Chief Medical Officer
Career Opportunity: Chief Medical Officer for a Non-Profit Healthcare Center in Cincinnati, OH
Are you a Physician who is recognized for your exceptional team leadership skills? Do you excel in influencing the quality of care for patients? Would you love the opportunity to work a consistent schedule while serving an at-risk population? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
The HealthCare Connection located in Cincinnati, Ohio, is seeking an experienced Chief Medical Officer to provide effective leadership, direction, and management of all THCC physicians, nurses, and other clinical staff, whether employees, contractors, or volunteers. The CMO is also responsible for assuring that all medical and health care services provided by or through THCC fully meet or exceed applicable accrediting, regulatory and funding agency standards and requirements.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Develops, implements, directs, and oversees quality assurance and improvement programs and systems to assure compliance with HRSA and other applicable accrediting, regulatory, and funding agency standards and requirements.
- Serve as Co-Chairperson of the QI Committee.
- Review and evaluate clinically related patient complaints and grievances in accordance with established policies and procedures.
- Establish and maintain a credentialing process that complies with ambulatory care accrediting agency, and payer standards.
- Review credentialing data of all potential new physicians and other clinicians and recommend acceptance or rejection. Conduct a review of physicians’ credentials every two years for continued compliance with standards and payer credentialing requirements.
- Identify quality assurance/improvement problems and develop corrective action plans with input from management team members as appropriate.
- Review and approve requests for CME seminars, meetings, etc.
- In collaboration with clinical staff, develop practice guidelines, policies and procedures for clinical operations, disease management protocols, performance standards, and outcome evaluation measures. Supervise implementation by all applicable departments, clinicians, and programs.
- Develop, implement, and maintain physician performance evaluation process.
- Provides direction and leadership to physicians and other staff in meeting organizational goals and objectives and assuring effective and efficient management processes.
- Chair the bi-monthly physician staff meeting. Organize other meetings to enhance involvement and communication between physicians, other staff, and departments as necessary.
- Serve as liaison between physicians, senior staff, or other internal and external parties and ensure that the President/CEO is continually apprised of any physician concerns.
- In collaboration with the Support Services Manager, develop and coordinate physician work schedules. Approve on call schedules and assure that the appropriate operations managers are informed of physician availability.
- Assists with physician recruitment and retention activities.
- Determine physician manpower needs and develop recruitment plan in conjunction with other members of senior management.
- Develop, implement, and provide oversight to orientation and mentoring program to assimilate new physicians and other clinicians into THCC.
- Work closely with senior management in the development and design of an equitable physician compensation system and participate in periodic reviews to ensure continuing viability.
- Performs general administrative functions that require clinical expertise.
- Assist in the evaluation of managed care contracts; participate in the negotiation process as required and inform physicians of contract requirements.
- Prepare medical staff reports and present at Board and other staff meetings.
- In conjunction with the senior management team, formulate strategy and operational goals for the organization.
- Actively participate in strategic planning initiatives.
- Assist in the development of grants. Participate in Health Care Plan review and revision process as needed.
- Represent the organization by interfacing with community medical organizations, other providers, and government and public health officials.
- Attend federal, state, and other meetings appropriate for Chief Medical Officer Representation.
- Serve as a member of the Fee Schedule Review Team.
- Provides direct patient care in accordance with his/her scope of practice and training and established practice guidelines.
Requirements:
- Medical Doctor Degree with current unrestricted license to practice as a physician in the State of Ohio.
- Board certified.
- Three or more years in a senior leadership position required.
- Five years or more in practice, preferably in a community health center or ambulatory care facility preferred.
- Previous experience as a Medical Director, preferred.
- Demonstrated clinical skills and leadership competencies, including excellent communication, customer service, continuous quality improvement, relationship development, results orientation, and team building.
- Solid MS Office skills, experience with practice management and EHR systems.
- Able to handle confidential and sensitive information while working with persons with diverse educational, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds.
- Must exhibit the ability to multi-task, direct the work of others, and solve problems.
The HealthCare Connection is a non-profit FQHC located in Cincinnati, Ohio that connects all persons to quality healthcare. Founded in 1967, we were Ohio’s first community health center. We serve underserved, underinsured, and uninsured persons living in northern Hamilton County providing them with the same access to quality healthcare as fully insured persons. We are a leader in providing affordable, quality healthcare.
Come join our team! Please visit our website at https://www.healthcare-connection.org/ to learn more and apply.
Employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace. The HealthCare Connection is committed to advancing health equity and encourages those with diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply.
Please, no phone calls, or third-party candidates.
The HealthCare Connection
ericab@healthcare-connection.org