Chief Medical Officer

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* Job Title:

Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
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* Reports to:

Chief Executive Officer   FLSA Status:
Exempt

Location:

Columbus, Ohio (FQHC – Multiple Clinic Sites)
** About Lower Lights Christian Health Center Lower Lights Christian Health Center (LLCHC) is a mission-driven, faith-based Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that provides whole-person, high-quality, and accessible healthcare to underserved communities in Central Ohio. We are passionate about removing barriers to care and transforming lives through compassionate, patient-centered service. Join us in delivering hope and healing to our patients and their families.

Position Summary The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) serves as the senior clinical executive responsible for overall clinical leadership, quality of care, clinical strategy, and provider performance across the organization. As a key member of the Executive Team, the CMO ensures delivery of high-quality, patient-centered, culturally competent care aligned with FQHC regulatory requirements, value-based care priorities, and the health center’s mission to serve underserved and vulnerable populations.

The CMO partners closely with the CEO, CAO, CFO, and Board of Directors to drive clinical excellence, operational performance, population health outcomes, risk management, and community impact.

Key Responsibilities
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** Clinical Leadership & Strategy
*** Provide strategic direction and executive leadership for interdisciplinary clinical services in collaboration with Medical, Dental, Behavioral Health, and other specialty Directors.
* Lead clinical integration and care transformation initiatives aligned with LLCHC’s mission and whole-person care model.
* Ensure consistent implementation of clinical policies, protocols, and standards of care across all LLCHC sites in collaboration with clinical and operational site leadership.
* Work closely with clinic Medical Directors, setting expectations, providing leadership coaching, and ensuring unified clinical governance across locations.
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** Quality, Compliance & UDS Performance
*** Accountable for clinical quality outcomes, patient safety, provider accountability, and clinical compliance.
* Provides executive oversight for clinical governance, including provider standards, clinical policy approval, peer review, credentialing oversight, and the organization's clinical quality priorities.
* Serves as the executive clinical voice in organizational decision-making and is accountable for clinical strategy, provider leadership, medical governance, and quality performance as it pertains to clinician involvement.
* Partners closely with operations, quality, finance, human resources, informatics, and information technology to ensure organizational decisions support high-quality patient care, ensuring that LLCHC meets or exceeds all UDS benchmarks.
* Review and analyze quality dashboards, trend reports, and performance data to drive improvement at the provider, clinic, and organizational levels.
* Accountable for clinical regulatory compliance and provider adherence to HRSA, FTCA, NCQA, PCMH and standards while partnering with other organizational leaders responsible for broader compliance and regulatory functions.
3. Medical Director Leadership & Clinical Governance
* Provide direct administrative leadership, performance management, leadership development, and organizational accountability of LLCHC’s clinic Medical Directors and any clinical site leads.
* Facilitate regular Medical Director meetings to drive clinical alignment, communication, and leadership consistency across sites.
* Lead or oversee processes for peer review, credentialing, privileging, and provider performance improvement.
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** Provider Leadership & Workforce Development
*** Mentor and…