The Organization 

Driscoll Children’s Hospital was built in 1953, born from the love and compassion of its founder, Clara Driscoll, the granddaughter of a Texas patriot. Driscoll Children’s Hospital can serve the needs of children today because of a generous gift from Clara Driscoll over 70 years ago. As part of her will, she requested a fund be created to maintain a charitable hospital for indigent children—along with the creation of the Robert Driscoll and Julia Driscoll and Robert Driscoll Jr. Foundation to handle the assets and hospital financials.

Each year, Driscoll sees over 300,000 patients across its hospitals, clinics and South Texas’ first free-standing pediatric emergency room. Families from South Texas and beyond come to Driscoll with illnesses, injuries and even the rarest conditions. Together, its team of clinical staff, medical and surgical specialists, maintenance, administration and volunteers work to bring the very best care to every child they see. While the work of healing children never stops, Driscoll makes sure families are never in it alone. Because together, we heal.

Driscoll Children’s Hospital Rio Grande Valley

Just like the care families expect at the Corpus Christi hospital, the new Driscoll Children’s Hospital Rio Grande Valley provides world-class doctors, personalized treatments and cutting-edge technologies. As the only designated freestanding children's hospital in the Rio Grande Valley, families can receive acute care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Now, children of the Rio Grande Valley have access to an eight-story hospital with over 30 medical and surgical specialties, a wide range of services—and the healthcare they deserve. The hospital offers a full spectrum of pediatric specialists including cardiologists, endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, nephrologists, orthopedists, otolaryngologists and pulmonologists.

The Opportunity

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is responsible for providing leadership and guidance to Medical Directors and Clinical Staff in support of all clinical activities of Driscoll Children’s Hospital – Rio Grande Valley (DCHRGV). The DCHRGV CMO serves as the senior professional medical resource to the facility, providing guidance to the DCHRGV President, while reporting to the Driscoll Health System CMO. This leader is responsible for the day-to-day medical administration of the hospital’s programs and must be committed to furthering the mission and vision for Driscoll Health System.

The CMO will have a broad set of responsibilities that will encompass the following:

• In collaboration with the Senior Director of the Center for Quality and Safety (CQS), provides support and guidance to local quality initiatives.

• Influences and engages the medical staff in the improvement of the quality of patient care and the culture of patient safety.

• In collaboration with the system CMO, develops and implements quality improvement plans and assists in quality reviews, including peer reviews and responses to governmental or external inquiries, reviews or investigations for DCHRGV.

• Works directly with the system CMO, DCHRGV President, and hospital physicians and clinical staff to implement patient safety initiatives.

• Develops positive, mutually supportive relationships between hospital administration and the medical staff.

• Collaborates with system CMO to oversee provider quality, which includes setting expectations, monitoring performance, and leading physician acceptance of patient outcomes, safety, and experience.

• Participates in recruitment and retention of physicians.

• Improves care standardization, including partnering with administration and clinical staff to enhance operational efficiency and quality.

• Participates in physician leadership development.

• Collaborates with system CMO to oversee facility-specific peer review, credentialing, OPPE (ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation), and utilization.

• Facilitates medical education based on gaps in clinical effectiveness, compliance, and best practices.

• Serves as a change management leader/champion.

• Addresses the inherent conflicts between autonomous physicians and hospital goals.

• Collaborates closely with senior leaders to accomplish these responsibilities.

The Ideal Candidate

• A minimum of eight years of direct clinical experience in area of pediatric/pediatric specialty clinical practice is required.

• A minimum of two years of administrative leadership experience is required.

• Formal training in quality improvement methodology.

• Experience in medical management in a managed care setting is preferred.

• Medical Degree from a certified medical college.

• MBA/ MHA preferred but not required.

• Valid/Unrestricted or eligible for Medical License in the State of Texas. Board Certification in area of clinical practice is required

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