Chief Medical Officer

Job Summary

The Chief Medical Officer provides medical leadership, supervision, and direction for all primary care, specialty, dental, eye care, pharmacy, and diagnostic services offered by the North Texas Area Community Health Centers. The CMO defines standards of practice to improve patient outcomes, foster clinical excellence, reduce disparities in care and comply with regulatory and best practice guidelines and promote effective, timely, respectful, clinically sound and professional care.

The CMO promotes provider satisfaction, retention, and productivity through mentoring, problem solving, advocacy and frequent communication. The CMO collaborates with the Director of Clinical/Nursing Services to promote excellence in clinical and service quality, and maximize the effectiveness and utilization of the Electronic Health Record.

The CMO is a full-time employee of the health center and maintains a visible clinical practice limited to 12 hours per week. The CMO participates in decisions that balance the mission and vision of the health center with the fiscal and regulatory constraints of current medical practice. Oversees QA/AI through direct supervisión of the QA/AI manager.

Schedule/Compensation

Excellent and competitive benefits package offered which includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance. Company matching retirement plan and generous paid time off to include vacation and sick leave accruals starting from the date of hire.

Responsibilities

• Participates in ongoing strategic and operational planning activities of the NTACHC
• Participates in the planning, development, and monitoring of the center’s federal Project Plan.
• Participates in the development and ongoing monitoring of the annual budget for medical departments, programs and teams.
• Staffs the CPI committee of the board
• Takes responsibility, in collaboration with other senior managers and physician, dental and eye care leaders, for establishing and meeting productivity goals.
• Provides leadership in collaboration with the Director of Nursing for the ongoing improvement of systems for optimizing the management of patient flow, in order to minimize patient waiting time and enhance patient satisfaction, increase productivity, and improved clinical operations.
• Provides medical leadership for the health center’s ongoing quality improvement activities.
• Assures compliance with all government and grant requirements for medical services.
• Provides leadership in developing a compliance program.
• Responsible for promoting effective communication, collaboration and coordination of patient care among service providers within the health center, including primary care teams, walk in services, dental, eye care, pharmacy, school based health centers, WIC, behavioral health, social services, etc.
• Provides leadership for Medical Staff meetings and Medical Team Leadership Group meetings, and participates in Management and Board of Directors meetings.
• Takes responsibility for assuring that the health center’s clinical programs meet the needs of the community, and that interdepartmental programs are coherent and coordinated.
• Oversees development and implementation of clinical practice standards and protocols; participates in clinical audits and evaluations.

Minimum Qualifications

• MD or DO, Board Certified, with Texas license.
• Experience in community health required.
• MPH, Master’s in Health Care Administration, or Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC) training desirable.
• Significant experience in medical care administration, particularly in professional development, supervision and evaluation of physicians and other clinical staff.
• Outstanding leadership, mentoring, collaboration and communication skills. Demonstrated ability in creative problem solving and decision-making.
• Experience in Quality Assurance, Utilization Review, Continuous Quality Improvement, Electronic Health Records and Information Management.
• Experience with and commitment to working with Nurse Practitioners (NPs), Physician Assistants (PAs).

Typical Physical Demands

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by a staff member to successfully perform the essential functions associated with this position. Because we are committed to inclusion of those with disabilities, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions associated with their position.

• Carrying: Transporting an object, usually by hand, arm or shoulder.
• Lifting: Raising or lowering an object 25-50 pounds.
• Repetitive Motions: Making frequent movements with a part of the body.