Chief Medical Officer

**Summary:** Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, this position provides leadership and direction in all aspects of patient care to ensure accomplishment of objectives. Oversees the medical operations of CFC, including supervises the clinical staff in the delivery of medical services, patient care, oversight of anesthesia, procedures, medical labs & in-house ultrasounds, compliance with regulatory agencies/requirements, development and implementation of policies and procedures governing all aspects of medical operations, infection control, quality assurance, equipment maintenance, patient complaints and incident reporting. Works collaboratively with the Chief Executive Officer, the clinical staff, and the administrative leadership team.**Principle Duties and Responsibilities:** • Promotes the mission and philosophy of providing quality health care and related services to the medically underserved. Upholds and ensures compliance with and attention to all corporate policies and procedures, as well as the mission and values of the organization. • Ensures all actions, job performance, personal conduct and communications represent the organization in a highly professional manner at all times. • Integrates the efforts of the medical staff and others in the Health Center. Acts as liaison between the Health Center and any regulatory or accrediting agencies. Assists with problem resolution between medical staff members and other Health Center staff and/or customers. • Assists with compliance of rules and regulations of various regulating bodies. Assures all medical and nursing personnel are oriented to governmental rules and regulations pertaining to OSHA, CLIA, Blood borne Pathogens, etc. upon employment. Participates in selected committee activities dealing with compliance, infection control, risk management, safety, and the like. • Assures all clinical providers fulfill and maintain CFCN’s credentialing and privileging requirements. • Establishes, monitors and actively participates in the Health Center’s Quality Management Program, approved by the Board of Directors, which provides mechanisms and oversight to assure the delivery of safe, continuous, high-quality services to patients through an integrated program of quality improvement strategies, studies, monitoring’s, audits and education. • Ensures the implementation of QI/QA operating procedures and completion of QI/QA assessments, monitoring QI/QA outcomes and updating QI/QA operating procedures as part of daily activities. • Provides leadership to achieve meaningful use of Electronic Health Records. Encourages medical staff in the effective use of EHR, complete and timely completion of documentation, and closing of charts for billing. • Promotes educational programs for staff that improve quality and customer service, including clinical training programs (i.e., ICD-10, Medical Review Officer training, and Department of Transportation PE) and services required of Community Quality Improvement (CQI) activities. • Provides leadership for Patient Centered Medical Home activities. Assists in creating patient care teams. • Works with leadership team to develop efficient operation and organization of the Health Center Network. • Arranges provider staffing patterns that ensure a high level of quality, customer satisfaction and productivity. • Arranges for after hours call among the medical staff. • Actively participates in medical staff recruitment and retention. • Prepares and/or coordinates annual medical staff evaluations. • Provides input to management in strategic planning for facilities, equipment and services of the Health Center. • Collaborates with the leadership team to plan, develop and implement strategies to effectively meet Community Health Center (CHC) program requirements, including data reporting. • Attends National Association of Community Health Center (NACHC)/Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) meetings, educational sessions and conferences to ensure he/she is knowledgeable about current BPHC/CHC program requirements. Attendance at the NACHC new Medical Director training is required. • Actively participates in Michigan Primary Care Association (MPCA) Medical Director activities, including Chief Medical Officer forums/discussions/clinical quality trainings, to ensure he/she is knowledgeable about MPCA quality initiatives. • Develops and maintains effective community relationships necessary to promote the activities of Cass Family Clinic. • Performs other duties as assigned.Essential Job Functions: The demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. The employee in this position must be able to perform the essential job functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable an employee with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job, absent undue hardship. • Maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching, ability to repeatedly bend body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist for up to ten hours per day. • Ability to detect specific noises and proper equipment operation, detect and understand what coworkers/patients are saying in normal conversation and communicate with individuals utilizing the telephone by displaying the ability to hear and speak clearly. • Ability to maintain a stationary position for 25% of the time. • Ability to converse clearly with patients, co-workers and the general public using the English language. Must be able to understand, adhere to and communicate routine, factual information and apply oral and written instructions or other information, in a timely manner. • Capable of physically transporting items weighing 5 to 25 pounds. • Substantial movements of the wrists, hands, shoulders and/or fingers for sustained periods of time. • Must have the visual acuity to accurately detect and read computer screens, distinguish color coding, and discern fine print and/or normal type size print. • Capable of meeting attendance requirements. • Ability to move about the facility to greet and room patients, access supplies, and other duties that require movement on foot for prolonged periods of time. • Constantly operates a computer, office equipment and/or other medical equipment to collect and monitor patient data, report patient data and patient needs. Has the ability to pick, pinch, type or otherwise work primarily with fingers rather than with the whole arm. • Possess the cognitive ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide and to record, balance and check for results for accuracy. • Capable of communicating effectively and politely with co-workers, patients and the general public; able to compose letters, emails and basic reports and/or orally communicate medical information.**Job Requirements:** **Education:** • Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine with current unrestricted license to practice as a physician in the State of Michigan. **Experience:** • Previous outpatient clinic experience. Previous experience in leadership roles helpful. **Skills:** • Basic data entry skills, basic typing, filing, organizational skills. • Working knowledge of the Epic software preferred • Ability to handle workload in stress filled environment without producing errors. **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:** • Knowledge of patient care charts and patient histories. • Knowledge of patient evaluation and triage procedures. • Knowledge safety, environmental, and/or infection control methods. • Knowledge of HIPAA regulations and compliance requirements. • Knowledge of computer systems and applications, such as Microsoft Office 365 **Certificate/License:** • CPR • Licensed MD/DO from the State of Michigan. • DEA License #J-18808-Ljbffr Cassopolis Family Clinic Network