Chief Medical Officer Riverside Walter Reed Hospital- Gloucester Virginia

As a provider with Riverside Health Medical Group, you would join a team of providers who are respected leaders and part of our collaborative care delivery team. Our providers care for our patients as if they are those they love. Our core values are built into our provider compact that outlines our dedication to our patients as our first priority. Our providers encourage patient involvement, embrace change, and take ownership in the success of the team and the organization.

If that resonates with you, we would like to speak to you.

Riverside is seeking a Chief Medical Officer for Riverside Walter Reed Hospital located in Gloucester, Virginia

In this role:

Position Profile:
Chief Medical Officer

FTE: 0.5

Riverside Walter Reed Hospital (RWRH)

Reports to: Chief Clinical Operations Officer

Works in Dyad with: Hospital President

Partners with: Specialty Service Line Chiefs, Chief Medical Officers, Hospital Administrative and Corporate Leadership
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Gloucester, VA

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital serves as the senior physician leader responsible for advancing clinical quality, patient safety, medical staff engagement, and care transformation across the hospital. The CMO is the primary liaison between medical staff, hospital leadership, and Riverside Health System leadership, ensuring clinical excellence and operational performance consistent with system standards and the mission of improving health and wellness for the community.

The CMO promotes a safety-first culture
, leads integration of evidence‑based clinical practice, and partners with nursing, operations, and service line leaders to enhance performance, patient experience, and physician alignment.

• Lead the prioritization and execution of quality improvement initiatives across the hospital.
• Champion patient safety and performance improvement programs, reducing clinical variation and supporting best‑practice care pathways.
• Collaborate with System and Facility Quality Management to develop, monitor, and improve clinical quality metrics, utilization, and outcomes.

• Foster a culture of professionalism, accountability, and collegiality among the medical staff.
• Ensure medical staff operate within established standards, delineation of privileges, bylaws, and regulatory requirements.
• Support credentialing, peer review processes, and recruitment of physicians and advanced practice providers.

• Work closely with service line chiefs and administrative leaders to optimize clinical operations, throughput, and resource utilization.
• Collaborate with other CMOs and attend meetings led by RRMC CMO
• Partner with surgical and specialty service leadership to implement relevant protocols such as ERAS, clinical pathways, and evidence‑based practice standards.
• Support development and optimization of imaging, emergency, inpatient, ICU, and diagnostic capabilities within RWRH’s state‑of‑the‑art environment (e.g., 22‑bed ED, ICU, advanced imaging)
• Work in coordination of IC3 clinical and administrative leadership to ensure optimization of patient transport as well as virtual clinical services

• Lead patient experience initiatives and support service recovery programs.
• Collaborate with nursing leadership to maintain high standards of communication, rounding, inter‑disciplinary coordination, and responsiveness.

• Participate in leadership team meetings, strategic planning, budget preparation, and resource evaluation.
• Attend facility MEC meetings
• Represent RWRH in community and system initiatives.
• Attend RMG Board Meetings and related activities
• Support alignment with RMG and system-wide clinical integration and consensus priorities.

• Ensure compliance with accrediting bodies, federal and state regulatory standards, and system policies.
• Serve as a key leader during safety events, emergent operational challenges, and regulatory surveys.
• Support…