Chief Medical Officer

Connecticut Valley Hospital (CVH), part of the State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), invites an accomplished and mission-drive physician Executive Leadership to serve as its next
Chief Medical Officer
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As a key member of the hospital’s Executive Leadership leadership team, the Chief Medical Officer will provide strategic and clinical leadership for Connecticut’s largest public psychiatric and addiction treatment hospital. This is an opportunity to influence care across a complex, two-campus healthcare system and to lead a highly skilled interdisciplinary medical staff committed to safety, dignity, recovery, and improved outcomes for individuals with significant behavioral health needs.

At CVH, our work is guided by Achieving Excellence Together—our shared commitment to collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement. The Chief Medical Officer will help advance this model by bringing clinical leaders together around a common vision for exceptional patient care.

The Chief Medical Officer will guide the hospital’s clinical direction, strengthen medical practice and accountability, promote evidence-based and patient-centered care, and help advance a culture in which recovery and wellness are embedded throughout treatment. Working collaboratively with hospital Executive Leaderships and interdisciplinary leaders, the CMO will play a central role in advancing clinical excellence, workforce development, regulatory readiness, patient safety, and organizational performance.

We are seeking a physician leader who appreciates the complexity of public behavioral healthcare and who can inspire clinicians, build strong partnerships, and translate vision into meaningful improvements in care. For a leader who believes that excellence is achieved through shared purpose and collective effort, this position offers the opportunity to make a lasting statewide impact.

HIGHLIGHTS

• FACILITY:
  
  Connecticut Valley Hospital (CVH)
• LOCATION:
  
  1000 Silver Street, Middletown, CT
• SCHEDULE:
  
  Full-Time, 40 Hours per Week, First Shift, 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday through Friday
• POSITION NUMBER: 25728

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

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• Professional growth and development opportunities
• A healthy work/life balanceto all employees
• The opportunity to:
  • Join a vibrant professional learning community of Board?
    
    Certified Physicians and Psychiatrists
  • Support an agency deeply committed to improving the lives of those we serve
  • Make a meaningful difference in the public sector

ABOUT DMHAS & CONNECTICUT VALLEY HOSPITAL

The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is a statewide healthcare system dedicated to promoting recovery, wellness, and independence for individuals living with mental health and substance use disorders. Through a comprehensive network of inpatient, outpatient, residential, and community-based services, DMHAS works to ensure that individuals receive high-quality care grounded in dignity, respect, choice, and hope.

Connecticut Valley Hospital is the state’s largest public psychiatric hospital and a critical component of Connecticut’s behavioral healthcare system. Across two campuses in Middletown and Hartford, CVH operates 17 inpatient treatment units serving individuals with complex psychiatric, addiction, medical, and psychosocial needs.

Through its General Psychiatry Division and Addiction Services Division, CVH provides specialized, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and gender-responsive services. Treatment is delivered by interdisciplinary teams committed not only to stabilization, but also to helping individuals build the skills, supports, and confidence needed to achieve wellness and successfully return to their communities.

Guided by our person-centered framework and our organizational model, Achieving Excellence Together, CVH continues to strengthen clinical quality, patient safety, workforce engagement, therapeutic programming, and community reintegration. The Chief Medical Officer will have an exceptional opportunity to help shape this work and advance a culture where excellence is achieved through teamwork, shared…