At Vitalant, the impact you make doing work that is purposeful, meaningful, and worthwhile is vital. As a member of our non-profit organization, you can be impact-inspired to provide vital clinical services to communities nationwide, vital products to those in need of a donor's generosity, or vital scientific research that advances blood safety worldwide.
Work Shift (if applicable):
Shift 1 (United States of America)
Job Description:
Vitalant is currently seeking a Divisional Chief Medical Officer to advance our mission to save and improve lives through blood donation, research, and innovation. In this role, you will provide medical leadership and support to patients, donors, center staff, and healthcare professionals across assigned areas, partnering with Corporate Medical Affairs and regional teams to advance quality, patient care, and strategic initiatives. Through medical oversight of blood component manufacturing, laboratory testing, donor suitability and counseling, clinical services, apheresis, cellular therapy, research, and education, you will help meet community needs and strengthen Vitalant’s position as a Center of Transfusion Medicine Excellence while upholding the highest standards of ethics, customer care, and confidentiality.
Compensation: $299,936 - $374,920 + incentive plan eligibility
- Provides effective leadership to achieve high levels of service and product quality, financial results, and other criteria in accordance with policies, goals, and objectives.
- Hires, supervises, trains, develops, and evaluates performance of assigned personnel. Identifies and effectively resolves personnel issues.
- Provides oversight of one or more physicians (CMO or MD).
- Develops local and corporate medical strategy and routinely interacts with Senior and Executive staff in Medical Affairs and other departments. Ensures the application and implementation of correct medical policy and provides medical leadership in designated area(s).
- Develops and administers the department/center budget.
- Participates in the evaluation, development, implementation, and modification of existing and new blood center policies and services. Using a pragmatic approach informed by regional perspectives, proactively identifies issues, and subsequently helps resolve and improve the quality of products and services, and the provision of blood components, derivatives, and clinical services delivered by BSI and/or UBS.
- Provides medical direction to manufacturing processes and mentoring and training staff. Participates in the development, validation, approval, and implementation of assigned procedures, including all related training requirements. Is responsible for the annual review of pertinent procedures manuals.
- Provides medical direction as needed to operations staff such as Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs and Safety and Risk Management staff. Assesses and promotes the medical validity of safety and quality initiatives.
- Provides medical direction and leadership to applicable clinical services including laboratories, transfusion services, therapeutic apheresis services, stem cell collection, and cell sourcing, etc.
- Provides seasoned medical leadership to the blood center operations group and is frequently sought out for strategic input. This may involve developing an organizational outline for medical services, identifying budgetary issues, promoting the service to potential customers, and providing technical guidance to the management staff who will supervise medical service delivery.
- Provides medical direction to assigned operating units to ensure that appropriate medical standards are applied and to ensure the implementation of correct medical policy throughout the assigned Blood Centers. Provides backup coverage in secondary areas as needed.
- Functions as CLIA-defined laboratory director for operating unit as needed. Provides backup CLIA coverage or support for contract MDs as needed.
- Supervises and proactively provides medical consultation services to participating hospitals, physicians, donors, center staff, and patients who may have medical and/or technical questions. Ensures the availability of quality medical advice to hospitals. Visits, lectures, and promotes clinical transfusion services to participating hospitals.
- Plans, implements, and participates in internal and external continuing medical and/or technical education programs. Participates in regional and national meetings, presenting scientific, quality, and administrative data.
- Participates in educational activities as needed for medical students, residents, fellows, and internal staff.
- Visits the operating units and customer hospitals. Provides medical leadership to operating units' management and helps develop and participate in operating units' medical and clinical meetings, such as the Medical Advisory Meetings. Strives to develop and increase participation in hospital Blood and Tissue Committees.
- Remains abreast of changes and developments in the blood banking industry related to regulations and standards and provides direction to implement required changes. Establishes and maintains a network of professional relationships.
- Assumes responsibility in the absence of the immediate supervisor.
- Performs all other duties, at the discretion of management, as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS:
KNOWLEDGE/EDUCATION
- MD or DO or equivalent degree required.
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
- Medical license in the state(s) of work within 6 months required.
- Board certification in Clinical Pathology, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, or other clinical specialty required.
- Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine certification preferred.
EXPERIENCE
- Fellowship training or equivalent experience in blood banking/transfusion medicine required.
- Experience at a blood center and/or hospital transfusion service including provision of education, clinical consultations, and some combination of therapeutic apheresis, cell therapy, laboratory, immunohematology, etc. experience required.
- If acting in any capacity that is regulated by the state of New York (NYS) then NYS Certification of Qualification is required.
- Seven years' experience in the field of transfusion medicine preferred.
- Supervisory experience required.
SKILLS/ABILITIES
- Must possess the skills and abilities to successfully perform all assigned duties and responsibilities.
- Must be able to maintain confidentiality.
- Able to organize, prioritize, and execute a variable workload and multiple priorities.
- Must have a participative management style, strong team development, coaching skills, and the ability to lead and motivate senior and executive-level managers.
- Must have a participative management style, strong team development, coaching skills, and the ability to lead and motivate senior and executive-level managers.
- Ability to work in a team environment and participate as an active member of management.
- Must have analytical, statistical, personal organization, and problem-solving skills.
- Must have proficient computer skills.
Location:
1524 West 14th Street
#120
Tempe, AZ 85281

Job Category:
Administrative Support
Contact Information: careers@vitalant.org
If you are impact-inspired to help others, and making a difference is vital for you, you'll experience a career built on purpose, a company created to care, and a team committed to lead - together.
