Market Chief Medical Officer

The Market Chief Medical Officer (MCMO) is a senior physician executive responsible for advancing clinical excellence, physician engagement, and strategic alignment across both the hospital and market levels. Serving as the local Hospital Chief Medical Officer (HCMO) while also supporting broader market initiatives, this leader partners closely with hospital executives, physicians, and operational leaders to improve quality, patient safety, patient experience, and overall clinical performance.

The MCMO reports directly to the Hospital President/CEO for local responsibilities and maintains a dotted-line relationship to the Regional Chief Medical Officer (RCMO) and Market President for market-level priorities. In partnership with the Market Chief Nurse Executive (MCNE), this role serves as a key clinical leadership partner driving strategic initiatives, operational alignment, regulatory readiness, and physician engagement across the market.

This is a highly visible role for a physician leader who thrives in collaborative environments, values relationship-building, and is passionate about improving care delivery, advancing operational excellence, and leading meaningful change across a dynamic healthcare market.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides executive leadership for quality, patient safety, patient experience, physician engagement, utilization management, clinical efficiency, and medical staff relationships
• Serves as a key liaison between the Regional Chief Medical Officer (RCMO) and Hospital CMOs across the market, ensuring alignment around strategic and clinical priorities
• Partners with market and hospital leadership to advance clinical excellence, standardization, regulatory readiness, and performance improvement initiatives
• Monitors clinical performance across the market and supports facilities in achieving operational and quality goals
• Supports physician engagement, physician well-being, recruitment, and leadership development initiatives across the market
• Collaborates with the Market President and executive leadership team to strengthen market growth, strategic positioning, and physician network development
• Partners with Physician Enterprise leaders to support integration efforts and expansion of ambulatory and non-acute services

• Reports directly to the Hospital President/CEO for local hospital responsibilities
• Maintains a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Regional Chief Medical Officer (RCMO) and Market President for market-level initiatives
• Partners closely with the Market Chief Nurse Executive (MCNE) in a dyad leadership model supporting clinical strategy, quality outcomes, and operational alignment across the market

Required Education & Experience
• Minimum of 5 years of clinical medical practice experience
• Minimum of 5 years of Hospital Chief Medical Officer (HCMO) experience or experience in a comparable senior physician leadership role

Preferred Education & Experience
• Advanced degree in business, healthcare administration, medical management, or a related field preferred

Licensure & Certifications
• Active and unrestricted medical license in the applicable state
• Board Certification through the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (NBPAS)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and change management skills
• Proven ability to influence physicians, executives, and interdisciplinary leaders
• Demonstrated commitment to collaboration, compassion, and humankindness
• Strategic mindset with the ability to lead through complexity and organizational change

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With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

Based in Frisco, Colorado at St. Anthony Summit Hospital, this role offers the opportunity to lead across one of Colorado’s most scenic and community-centered mountain regions. The Market Chief Medical Officer will support clinical and physician leadership efforts across multiple hospitals and care sites throughout the market, partnering closely with executive leaders, physicians, and care teams to advance quality, patient safety, physician engagement, and operational excellence.

Located in the heart of Summit County, Frisco offers unparalleled access to world-class skiing, hiking, biking, and year-round outdoor recreation, all while being within driving distance of Denver. This is an opportunity for a mission-driven physician executive to make a broad regional impact while living and working in one of the most desirable mountain communities in the country.

This position combines strategic market leadership with meaningful local engagement, offering both executive influence and close collaboration with frontline physicians and care teams across the region.

Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible team members may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit our Total Rewards.

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.