Medical officer job description

The Family Health Centers of Baltimore (FHCB) is a Community Health Center/ Federally Qualified Health Center (FHQC). We are seeking a Chief Medical Officer (CMO) who can work on a part-time contractual basis. The position is responsible for creating and strengthening all clinical operations and protocols that meet FQHC program requirements. The position is funded for a maximum of twenty hours per week (.5 FTE) and does not provide health care benefits. An annualized salary will be paid out on a bi-weekly basis in accordance with the health center’s established payroll policies and procedures. The selected individual will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CMO) and will work as a contractual member of the health center’s executive team.

Primary Responsibilities:

· Ensure clinical compliance with all HRSA/BPHC program requirements per FQHC status.

· Direct and oversee all daily aspects of the health center’s clinical functions.

· Monitor and improve the health center’s clinical standards of care through appropriate performance benchmarks and goals.

· Strengthen and Monitor clinical policies and procedures, quality initiatives and practice guidelines.

Provide consultative support to the CEO regarding the management and performance monitoring of a small number of provider staff that include doctors, dentists, mid-level providers and clinical support staff.

· Collaborate with Credentialing and Privileging Company to ensure that all initial and renewal provider credentialing and privileging is completed per HRSA/BPHC requirements.

· Collaborate with Risk Manager Professional to enhance, monitor, and oversee the health center’s Quality Assurance / Quality Improvement activities.

· Collaborate with Deputy CMO to enhance, oversee, and report results of peer review.

• Report on health center clinical operations and benchmarks to the Board of Directors on a monthly basis.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Doctor of Medicine degree or Advanced Licensed Nurse Practitioner with board certification and ability to practice in the state of Maryland. Primary Care provider background is preferred.
• A minimum of five (5) years in progressively responsible healthcare leadership roles, preferably in an FQHC environment.

· Experience with utilization review, quality management, and physician practice management.

Other Skills & Abilities: Proficiency with electronic health record systems, general computer applications and Microsoft Office is required.

The ideal candidate will be able to:

• Demonstrate a high level of integrity and dependability.
• Function well in a team environment, contributing to and supporting organizational goals and initiatives.
• Operates effectively as part of an executive team.
• Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as strong problem solving skills.
• Exercises sound judgment.
• Start employment within 30-45 days

Other Required Skills & Abilities:

• Proficiency with electronic health record systems, general computer applications and Microsoft Office is required.

Apply at Family Health Centers of Baltimore: www: fhcb.org

Integrated Pain Management (IPM) offers a full complement of pain therapies, from highly specialized treatments, to the most sophisticated interdisciplinary pathways and programs. We address one of the most complex and challenging problems in our society, chronic pain. Our center is committed to providing the highest level of patient service. From its inception, our clinicians have placed an emphasis on providing medical services that make sense from the patients’ perspective. IPM has disseminated its expertise in pain management by increasing its sphere of influence through geographic expansion and education through publications, lectures and teaching. Our rehabilitation programs for chronic pain sufferers set the standard in holistic approaches for managing chronic pain.

The Southern California Regional Medical Officer (RMO) participates in establishing and implementing health care policies and standards, evaluates new treatments, and ensures the quality of the medical care provided to patients for a specified region. The RMO provides direct oversite for clinical care-related operations and medical staff within assigned region. The RMO is responsible for strategic clinical relationships with Physicians in the region. Provides clinical leadership to ensure that aggressive growth targets are achieved. Additionally, the RMO ensures that all regional clinical programs follow laws and regulations. Develops major goals to support broad functional objectives.

As a healthcare provider, IPM Medical Group requires its employees to be COVID vaccinated up to the booster or present a medical/religious exemption and test weekly

Participates in establishing and implementing clear standards and expectations for the professional performance of providers to achieve:

Excellence in patient satisfaction scores, including enhancing the patient experience and quality of services provided

Excellence in cost effective care, implementing efficiencies targeting resource optimization/ expense reduction/

Works primarily with the physician community around patient issues, clinical care and clinical concerns

Collaborates with Regional Vice President, Clinical Operations, and with clinic leaders to prioritize initiatives and identify the appropriate implementation plans for all improvement initatives

Works with Medical Director, Clinical Quality/Outcomes, to support the integration of Quality Improvement programs

Assists in the roll out of IPM clinical guidelines at the direction of the Clinical Quality Committee

Provides secondary assistance in supporting the Contracting team; meets with prospective provider groups, communicates our value proposition and highlights the benefits of joining the IPM organization

Leads onboarding discussions with newly aquired practices; sets appropriate and customized performance expectations in collaboration with the practice

Develops and monitors KPIs and other management metrics to track and maximize performance; reports business performace data to the CMO and other key stakeholders as applicable

Champions and supports patient safety and patient experience initiatives, to include patient satisfaction and access

Collaborates in improvement initiatives related to IPM’s Matriculation Model of care, with an emphasis on performance, sustainability, comprehensive primary care delivery, quality performance, and patient experience

Collaborates with regional leaders on clinical care coordination to identfy and support reductions in the cost of care through appropriate institutional utilization and resource management by the service line

Assures that utilization of pain management care is well managed, and is appropriate and consistent with national and regional benchmarks

Assists in planning and implementation of lower cost alternatives to institutional care, where appropriate

Ensures that utilization of advanced imaging and prescribing practices are consistent with national and regional benchmarks

Ensures that employee work schedules are aligned with business needs, and are designed to maximize both departmental performance and employee engagement

Communicates and ensure that all employees comply with data management, documentation, patient confidentiality, and data security requirements and standards
FUNCTIONAL LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES:
Talent Acquisition: Lead annual workforce planning; forecast estimated incremental headcount needs; ensure that assigned managers, where applicable, have developed and are effectively implementing job-specific onboarding plans and that all new hires are appropriately onboarded Talent Development: As a manager of managers, ensure that each manager is proactively providing coaching and feedback to their employees; identify new and ongoing training priorities; partner with applicable internal and external resources to ensure that training efforts are yielding desired performance outcomes Performance Management: Ensure that managers are defining specific performance expectations for their employees, and that there is clear alignment with each employee around annual goals and the specific measures that will be used to evaluate employee performance. Prepare and deliver annual performance evaluations to direct report employees; contribute to performance evaluations of “dotted line” reports Culture: Provide clarity around each department’s purpose; highlight the importance of each employee’s contribution to IPM’s Vision and Mission; employ leadership practices that recognize and reward appropriate employee initiative and contribution; drive an accountable culture through own’s own words and actions
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education
Graduate from an accredited medical residency program
Experience
5 years of recent experince in clinical practice 5 years minium expereince in a physician leadership role in a medical facility or related environment Experience in utilization management and cost care initiatives
Certification
Current unrestricted Physical (MD/DO) licence for the state of California Current driver’s license
Travel: Willingness to travel throughout California regularly as needed


We offer generous medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits. In addition, we offer paid time off, 401(k) with employer matching, holiday pay, and a competitive salary. All candidates must complete a background check and drug screen.


IPM strives to be a diverse workforce that reflects, at all job levels, the patients we serve. We are an equal opportunity employer.

IPM Medical Group is committed to compliance with the American Disabilities Act. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process or have a question regarding an essential job function, please contact us.