Vice President, Chief Medical Officer - Palisades Medical Center

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.

At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Palisades Medical Center
, is a key part of Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) leadership, serves as the site's senior physician executive, responsible for clinical leadership, quality improvement, patient safety, and medical staff engagement. This role focuses on high-quality, cost-effective, patient-centered care, and ensuring that HMH's Palisades Medical Center aligns with the network's broader mission of transforming healthcare and making care more accessible and efficient at the local level.

The CMO plays a crucial role in enhancing patient outcomes, balancing financial sustainability, operational efficiency, medical excellence and ensuring regulatory compliance, while fostering strong relationships with medical staff, hospital leadership, and the local community. This role requires a hands‑on, collaborative leader dedicated to enhancing healthcare access, patient safety, and physician engagement. The CMO will work closely with hospital leadership, medical staff, community stakeholders and HMH executives to improve clinical outcomes, operational performance, and enhance physician alignment while addressing the unique healthcare needs of the local population and ensure that Palisades Medical Center provides high-quality, accessible, and cost-effective healthcare to the surrounding community.

The VP, CMO Palisades Medical Center is also responsible to contribute to Network initiatives by participating in and/or leading network projects, and by collaborating with all other HMH sites and services in order to advance HMH's strategic priorities, ensure Network-wide standardization and integration of services in order to ensure that patients consistently receive high quality, safe and person-centered care across the entire HMH Network.

The VP, CMO Palisades Medical Center reports directly (Primary) to the Site President / Chief Hospital Executive (CHE) and secondary (dotted) to the EVP, Chief Quality Officer as a delegate of the Network Chief Physician Executive.

Hackensack Meridian Health's Palisades Medical Center is one of 18 hospitals in the Hackensack Meridian Health Network. Located on the Hudson River waterfront in North Bergen, N.J., Hackensack Meridian Health's Palisades Medical Center has and continues to meet the changing healthcare needs of Hudson and Southern Bergen counties, serving a population of more than 450,000. The 197-bed not-for-profit medical center focuses on providing quality expert care in a safe environment.

The hospital recently earned an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from the Leapfrog Group's most recent review. Learn more about this great hospital and its services here:
https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).-center

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 7 years of clinical experience at a matching institution (community, complex academic or teaching hospital).
• At least 5+ years of leadership role (e.g., CMO, Associate CMO, CQO, Medical Director, or Department Chair/Chief) at a matching institution (community, complex academic or teaching hospital).
• Proven track record in clinical operations, physician leadership, and quality improvement.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with physicians, hospital administrators, and the community.
• Ability to drive organizational change and foster collaboration among healthcare professionals.
• Strong ability to influence and collaborate with hospital leaders, faculty, and government agencies.
• Strong leadership, decision-making…