**Job Summary and Responsibilities**

The Vice President of Medical Affairs is a member of the senior executive team that has oversight of medical care provided in the institution. The VPMA works closely with the senior nursing executive in other areas of clinical care delivery and advises the President in areas of medical staff relations and clinical strategy.

Essential Functions:

+ Create an excellent patient experience.
+ Lead in the development and functioning of systems that maximize the quality of care in the hospital and the ambulatory environment.
+ Be a primary driver in local patient safety programs as well as those adopted by CHI, all of which enhance the development of a highly-reliable organization.
+ Support the market quality and safety plan.
+ Create frameworks that integrate the various aspects of delivery of care, both within the hospital and across the care continuum.
+ Ensure that methods of delivering medical care are effect...