Chief Medical Officer - Henry Ford Hospital

The following qualifications and competencies:

·         To be successful in this position, the incumbent should be a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Osteopathy (D.O.), board certified in a clinical specialty. Advanced formal training in public health or administration preferred.

·         The incumbent must have seven to ten (7 - 10) or more years of successful clinical practice and five (5) or more years of successful executive leadership experience, including responsibility for fiscal and medical staff management. 

·         Thorough knowledge and understanding in trends in health care, including physician-hospital relationships, physician practice models, access issues, quality improvement processes, clinical information systems, and the implications of the changing health care environment for medical credentialing are essential.

·         Exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills required to initiate and develop productive working partnerships with all levels of management/leadership and staff.  Ability to influence results, garner support and tactfully manage complex relationships and influences within and across the organization.

·         Demonstrated customer service orientation, seeking to understand customer requirements, and exercising judgment in meeting their expectations, particularly when there are differences of opinions on needs and services, unanticipated contingencies, or a divergence of ideas/perspectives.

·         Exceptional oral and written communication, persuasion, consulting, team building, and negotiation skills required.  The incumbent must be able to clearly articulate and demonstrate commitment to high quality and patient safety, high reliability clinical outcomes and to inspire active support of these in others. 

·         Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment. Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote HFH.