Associate Director, Clinical Operations & Special Projects - msw/msm - ft Days

Chief Medical Officer

The office of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at Mount Sinai Morningside oversees quality and safety in both the inpatient and ambulatory setting by optimizing patient flow and throughput, ensuring safe transitions of care and promoting population health to prevent unnecessary admissions or Emergency Department visits, maintaining compliance with proper infection prevention practices and maintaining regulatory compliance through continuous quality improvement. In addition, the office of the CMO is responsible for overseeing the Medical Staff and ensuring ongoing provider clinical competency and maintaining a robust Risk Management/Patient Safety program that investigates safety events using a formal root cause analysis process and promotes a Just Culture in which staff feel safe reporting errors and near-misses. Furthermore, the office of the CMO works with the Mount Sinai Health System to standardize clinical care and optimize provider communication to improve the Patient Experience. The Associate Director will work directly with the CMO to develop and oversee strategies to meet targets in all areas of performance described above.