Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer

The role

The Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer serves as the senior physician executive responsible for clinical operations and care delivery performance across the inpatient enterprise. This role drives operational execution and clinical reliability to improve patient outcomes, experience, quality metrics, and financial performance.

What you will do

• 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.
• Standardize clinical operating models, workflows, and service expectations across sites.
• Advance system-wide integration strategies to ensure consistent execution across care settings.
• Collaborate with finance and operations leaders on budget development, labor management, and cost stewardship.
• Partner with Quality and Operational leadership to improve clinical quality, patient safety, and patient experience.
• Lead physician operational alignment efforts across inpatient care settings.
• Responsible for the Physician Advisor team to improve utilization management and documentation integrity.
• Support innovative care delivery models including virtual care and hospital-at-home.

Required qualifications

• MD or DO required.
• Completion of ACGME-accredited residency.
• Current Board Certification.
• Eligible for medical licensure in Maryland.
• 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.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree (MBA, MPH, MHA, or equivalent)

Benefits

• 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

About the company

Luminis Health is a healthcare organization where the CCO will manage clinical operations and care delivery performance across the inpatient enterprise.