Chief Medical Officer

Bayhealth seeks a collaborative, relational, growth-minded physician leader to serve as its next Chief Medical Officer (CMO). Reporting directly to Bayhealth's CEO, Terry Murphy, the CMO serves as a key member of the executive leadership team and is the primary physician executive responsible for driving clinical excellence, care delivery, and a unified physician community comprising a pluralistic model of employed and private practice physicians.

This position offers the opportunity to lead a cohesive and high-performing team in a growing, financially stable regional health system focused on achieving high reliability and delivering high-quality, safe, accessible, and cost-effective care. The CMO will be a member of the CEO's senior cabinet and serves as a key clinical and operational leader within the health system.

Bayhealth is a progressive, not-for-profit teaching healthcare system with over 5,000 employees and a medical staff of more than 450 physicians and 200 advanced practice clinicians. Bayhealth is rated AA by Fitch and AA- by Standard & Poor's, boasting annual revenues of $1 billion, and has earned numerous awards and accreditations for quality and patient safety.

Bayhealth seeks a leader with expertise in developing clinical programs, optimizing medical staff services, and expanding graduate medical education offerings. The CMO will advance the clinical enterprise while listening, learning, and establishing trusting relationships and common ground with employees and providers. This leader will implement these initiatives through consistent, effective strategies that strengthen medical staff partnership and engagement. Bayhealth is investing substantially in its graduate medical education footprint - the CMO will have a clear impact on advancing these strategies.

The CMO will be a physician leader with strong leadership skills and clinical credibility, dedicated to delivering high-quality healthcare delivery and fostering integration and cohesiveness at Bayhealth. The successful candidate will be adept at navigating multi-site health systems with considerable knowledge and experience in clinical operations, graduate medical education, quality, patient experience, safety, and their intersection with the healthcare business.

QUALIFICATIONS: A medical degree (MD/DO) and completion of a postgraduate medical education in an ACGME or AOA-accredited residency program in a medical specialty with current Board Certification are required. Previous experience in an administrative capacity as a Vice President of Medical Affairs, CMO, Medical Group leader, or other relevant clinical leadership roles is highly preferred.

For additional information, please contact Rachel Polhemus, Dan Dimenstein, and Brittany Amaral via email at bamaral@wittkieffer.com or 781-564-2618. This search is being conducted by WittKieffer.