Chief Clinical Officer, Trinity Health Michigan (9 hospitals)
Trinity Health
**Employment Type:**
Full time
**Shift:**
**Description:**
**ABOUT TRINITY HEALTH MICHIGAN**
For more than a century, the hospitals and doctors of Trinity Health Michigan have been dedicated to caring for our communities.
Our expert teams combine advanced medicine with compassionate, personalized care—so patients get the best treatment close to home.
With operating revenues of $4.74 billion, our faith-based ministry provided $232.4 million in community benefits and activities in FY24.
As part of Trinity Health, one of the largest health systems in the country, we offer access to a vast network of medical experts, leading research, state-of-the-art facilities, clinical trials, and the latest technology.
**9** Hospitals
**2,314** licensed beds
**34** outpatient medical centers
**11** emergency departments
**23** urgent cares
**701,000** attributed lives
**90,891** surgeries (IP/OP)
**26,918** colleagues
**5,720** credentialed physicians and clinicians
Candidate must reside near or be willing to relocate to one of our nine hospital locations within Michigan.
**POSITION PURPOSE**
Serves as a member of the Executive Team providing strategic thought leadership and direction for the Trinity Health Michigan’s (THMI) Clinical and Medical Staff Services, Quality, Patient Safety, Research, Graduate Medical Education and Care Management programs across the acute care and ambulatory environment. Serves as the Chief Clinical Leader for Quality working with the THMI regional and local boards to oversee quality, care management, risk, research, regulatory reviews, patient safety and a broad scope of performance improvement support functions for the health system. The Chief Clinical Officer leads the enabling strategies to assure regulatory compliance, and risk management necessary to fulfill and sustain the ministries mission and vision. The Chief Clinical Officer serves as internal consultant to senior medical leadership including each hospital’s President, Chief Medical and Nursing Officer and other medical staff leaders (e.g. Quality and Informatics). Serves with matrix oversite of Chief Medical Officers and Regional Chief Nursing Officer to advance quality, safety and integration of Systemwide Clinical Services.
**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**
Meets Health System Code of Conduct Standards including interpersonal communication, professional conduct expectations, and compliance with core values.
Develops the five-year quality, patient safety, risk management and care management strategic plan and the annual operations plan, then monitors and directs regional, hospital and medical group performance to the plans.
Develops consistent strategies for the system quality and focused approach to improving quality and value for the system strategic five-year plan. Works with appropriate hospital and ministry senior leadership team and medical directors to assure consistency and achieve long term quality and utilization objectives.
Leads THMI Integrated Clinical Leadership Team, CMO/CNO Council and Co-Chairs the THMI PC3 (i.e. quality subcommittee of the THMI regional board). Facilitates other statewide clinical advisory teams as needed (e.g. readmissions, physician advisors).
Attends Trinity Health Michigan Board meetings as staff and provides relevant clinical and patient updates as requested.
Leads key service, operational, and staff areas as assigned by the RHM CEO & President including the stewardship of human, financial, and material resources; quality and efficient services; and the alignment of the services of the assigned areas to the strategic plan.
Liaisons to Trinity Heath by serving on various councils, collaboratives and task forces as assigned and as a participant in the Trinity Health leadership group. Implements Trinity Health programs and directives.
Represents THMI to the State of Michigan business, service, and healthcare community by active participation and leadership within various organizations (e.g. Michigan Hospital Association, Michigan State Medical Society, MDHHS) for quality, patient safety, and utilization matters.
Liaison and staff to the Medical Staff and Medical Staff Committees for bylaws standards, clinician credentialing and privileging standards and related quality, patient safety and utilization matters.
As the Chief Clinical Officer, ensures coordination across all entities for the entire quality and patient safety efforts of the organization; this includes oversight of risk management, infection control function, case management and Quality Departments.
Responsible for fulfillment of all regulatory requirements of The Joint Commission (TCJ), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and State Health and Welfare.
Responsible as the Patient Safety Officer for the RHM to improve and enhance all patient safety efforts and initiatives.
Provides senior leadership and oversight for the Clinical Resource Management and Acute Social Work Departments and is an available physician liaison for clinical documentation.
Provides strategic support to the RHM Leadership to assure development of value driven healthcare across a broad continuum and durable and sustainable physician relationships.
Participates in various committees and structures including Quality and Informatics Committee, payer and employer negotiating teams, and various administrative councils as needed.
Serves as the accountable executive for the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and associated research while partnering with the local graduate medical education leaders.
**LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES**
**As a Trinity Health Executive, the incumbent is expected to demonstrate leadership traits which support our Mission Statement and Core Values as identified below:**
**Mission Statement:** We, Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.
**Core Values:**
+ **Reverence:** We honor the sacredness and dignity of every person.
+ **Commitment to Those Experiencing Poverty:** We stand with and serve those who are experiencing poverty, especially those most vulnerable.
+ **Justice:** We foster right relationships to promote the common good, including sustainability of Earth.
+ **Stewardship:** We honor our heritage and hold ourselves accountable for the human, financial and natural resources entrusted to our care.
+ **Integrity:** We are faithful to those we say we are.
+ **Safety:** We embrace a culture that prevents harm and nurtures a healing, safe environment for all.
**VISION**
As a mission-driven, innovative health organization, we will become a leader in improving the health of our communities and each person we serve. We will be the most trusted partner for life.
Promise Statement
We Listen. We Partner. We Make it Easy.
Our Actions
Listen to understand.
Learn continuously.
Keep it simple.
Create solutions.
Deliver outstanding service.
Own and speak up for safety.
Expect, embrace and initiate change.
Demonstrate exceptional teamwork.
Trust and assume goodness of intentions.
Hold myself and others accountable for results.
Communicate directly with respect and honesty.
Serve every person with empathy, dignity and compassion.
Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion.
**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**
Relevant clinically related doctoral degree, MD or DO with board certification in specialty. As applicable, licensure, or ability to be licensed, in the state of Michigan required.
Advanced business degree in health care management or MBA preferred.
Five (5) years of relevant executive administrative experience at a senior management level leading quality, patient safety, regulatory review programs and case management programs, including care continuums, and must have led related strategic direction with governing boards and hospital or health system medical staffs. Previous experience as Chief Medical Officer or other significant Physician Leadership position preferable.
Experience with physician contracting, proformas and finance desired.
Continued clinical practice preferred.
Demonstrated team, performance analysis, presentation, interpersonal, facilitation, planning, and communication skills.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS
Must be able to adapt to frequently changing work priorities.
Must be able to travel as needed to the various Trinity Health sites.
_The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties so assigned._
**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
EOE including disability/veteran
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