Chief Medical Officer

JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION PURPOSE : The CMO will oversee the daily operations and coordination of the center's primary and behavioral health care services. The CMO is responsible for implementing effective leadership and developing management strategies that maximize primary care effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity, including continuous quality improvement and protocol development.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Understanding the principles of community health care and service to special populations.
• Ability to travel between worksites as needed.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including friendliness and empathy.
• Strong leadership and communication skills required.
• Extensive knowledge of current health care needs and issues of children, adolescents, and adults.
• Ability to collect adequate client data, conduct a physical exam, interpret physical findings, and manage or refer patients as conditions or protocols dictate
• Demonstrate a special interest in community medicine and population health.
• Familiarity with an electronic medical record and practice management system
• Five (5)+ years of clinical experience
• Experience in ambulatory primary care, community health and / or behavioral health required.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• At least five (5) years of healthcare related experience as a primary care physician, preferably in an outpatient clinical setting, community health care center, or FQHC.
• License to practice medicine in the State of Pennsylvania
• Current Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) license
• Basic Life Support certification

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE