Associate Chief Medical Officer, Cancer Services

Job title: Associate Chief Medical Officer, Cancer Services

About the Role

Reporting to the Chief Medical Officer, Ambulatory, the ACMO for Cancer Services oversees medical operations within the Ambulatory Business Unit to ensure high-quality clinical care. The role provides physician leadership for Cancer Services faculty practices and serves as a liaison between clinicians and health-system executives. It focuses on improving ambulatory access, modernizing operations, and advancing quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.

What You'll Do

• Oversee medical operations for Cancer Services within the Ambulatory Business Unit to ensure high-quality clinical care.
• Provide physician leadership for Cancer Services faculty practices and serve as a liaison between clinicians and health-system executives.
• Implement safe, cost-effective, efficient medical interventions and ensure seamless medical care across inpatient units and ambulatory sites.
• Focus on improving ambulatory access and modernizing operations.
• Develop and/or facilitate quality measurements for clinical programs; monitor and improve quality and safety metrics.
• Establish and monitor compliance with regulations required by external regulatory agencies, state, and other accreditation bodies.
• Contribute to physician workforce planning, recruitment, evaluation, and training.
• Assist faculty practices in resolving policy questions related to medical staff and patient care.
• Coordinate activities of the faculty practice medical staff and assure compliance with medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations.
• Understand this role as 70% Health Administration and 30% Clinical work, within UCSF Health’s Faculty Practice Organization (FPO).

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in business, health administration, clinical degree, or equivalent experience/training.
• 5+ years of progressive management or leadership experience in an academic Medical Center or large healthcare system.
• MD in medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO).
• Ability to handle executive management responsibilities in an ambulatory practice.
• Expert knowledge of healthcare delivery models, business and strategic planning, financial management, program development, implementation, and organizational development.
• Highly advanced ability to work collaboratively with Medical Center management, campus leadership, external agencies, and other academic medical centers and healthcare institutions.
• Expert ability to establish and utilize clinic metrics to drive excellence, support operations, and facilitate integration.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, particularly in sensitive situations that may involve public scrutiny.
• Highly advanced interpersonal, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Highly advanced ability to build and maintain a climate of trust that inspires commitment to organizational goals.

Nice to Have

• Master's degree in business, Health Administration, or clinical degree.
• Board-certified medical, surgical, or radiation oncologist with experience building best-in-class academic oncology enterprise operations.
• Expert knowledge of capital and operating budget development and management, financial analysis, and reporting techniques.
• Advanced knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements as well as legislative, accreditation, licensing, and compliance environments.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $281,700 - $593,100 per year (USD).
• Benefits and total compensation information available through UCSF compensation and benefits resources.