Chief Medical Officer
Listed on 2026-09-21
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Healthcare
Healthcare Management, Chief Medical Officer / Medical Director, Healthcare Consultant
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) serves as the senior physician executive responsible for the leadership, performance, quality and delivery of medical services across Family Health Centers. The CMO partners closely with the CEO and executive team to advance the mission of Family Health Centers. As a member of the executive leadership team, the CMO provides strategic and hands-on clinical leadership to advance high-quality, patient-centered care, provider performance, patient access, and clinical efficiency.
The role leads and develops the medical provider team, establishes accountability for clinical and productivity expectations, and partners closely with operational leadership to identify and address barriers to effective care delivery. The CMO works collaboratively across medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, quality, risk, and compliance functions to advance integrated care, population health, regulatory compliance, and operational goals. Through visible leadership across FHC locations, data-driven decision making, and responsible stewardship of clinical resources, the CMO supports excellent patient outcomes and the long-term financial sustainability of Family Health Centers.
Directly supervises the medical provider team, offering ongoing on-site support at each FHC location.
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIESProvide executive-level clinical leadership and strategic direction for medical services across all Family Health Centers locations, including regular on-site provider and care team support.
Serve as a senior physician leader for FHC, providing leadership, oversight, mentorship, and accountability for medical providers of all scopes and licensure levels.
Promote a culture of clinical excellence, accountability, culturally competent patient-centered care, teamwork, continuous improvement, and responsible stewardship of organizational resources.
Establish, monitor, and drive achievement of provider and care-team productivity, patient access, and clinical performance expectations necessary to support high-quality care and financial sustainability.
Partner closely with the COO and operational leadership to evaluate provider capacity, scheduling, patient flow, staffing models, workflows, and other factors affecting access, productivity, and efficient care delivery.
Analyze provider and site-level performance data to identify barriers and opportunities for improvement and develop measurable action plans to improve quality, productivity, access, and clinical efficiency.
Maintain visible leadership presence across FHC locations, regularly working alongside providers and care teams to understand site-specific clinical and operational challenges and opportunities.
Provide direct, hands-on coaching and mentorship to providers, including on-site observation and shadowing when appropriate, to improve quality, clinical practice, productivity, documentation, time-management, patient flow, panel management, and overall performance.
Hold medical providers accountable for established quality metrics, productivity, access, documentation, and professional performance expectations and, in partnership with HR and operational leadership, implement performance improvement or corrective action when needed.
Lead the development, review, implementation, and standardization of evidence-based clinical policies, protocols, standards of care, and medical practice expectations throughout the medical department.
Provide physician-level clinical oversight, consultation, review, and supervision where required by provider scope of practice, including required formal supervision of Physician Assistants.
Serve as the primary clinical reviewer and approver for all credentialing and…
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