Chief Medical Officer

ABOUT THE ROLEExceptional Healthcare (EHC) is hiring a Chief Medical Officer to lead physician quality, safety, and performance across its nine hospitals. The CMO reports to the CEO and sits on the executive team.EHC is a physician-founded system of community hospitals built around emergency and acute care, with locations in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. Each hospital runs lean: a facility CNO leads the site, with a Market COO over operations. The CMO is the physician voice at the system level and sets the clinical standard every site is held to.LOCATION AND TRAVELOnsite at EHC's corporate office on Cedar Springs Road in Dallas, TX, with regular travel to EHC hospitals across all five states. Candidates must live in or commute to the Dallas area.WHAT YOU'LL OWNMedical staff affairs: credentialing, privileging, peer review, and physician performance evaluation across all nine hospitals.Quality and patient safety: outcome tracking, regulatory and survey readiness, and corrective action when results slip.ER and acute care performance: door-to-provider time, LWBS, transfers, and length of stay, with clear targets by site.Physician recruitment, engagement, and retention, including medical director accountability at each hospital.Clinical partnership with the CNO, operations, and finance on staffing, service lines, and cost of care.Representing clinical leadership with regulators, payers, and community partners.QUALIFICATIONSRequiredMD or DO, board-certified in Emergency Medicine (ABEM or AOBEM).8+ years of Emergency Medicine practice.Prior administrative leadership as Medical Director, Department Chair, VPMA, or equivalent, with direct responsibility for physicians, quality programs, and budget.Active, unrestricted Texas medical license, or eligible for licensure.Proven results improving quality, throughput, or physician engagement.PreferredMulti-site or system-level leadership.Freestanding ER, micro-hospital, or rural and community acute care experience.