, and enhancing the reputation and quality of the teaching hospitals within the network.
• Addresses efforts to improve and expand residency rotations at the hospital.
• In cooperation with the Physician Advisor, works with Medical Records and Medical Staff on coding/quality issues and the use of principal, co-principal, and secondary diagnoses.
• Addresses patient family provider grievances and follows up on successful resolution.
• Plays a key role in decision-making processes regarding new procedures/devices being planned by various members of the Medical Staff and assists in the development of clinical and business plans for the hospitals.
• Promotes and supports the Medical Staff Ethics Committee.
• Assists in updating physician recruitment plan and oversees physician recruitment visits.
• Monitors physician resource consumption and supports developing and implementing equipment, supplies, procedures, and technology utilization standards.
• Reviews and makes recommendations on physician-requested capital budget items.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
  • Results driven

As a leader in healthcare, Tenet is committed to providing the best possible care to every patient, with a clear focus on quality and service. Strong leadership is essential to delivering on this commitment, and we believe that the quality of our leaders can give us a significant long-term competitive advantage. We want to ensure every current and future leader in Tenet is successful, and we support that through our selection and hiring process and by providing coaching and training to our leaders.

In this regard, we have identified core competencies that will enable a leader to succeed at Tenet and have defined them within the following five areas critical to performance:

Leadership Competencies

• Demonstrated management, leadership, and executive capabilities
  • Results driven
  • Identifies opportunities
  • Sets goals & targets
  • Holds to personal & team accountability
  • Demonstrates persistence
• Leads organizational change
  • Focuses on driving value
  • Pursues innovation
  • Appropriate risk taking
  • Catalyst for change
  • Overcomes resistance
• Problem solving capabilities
  • Demonstrates effective decision-making capability
  • Analyzes information
  • Involves others
  • Takes decisive action
  • High emotional intelligence
  • Values-based
• Strong strategic planning skills and effective in leading multidisciplinary teams in the execution of strategic initiatives
  • Demonstrates strategic influence
  • Formulates effective strategy
  • Demonstrates value and business case for quality
  • Achieves organizational alignment around strategic priorities

• Effective communication skills
  • Capable and compelling organizational clinical spokesperson
  • Effective presentation skills
  • Oral and written skills that are clear, concise, and exert influence

• Talent development capabilities (build a team, communicate a vision, and produce results)
  • Effective coach & mentor
  • Active listener
  • Pursues and cultivates partnerships
  • Inspires passion and builds high-performing teams

Technical Competencies

• Clinical expertise and strong track record as a practicing physician
  • Demonstrates knowledge of medical practice
  • Remains current on emerging medical issues
  • Clear understanding of medical practice standards
  • Supports local medical staff governance in physician credentialing, privileging, and peer review processes
• Clinical leadership in patient safety, quality, and performance excellence
  • Drives the principles of high reliability throughout the organization
  • Has expert knowledge of quality, process, and performance improvement methodologies
  • Demonstrates project management capabilities
• Applied knowledge of information systems, data tools, and resources
  • Demonstrates proficiency in clinical information systems and informatics
  • Identifies, communicates, utilizes, and improves key performance metrics
  • Analyzes, interprets, synthesizes, and presents data effectively
  • Demonstrates knowledge and skill in application of evidence-based care, clinical standards, and order sets
• Demonstrates understanding of financial systems, reimbursement mechanisms, legal and regulatory issues
  • Knowledge of TJC accreditation standards and process
  • Working knowledge of healthcare payment, insurance, reimbursement, cost and economics.
  • Provides clinical perspective on medico-legal matters
  • Demonstrates knowledge of managed care and healthcare policy issues
• Drives clinical integration and alignment
  • Works effectively with medical staff along the entire continuum of physician clinical integration (affiliate through employed physicians)
  • Supports hospital leadership in the development, implementation and maintenance of effective physician leadership groups (PLGs)
  • Partners with elected medical staff leaders and other clinical thought leaders to ensure alignment of organizational strategic priorities and goals
• Establishes effective internal and external relationships
  • Cultivates working relationships across the organization based on trust and transparency
  • Develop an external network across the medical community and healthcare industry
  • Maintains high levels of professionalism, credibility, and respect amongst diverse groups of stakeholders

A demonstrated track record of superior performance in physician leadership roles; a background should have been gained ideally in a health system or major medical group that is recognized for excellence in clinical care and contemporary medical management practices. The successful candidate will be recognized for knowledge in clinical process improvement.

Business skills in planning, use of information systems, financial management, budgeting, reimbursement and managed care, healthcare economics, medical practice management, human resources management and team building, program development, community education, and marketing/referral base development.

Clinical leadership skills in quality and utilization management, clinical effectiveness and outcomes, clinical staff development, case management, clinical protocol development, and solid knowledge of TJC accreditation processes.

Demonstrated knowledge of managed care and health policy in addition to superior clinical competence and track record as a practicing physician.

Significant understanding of and experience with performance improvement and quality management programs.

Professional Attributes

• Effective communication skills and an individual who is able to quickly synthesize, as well as apply, new information to make effective decisions.
• A strong leader who is open to change adapts to new conditions or unexpected obstacles and works efficiently under adversity and through difficult transitions.
• Ability to build a team and produce strategic and operating results while balancing the interests of multiple stakeholders and customers at a large, complex facility in a regional or corporate role.
• Capable of identifying and successfully managing core issues amongst a multitude of information and open to executing new and innovative approaches to problem resolution.
• An individual who has successfully driven initiatives that require coordination from multiple constituencies such as human resources, finance, information systems, lab, and pharmacy.

Personal Attributes

• A collaborative leader who will inspire confidence and establish a sense of common direction and vision for the medical staff.
• An individual with high personal and professional integrity.
• Sensitive to the proper concerns of the staff, but able to appropriately balance these concerns with the overall institutional goals.
• Committed to the highest quality of patient care.

Education/Certification

An M.D. or D.O. degree is required, and an MBA or other advanced management degree is preferred. A Medical License in the applicable state is also required. Certification by one of the Boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties is also required.

Compensation

A competitive compensation program will be tailored to the selected candidate. The base salary will be supplemented by a performance bonus and a comprehensive, well-rounded benefits program, which includes relocation assistance.

Travel

Approximately 25 percent.

Tenet Healthcare complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.

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