Chief Medical Officer

Atlantic Health is seeking an experienced physician leader to serve as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at CentraState Medical Center (CSMC) in Freehold, NJ. The CMO will serve as a key member of the senior leadership team. The chief medical officer will provide clinical leadership, expertise, and perspective to the senior leadership team as well as the medical staff and other team members across the organization. In addition to providing leadership and expertise in support of clinical activities and clinical quality, the CMO will play an important role in the development and execution of business strategies that will support the accomplishment of goals of Atlantic Health across the enterprise.

The CMO will promote shared accountability between physicians and the system for the benefit of patients, providers, and the community.  The successful candidate will serve as a liaison and advocate to create long-term collaborations and relationships between the medical staff, CSMC and Atlantic Health leadership and the board of directors. The role includes maintaining a high level of clinical credibility within the hospital. The AHCS CMO will report to the Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer as well as Senior Vice President, President, CSMC.

Atlantic Health aims to deliver the highest quality, safety and care combined with the best experience for our patients and their families. We are confident that you will find success within Atlantic Health, which has been named for the 17th year in a row to Fortune’s “Top 100 Best U.S. Companies to Work For” list. We believe you will find that our culture of collaboration and care exemplifies the value we place on our patients, their families, and our employees.

• Achieve and sustain Vizient Five-Star Rating.
• Drive sustained top-decile national performance in mortality, complications, efficiency, and patient safety metrics.
• Establish hospital-based medicine as a high-reliability clinical enterprise with standardized, evidence-based care pathways.
• Achieve Leapfrog “A” safety grade medical center through systematic harm reduction and safety leadership.
• Leverage Vizient and internal analytics to enable real-time performance monitoring and clinician-led improvement.
• Lead clinical effectiveness initiatives that reduce unwarranted variation, waste, and total cost of care.

• Deliver consistently exceptional patient and family experiences comparable to top-performing national health systems.
• Standardize inpatient communication, care coordination, and discharge processes to improve transitions of care.
• Reduce avoidable readmissions and improve patient understanding and engagement.
• Integrate palliative and hospice services into inpatient care models to ensure goal-concordant care.

• Build a highly engaged, high-performing physician and APP workforce.
• Establish leadership development pathways and succession plans for key clinical and administrative roles.
• Standardize physician leadership expectations, performance metrics, and accountability structures.
• Improve clinician engagement, retention, and well-being through operational excellence and inclusive leadership.

•  Lead strategic growth and maturation of hospital-based medicine programs aligned with system priorities.
• Strengthen integration across inpatient, ambulatory and post-acute care settings.
• Support system and regional network growth through scalable, standardized hospital-based care models.

• Deliver top-decile financial performance consistent with national benchmarks for efficiency and value.
• Accountable for budget development, resource allocation, and productivity optimization.
• Reduce observed-to-expected length of stay and optimize utilization.
• Translate clinical effectiveness initiatives into measurable cost savings and margin protection.

• Lead with a system-first mindset, prioritizing enterprise outcomes and balancing local optimization and contributions.
• Model transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to executive leadership on hospital-based clinical performance.
• Uphold and model Atlantic Health’s mission, values, and commitment to excellence.
• Lead authentically with an emphasis on developing relationships as well as getting the work done.

Salary Range: $359,955 - $673,084.50 base salary only; excludes leadership incentive

• Strong clinical leader with experience of driving improvements in quality and safety
• High comfort level managing a combination of employed and voluntary staff
• MD or equivalent degree required
• Business degree or equivalent experience preferred
• Strong abilities to build relationships in clinical and administrative settings
• All candidates must be licensed or eligible for licensure in the State of New Jersey
• 10+ years’ experience in senior clinical leadership – ideally as CMO, Associate CMO or Chairperson of a large department
• Experience within a community and teaching hospital setting strongly preferred.
• Significant clinical experience and board certification in their specialty area

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