Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer

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Position Summary

The Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) serves as the senior physician executive responsible for clinical operations and care delivery performance across the inpatient enterprise at Luminis Health. Reporting directly to the Executive Vice President & Chief Physician Executive (CPE) and matrix reporting to the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer (COO), the CCO partners closely with nursing, operational, and physician leadership to ensure safe, efficient, high-quality, and patient-centered care delivery across all hospital settings.
The CCO is accountable for optimizing the clinical operating model of the hospitals, including throughput, length of stay, care coordination, documentation integrity, patient flow, quality initiatives, and physician operational alignment. This role drives operational execution and clinical reliability to improve patient outcomes, patient experience, quality metrics, and financial performance in support of organizational priorities and evolving value-based care models, including the Maryland AHEAD model.
The CCO is responsible for advancing enterprise reliability and operational consistency across inpatient clinical operations, ensuring care delivery is coordinated, standardized, efficient, and aligned across hospitals, service lines, and care settings.
Operating within a highly matrixed environment, the CCO collaborates across clinical, operational, and administrative leadership to advance standardized care delivery models, reduce unwarranted variation, and strengthen system integration across inpatient services.
The CCO serves as a physician leader and trusted operational partner who fosters accountability, collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement while supporting high-performing multidisciplinary teams and advancing a culture of quality, safety, and operational excellence.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Clinical Operations Leadership
• Provide executive leadership for inpatient clinical operations across the health system.
• Drive operational performance related to patient throughput, length of stay, capacity management, discharge planning, and care transitions.
• Serve as a dyad partner with the system Chief Nursing Officer. Partner with Nursing, Operations, and Physician leadership to improve efficiency, coordination, and reliability of care delivery.
• Lead initiatives to reduce operational friction, improve patient flow, and accelerate quality care delivery improvements across inpatient settings.
• Standardize clinical operating models, workflows, and service expectations across sites to improve reliability, efficiency, and patient experience.
• Advance care standardization efforts to reduce unwarranted variation and improve outcomes.
• Advance system-wide integration strategies that ensure clinical and operational decisions are made with an enterprise perspective and executed consistently across care settings.
• Strengthen coordinat

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Patient Safety

• Service Line Leadership
• Information Technology Leadership

Qualifications

Education & Certification

• MD or DO required.
• Completion of ACGME-accredited residency.
• Current Board Certification.
• Eligible for medical licensure in Maryland.
• Advanced degree (MBA, MPH, MHA, or equivalent) is strongly preferred.

Experience

• Minimum 7–10 years of progressive physician leadership experience in a complex healthcare environment.
• Demonstrated success leading clinical operations, quality, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Experience working in highly matrixed healthcare organizations.
• Strong understanding of value-based care, utilization management, and operational performance metrics.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and influence physician engagement.

Pay Range
$325,000 — $495,000 USD

Luminis Health Benefits Overview

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan (with employer match for employees who work more than 1000 hours in a calendar year)
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance Benefits
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Paid Holidays, Disability, and Life/AD&D for full-time employees
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs and more

*Benefit offerings based on employment status

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