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Posted: 08-Aug-24
Location: United States - Nationwide
Type: Full Time
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Internal Number: TEM02
Avoca Search is excited to partner with Temple University Health System (TUHS) in their search for a Chief Medical Officer for the TUH-Episcopal Campus. Known for the psychiatric and behavioral health services the campus provides to the City of Philadelphia, TUH-Episcopal Campus also offers a range of acute inpatient and outpatient services to the community. TUHS seeks a dynamic physician leader to serve as the Chief Medical Officer for TUH-Episcopal Campus and, in conjunction with System-level and hospital-based clinical and administrative leaders across TUHS, to help guide a strategic approach to behavioral health for the entire System.
TUHS is a major Philadelphia-based academic health system that is driving medical advances through clinical innovation, pioneering research, and world-class education. The health system’s 1,550+ physicians and scientists share a common mission of bringing tomorrow’s treatments to the bedside today, helping them achieve outcomes once thought impossible.
The TUH-Episcopal Campus is the main location for TUHS’ behavioral health services. The campus includes 74 adult inpatient psychiatric beds, 44 adult extended psychiatric beds, a full-service outpatient program for adults and children, and one of only four emergency Crisis Response Centers in Philadelphia. The campus serves patients with a wide variety of psychiatric disorders and is staffed by board-certified Temple psychiatrists, psychologists, registered nurses, behavioral health therapists and social workers.
The ideal candidate for the CMO role will have deep experience providing and overseeing behavioral health clinical services preferably in an academic, multi-hospital healthcare environment with an understanding of the full scope of behavioral health services in an integrated health care system including the teaching and academic aspects of this role.
Candidates must have an earned medical degree and demonstrated experience managing and leading measurable improvements in quality, safety, patient experience and satisfaction, and cost of care.
Additionally, candidates will have a Doctorate Degree in Medicine with current MD or DO in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the ability to obtain licensure. Board certification in Psychiatry is required; Board certification in Addiction would be beneficial but is not required. Candidates will also have a minimum of the following:
- Ten years of clinical experience in psychiatry, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
- Experience working in a large, complex health system with experience in an academic setting preferred.
- Proven track record in developing and leading psychiatric programs.
- Demonstrated leadership skills including project management, decision making, delegation, team building, customer service, and conflict resolution.
- Current knowledge of medical and technical advancements to plan for future growth and development.
- Demonstrated competence in providing successful leadership and management of a healthcare organization through a period of transformation and growth.