Chief Medical Officer (CMO) (Fitchburg)

Chief Medical Officer (CMO)

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is a vital leadership position that focuses on clinical and organizational responsibilities. The primary focus of Community Health Connections is to provide high quality, affordable and accessible health care services to patients. The CMO is vital in ensuring that these services are provided and it is expected that 60% of the time will be engaged in providing clinical services to patients and 40% of the time in an administrative functions. The key job responsibilities are as follow :

• Planning and directing all clinical medical services of the organization
• Leading the clinical providers in their roles as health care professionals
• Providing comprehensive and continuous primary care to a panel of patients.
• Being an integral part of the Senior Management Team
• Directing clinical training for healthcare professionals
• Participating in our Accountable Care Organization

Essential Duties and Major Responsibilities

Develop the organization plan for medical operations and provide for efficient use of human resources in the application of multiple health skills to community and individual health problems

Institute and manage competency standards and testing, medical guidelines, continuing professional education, in-service training, and orientation of medical staff

Supervise Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement activities

Coordinate care with other components, including substance abuse, social service, behavioral health, WIC, Dental.

Attend meetings of the CHC Board of Directors as needed

Oversee human resource issues for medical clinical personnel.

Participate in the development of the health center's financial plan

Participate in the development of the Health Center's health care plan, considering community needs, epidemiologic trends, and health behaviors

Education, Training, Licensure and Certification, and Experience :

Competencies : Individual departments will develop competencies which will be communicated and maintained through CHC's performance evaluation system.

Supervision Exercised : Site Medical Directors, Physicians, Mid-Levels and clinical medical staff