Vice President, Chief Medical Officer Northwest Florida

Nemours Children's Health is seeking a strategic and collaborative physician leader to serve as Chief Medical Officer and Vice President in Pensacola, FL. The successful candidate will be a proven leader with a minimum of ten years of relevant health care leadership experience in leading initiatives in clinical, quality, safety, research, education and training. All candidates must be eligible for an unrestricted Florida medical license and DEA and have working knowledge of applicable national, state and local laws and regulatory requirements affecting medical and clinical staff. Board certification in any of the following specialties is preferred: neonatology, pediatric gastroenterology, pediatric nephrology, pediatric critical care or pediatric hospital medicine.

Key Responsibilities

• Supports and actively leads the clinical, quality and safety, research, and education & training components of the Nemours Mission. Demonstrates strong interpersonal and collaborative leadership skills and proven ability to be viewed as a trusted clinical leader capable of driving change and achieving whole child health.
• Actively engages and strengthens relationships with the referring physician community. Collaborates with Nemours' partner organizations in Northwest Florida and supports philanthropic endeavors.
• Holds primary responsibility for the operational and financial performance of the Northwest Florida physician practice.
• Works collaboratively with North Florida senior regional leaders to assure the efficient and safe clinical operations of Nemours multispecialty practice in Northwest Florida. Partners with CMO of the Studer Family Children's hospital (SFCH) to provide oversight of Nemours physicians and APPs practicing at SFCH.
• Holds primary responsibility for the clinical quality and safety of Northwest Florida operations in collaboration with the Nemours Chief Quality and Safety Officer for Central and North Florida.
• Provides regular reports to the Florida Board of Managers, specifically regarding initial and reappointments of clinicians to the Nemours Medical Staff in Florida. Serves as a member of the Nemours Medical Executive Committee in Florida and supports the Nemours Medical Staff Services team. Serve as a liaison with the Medical Staff and partner with the President of the Medical Staff to ensure effective Medical Staff operations, including highly engaged and effective Medical Staff committee structure and for regulatory compliance specific to the Medical Staff.
• Actively collaborates with Nemours' other physician and administrative leaders throughout Florida and the Nemours Enterprise, partnering to achieve strategic goals and fulfilling the Nemours Mission and Vision.
• Leads, demonstrates, and supports the Nemours Standards of Behavior and organizational culture. Actively supports family-centered care philosophy embraced by Nemours.
• Actively supports and leads Nemours' Continuous Improvement (CI) activities, whether specific to Northwest Florida or enterprise wide. Provides leadership to facilitate and drive a culture of high reliability and the moves to practice standardization.
• Actively supports the dual-region Florida network development strategy, as a key supporting member of the network operations team to expand the Nemours clinical network and develop community hospital partnerships throughout North and Central Florida.
• Leads the development and execution of the strategic provider recruitment plan for Northwest Florida.
• Nurtures personal and professional growth and development by attending appropriate conferences and establishing external professional affiliations at the State and National levels.
• Develops and maintains an understanding of regulations governing physician and hospital operations required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), other State of Florida health care regulatory and licensing agencies, and Joint Commission.
• Supports and advocates for the development of Nemours Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) programs to enable the training of highly capable and qualified medical professionals, in partnership with the Designated Institutional Official for Nemours in North Florida.
• Partners with North Florida President and VP for strategy/business development on expansion and purposeful growth opportunities in Northwest Florida.