Chief Medical Officer

The Chief Medical Director is a strategic leader creating a plan for aligning people, processes and values that support and further the organization’s mission. Under the administration of the Chief Executive Officer, the CMO is responsible for David Raines Community Health Centers’ compliance with all clinical medical policies, directives, rules, regulations and clinical performance standards of the state, the federal government, and accrediting bodies and serve as the organizations ultimate authority on medical issues.

The CMO scopes of responsibilities include population community health, behavior health and integrated care for the underserved communities. The CMO will model behaviors consistent with the published values and the Code of Conduct of DRCHC.

• Work experience in a primary care setting with Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric patients
• Management experience and proficiency in a clinical setting
• Must be able to use protocols, guidelines and benchmarks to implement policies and develop quality improvements while utilizing best practices
• Excellent organizational skills, leadership skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency using EHRs systems and other computer programs
• Full knowledge of the nineteen requirements of FQHCs
• Must be able to effectively handle multiple tasks and priorities in order to meet deadlines and act as Clinical Lead;
• Provide direct care to patients within the Scope of Practice for which provider is licensed;
• Provide direct care to clients/patients to support medical needs of the target population;
• Manage patient care under Best Practices, Uniform Data System recommendations, and as prescribed to maintain accreditation;
• Identify and prioritize medical decision making with a fiscally minded approach to care;
• Complete thorough documentation of visits and medical orders to support billing charges;
• Complete billing components of visit to optimize revenue within dictated times frames;
• Participates in webinars, conferences and meetings relative to assigned program and Primary Care;
• Report to funders as directed in reports, emails or teleconferences as Chief Medical Officer;
• Support Credentialing and Privileging decision making of medical providers and allied health professionals and participates as a liaison to the DRCHC Health Center’s Board of Directors;
• Participate in agency Quality Improvement/ Quality Assurance program to meet Clinical Measures requirements for accreditation;
• Oversees development of Best Practices initiated by Quality Improvement/ Quality Assurance programming;
• Participates in Operations, Management, Providers meetings for the Agency;

• Works with the CEO in coordinating clinical/administrative issues.
• Develops principles of practice for the medical department.
• Participates in the credentialing of the medical staff.
• Develops and updates the center’s OSHA compliance program.
• Serves as a Laboratory Director for in-house lab testing.
• Supervises in clinical triage of patients.
• Initiates staff, as well as patient education.
• Participates in the recruitment/retention of the medical staff.
• Chairs the Performance Improvement Committee.
• Helps to develop the Health Center’s Health Care Plans.
• Acts as a leader of patient advocacy.
• Develops the on-call scheduling of physicians.
• Develops Health Care protocol for the Medical Staff.
• Attends Board meetings and provides clinical input.
• Provides after-hours emergency and hospital care on a rotating basis with other staff Physicians.
• Provides direct medical care to clinic patients, including examination, diagnosis and treatment according to established policy and protocol.
• Provides in-patient care via local hospital.
• Accepts emergency calls as scheduled or as necessary.
• Meets with other members of the staff and participates in the planning and implementation of health service improvements.
• Frequent contact is maintained with the Medical Director to whom he/she is responsible.
• Performance is evaluated in terms of patient care quality, by conference, and by observation.
• Serves on the health services program committee to review program activities.
• Reviews labs and recalls cases with…