CMO Opportunity with Chicago FQHC

This Community Health Center is actively seeking a passionate and motivated Chief Medical Officer You will love working within our culture and diverse, multi-disciplinary team of medical providers. Since the 1970s, this Community Health Center has become the primary care medical home for thousands of Chicagoans, including some of the city’s most vulnerable populations. As an award winning, nationally recognized leading voice for community health centers, this CHC has played a vital role in providing access to affordable, comprehensive healthcare services to underserved communities throughout Chicago. Our health network currently includes locations in South Chicago, Pullman, East Side, Roseland, Pullman, Chicago Lawn, and Chicago Vocational Career Academy (CVCA).

Essential Job Functions May Include and Not Limited to:

Serves as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, will actively engage, and collaborate in the organization’s strategic planning, financial planning, and clinical operations at the health center.

The CMO will play a key role in building and shaping a strong culture at the CHC including and not limited to having clinical and quality oversight to all clinical programs while offering direct coaching and development to our clinical provider team.

Provides clinical and administrative leadership to all medical providers; this includes coaching and development of teams and building and shaping of an inclusive culture. Leads and supports the development of provider leaders to co-manage sites and programs with the Director of Operations and site clinic managers.

Serves as chief clinical liaison to CountyCare and Medical Home Network ACO’s Clinical Committee.

In collaboration with the Director of Quality and Patient Safety manage overall and program specific continuous quality improvement initiatives with input from Risk & Compliance Manager.

Reviews monthly medical encounter, operational and quality statistics, and confers with managers and individual providers regarding problems in this area; identifies opportunities for improvement.

Manages and oversees the preparation of relevant reports to the Bureau of Primary Health Care including the non-financial components of the annual Uniform Data System (UDS) report.

Performs clinical duties in his/her specialty as described in the staff physician job description.

Job Requirements

Education and Experience:

MD/DO from an accredited educational institution. A Master’s (MPH, MBA, MS, MSPH, MHA) degree in health care related field is desirable.

A minimum of ten (10) years of progressive and broad senior leadership experience and/or at least seven (7) years of direct primary health care experience.

Eligible for hospital medical staff privileges.

Experience collaborating closely and/or leading cross-functional teams while driving metrics and business out.

Passion to drive better patient health outcomes and grow new and innovative care models.

Demonstrated effectiveness in leading institutional change at an executive level.

Strong communication skills with clinical and non-clinical audiences.

Strong fiscal and strategic management skills.

Certifications and/or Licensures Required (if applicable):

Current, active, and unrestricted Physician Licensure in State of Illinois or eligible

Current Illinois Controlled Substance License

Current Federal DEA License

Board certified in primary care specialty (required)

Compensation:

Medical, Dental, Vision health benefits

Company Paid Life Insurance and Short-term & Long-term Disability plus Supplemental Life Insurance

401 (k) with a competitive match

Vacation/Sick Time

Eight Holidays

Loan Repayment potential through National Health Service Corps (NHSC)

* NHSC LRP: Up to $50,000 Full Time for 2 years
* NHSC SUD-W LRP: Up to $75,000 Full Time for 3 years

50 hours of CME & $2,000 reimbursement

Developmental Support

Tuition Reimbursement

Flexible schedules