CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER

The Chief Medical Officer is responsible for the supervision and direction of all providers, mid-levels and medical departments. The Chief Medical Officer will maintain clinical practice.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for all aspects of the providers, mid-levels and medical departments.
• Implements all policies established by the Board; advises during the formation of such policies and reports on the implementation of such policies to the CEO and Board.
• Assist with the development of an annual budget for the medical departments.
• Provides direction to clinic staff that ensures the delivery of quality patient care that is consistent with the approved legal scope of practice.
• Selects, employs, controls and discharges personnel for the medical departments.
• Directs the internal and external credentialing and peer review process and coordinates that process from its initiation to presentation for approval by the Board of Directors.
• Leads the quality improvement process for the adoption of standards and benchmarks for clinical services including meeting all major clinical standards for organizational accreditation.
• Presents to the CEO an/or Board, and/or its committees, periodic reports reflecting the services and activities of the areas of responsibility, and such special reports as may be required by the CEO or Board.
• Attends all meetings of the Board and its committees.
• Develops clinical guidelines for clinic staff.
• Monitors and reports to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors on the quality of care and efficiency in the provision of clinical services.
• Develops criteria and monitors performance of individual department heads and departmental performance against pre-established criteria.
• Promote in-service and other educational opportunities that address specific clinical issues unique to the patient population.
• Develops and guides the process for finalizing the Health Care Plan, enlisting the involvement of the clinical staff in the determination of strategies, measures, and outcomes that is desired.
• Evaluates the performance of all subordinate associates (i. e. Staff Physicians and Mid-Levels).
• Participates in the recruitment and selection of staff physicians and mid-level providers.
• Serves on the Executive Team.
• Upholds corporate ethical imperatives that involve clinical practices in areas such as family planning.
• Willingness to represent the mission of Centro San Vicente and the Daughters of Charity.
• Ensures that Center maintains accreditation, licensing and quality patient care through the establishment of performance improvement monitoring programs and standards as they relate to providers and departments responsible for.
• Prepares a plan for the achievement of the Center’s specific objectives and mutually established goals and periodically reviews and evaluates such plan. Said plan shall at all-times reflect the Center’s mission statement and are in accordance with the ethics and goals of the Center.
• Act as a liaison between the CEO and the medical staff and represents the Center at external functions.
• Performs other duties that may be necessary or in the best interest of the Center.
• Performs chart review and cosign/review MAP applications generated by mid-levels.
• Conduct quality review of each individual provider.
• Review and approve vacation, leave, and CME request.
• Manage provider work schedules.
• Conduct periodic provider meetings.
• Chair the Ethics Committee.
• Co-manage Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee.
• Conduct new provider orientation and indoctrination into the social culture of Centro San Vicente.
• In conjunction with Human Resources develop/maintain a provider retention plan that takes into account provider pay levels, benefits, incentive programs and productivity measures.
• Communicates and demonstrates the mission, ethics and goals of the facility.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Skilled at maintaining a good rapport and a cooperative working relationship with physicians, departments and staff.
• Ability to work in a team environment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited medical school, postgraduate internship, and residency training.
• Board Certified in Primary Care, (i. e. Family Practice, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine).
• Current Texas driver’s license and ability to meet all qualifications to be covered in Texas for Professional Liability Insurance.
• Public Health Administration training, certification, degree, or obtained through an approved Physician Executive training program preferred.