Chief Medical Officer

To be a role model primary care physician, educator and provider of care for patients throughout the health care delivery network of WesternU, and to teach osteopathic primary care medicine to COMP and WesternU students at the direction of the Chair of Family Medicine.
The Mission of the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP) is to prepare students to become technically competent, culturally sensitive, professional and compassionate physicians who are life long learners and will serve society by providing comprehensive, patient-centered healthcare with the distinctive osteopathic philosophy. This is accomplished through excellence in curriculum, translational research, service and osteopathic clinical practice.

Individuals must possess these knowledge, skills and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that the individual can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.

1. Able and willing to practice the full scope of Family Medicine as defined by current College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific/Western University Medical Center policies and practices.

2. Must possess good communication and interpersonal skills.

1. EDUCATION: DO or MD degree. Residency trained and Board Certified in Family Medicine.

2. EXPERIENCE: 2-3 years experience in Family Medicine.

3. LICENSURE: Unrestricted California State license. Unrestricted Drug Enforcement Agency certificate.

Preference will be given to individuals who possess bilingual capabilities, have additional advanced degrees and clinical research experience.

Some evenings and weekends may be required.

Incomplete applications will not be considered. No telephone calls please.

Administration:

Chief Medical Officer. Provide administrative oversight to patient care activities as instructed by supervisor. Participate in contracting, service line development, EMR, quality, developing and implementing strategic initiatives, financial /budget management, and inter-professional team development.

Clinical/Professional Practice:

Patient care in the Western University Patient Care system or affiliated sites as assigned. Maintain Hospital status/attend required meetings. Provide group/nursing home medical care. Cover on-call for the practice.

Teaching:

Participation in curriculum and committees as assigned by supervisor and Dean. Participates in scholarly activity, including academic and research presentations, clinical research, publication in peer reviewed journals, and innovations in teaching and the educational process

Service:

Faculty are expected to actively engage with, support and advise their assigned students in a variety of ways throughout their medical school career including regular meetings, participation in orientation week and advising activities.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by any employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to operate a PC in the performance of job duties, and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to sit, and reach with hands and arms, and occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to (20) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, and peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Duties are routinely performed in an environmentally controlled interior healthcare office. Work environment may involve exposure to potentially dangerous materials, e.g., blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, toxic substances, and ionizing radiation. Clinical environments require compliance with safety precautions, OSHA Blood borne pathogen training, and may include the use of certain personal protective equipment.

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