Deputy Chief Medical Officer

Join us on the heart-warming journey with a team that is a top leader in the rehabilitation industry

Encompass Health is the leader in inpatient rehabilitation industry, you'll feel the Encompass Health difference as soon as you join. We collaborate and provide high-quality, compassionate, individualized care for our patients, allowing us time to get to know them and help them achieve their goals during their rehabilitation journey.

Position Purpose
The Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO) serves as a key clinical and administrative leader in the company, supporting the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in overseeing the quality, safety, and effectiveness of medical care across all inpatient rehabilitation facilities. The Deputy Chief Medical Officer works closely with senior management, Physician Advisory Board, the national chairpersons for the Quality, Nursing, Case Management, Therapy and Pharmacy Advisory Boards, National Director of Medical Services, and Regional Presidents. This individual has a collaborative relationship with the Compliance Department and other corporate departments such as ITG, Legal, Risk, and Operations. This person adheres to and supports the mission, purpose, philosophy, objectives, and policies of the company. The Deputy Chief Medical Officer assists the Chief Medical Officer with quality improvement initiatives and clinical strategic direction.

-    This position is located at our office in Birmingham, Alabama

Responsibilities & Tasks
-    Mentor and support medical directors across the company in achieving excellence in patient care and operational performance.
-    Assist with recruitment, onboarding, and retention of rehabilitation physicians.
-    Educates and trains all Hospital Medical Directors on ACE-IT and any other applicable company systems, admission criteria and physician documentation, including those elements relevant to CMS's Conditions of Participation and Medical Necessity.
-    Guides the implementation of medical and quality care within the company.
-    Assists with monitoring clinical dashboards and physician performance metrics including ACT, and readmission rates to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
-    Provides rehabilitation physician onboarding guidance to company hospitals.
-    Collaborate with the CMO and executive leadership on strategic planning, growth initiatives, and any service line developments. 
-    Interfaces with Medical Staff at facility and regional levels to ensure a valid analysis of patient admissions, clinical quality and outcomes, physician documentation and ACE-IT implementation.
-    Reviews and analyzes effectiveness of medical and clinical services against standards or best practices, with strategies and plans for education in the areas of company-wide clinical outcomes and trends in patient satisfaction for all aspects of delivery of care with strategies for improvement.
-    Stays abreast of changing regulatory requirements to organize and coordinate activities that ensure compliance with clinical, professional and accreditation standards and regulatory responsibilities.
-    Develops and implements education and training related to changes in regulatory and/or reimbursement trends.
-    Conducts on-site visits with CEOs and Medical Directors to ensure consistency to accreditation standards and regulatory requirements.
-    Supports collaborative relationships with physicians, hospitals, and other ancillary providers in community as needed.
-    Provides review services for utilization management, Operations, quality management, and peer review.
-    Reviews medical records at the direction of the CMO.
-    Provides support as needed for national level meetings (i.e., MDM).

Skills & Abilities
-    Oral communication, written communication, fluency in English, active listening.
-    Information ordering, deductive reasoning, social perceptiveness, time management, critical thinking.
-    Ability to coordinate, analyze, observe, make decisions, and meet deadlines in a detail-oriented manner.
-    Ability to work independently without continuous supervision.
-    Sound professional judgment, dependability, resourcefulness, initiative, and attention to detail.
-    Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, provide leadership, influence organizational behavior, and create alignment across disparate groups.
-    An extremely high level of integrity, tact and discretion, and the ability to maintain independence, confidentiality, and trust.
-    A history of both managing established operations and successfully integrating acquisitions into established operations.
-    A track record of managing and achieving operational excellence in a large, multi-site organization.
-    Strong technology skills.
-    Strategic and systems thinking.
-    Physician Leadership and mentorship.
-    Data-driven decision-making.
-    Regulatory and compliance expertise (IR-specific).
-    Quality and patient safety orientation.
-    A proactive and energetic self-starter who demonstrates a sense of urgency, creativity and a can-do attitude in the achievement of long-term and short-term goals.
-    A broad understanding of inpatient rehabilitation healthcare marketing concepts.
-    Skilled in developing improvements in work methods.
-    Exceptional ethical and moral values
-    Ability to collaborate effectively with and gain credibility from Corporate/Regional Senior Leadership, Physicians, hospital CEOs and hospital Clinical Leadership.
-    Strong communication and influence skills. The ability to inspire confidence and work successfully with varied audiences.
-    Ability to interpret and analyze operational reports, identify improvement opportunities, and implement solutions.

License or Certification
-    Licensed to practice as a Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine in applicable state.
-    Board Certified in area of Specialty; PM-R, Geriatrics and Neurology are particularly relevant.
 

Minimum Qualifications
-    M.D. or D.O. required.
-    Minimum 10 years Clinical experience, and minimum five years management experience with an emphasis in the inpatient rehabilitation service area/setting.

A little about us
We're confident you'll see the difference the moment you join our team. Working at Encompass Health means working with a growing national inpatient rehabilitation leader. We're proud of our career growth opportunities and how our team members work together for the greater good of our patients. We've been named one of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® Award, among others, which is pretty amazing.

Our benefits start day one:
-    Affordable medical, dental and vision plans for full-time and part-time employees and their families.
-    Generous paid time off that accrues over time.
-    Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities.
-    Company-matching 401(k) and employee stock purchase plans.
-    Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
-    A community of people who love what they do. Yes, we see that as a benefit.