Job Description

Announces the Prestigious Executive Position Opening

For Chief Medical Officer

Chief Medical Officer reports to CEO

$260,000 - $295,000/year

Full-time, exempt

Pottstown, PA

CHDC is seeking a Chief Medical Officer (CMO) with at least five years of clinical leadership experience to lead our teams and drive excellence in care delivery. This role is essential in supervising and supporting healthcare providers, ensuring high standards of clinical performance, patient outcomes, and team engagement.

Our Mission

It is the mission of Community Health and Dental Care to identify gaps in health services and to ensure access to appropriate levels of care for all people in the service area regardless of their ability to pay. We are a non-profit health center that provides primary care medical and dental services to all regardless of insurance status. We accept patients with or without insurance and provide health care discounts based on income and family size using the federal poverty guidelines.

Our Vision

The vision of CHDC is to be the health care provider and employer of choice by establishing a culture that champions patient centered-care, promotes staff engagement, embraces the latest technology, and pursues partnerships and strategic alliances.

Our Values

Quality, Integrity, Respect, Teamwork, & Communication

About CHDC

CHDC (Community Health and Dental Care, Inc .) is a quickly growing Community Health Center in Pennsylvania with locations in Pottstown, Barto, and Boyertown, providing care for all patients in our service area, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.

Our staff put the care and well-being of our patients at the forefront of everything we do at CHDC.

Our History

Community Health and Dental Care was formed through the generous funding of the Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation along with various local businesses. Our doors opened in October 2008 with 39 medical and dental patients seen that first week and weve grown to see thousands of medical and dental patients each year. As a non-profit community health center, we have been organized to become the patients medical home for preventive care and to promote overall well-being, thus reducing the number of emergency room visits.

Benefits Package

Competitive base salary, Medical Insurance, Dental and Vision Insurance, PTO Accrual, 401K Company Match, 12 Paid Holidays, Company paid life insurance, Employee Health Reimbursement Program, No PTO needed for employee preventative care appointments, Employee Assistance Program, employee discounts, summer picnic, and much more!

About the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Position

Under the administrative direction of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Medical Officer is responsible for CHDC's compliance with all clinical medical policies, directives, rules, regulations, and clinical performance standards. The Chief Medical Officer provides professional medical services as appropriate, and other related work, as designated by the Chief Executive Officer, liaison between the medical staff and administration. The Chief Medical Officer is responsible for the management and processing of FTCA claims and claims related activities and serves as the point of contact for all claims.

Duties include but are not limited to:

Administrative:

• Supervise clinical providers in a variety of specialties.
• Initiates and assists in the organization and utilization of the medical staff.
• Reviews the activities of the medical staff in accordance with ethical standards and the overall policies of the Center.
• Schedules interdisciplinary meetings with medical and support staff to assure quality patient care.
• Formulates policies and objectives for medical programs and communicates these policies to appropriate staff for execution within an integrated team case management approach.
• Participates in the development of health risk management protocols.
• Serves as a compliance officer on the Risk Management Committee.
• Arrange and conduct regular meetings of clinical providers.
• Responsible for the development of the annual Pl/QA plan.
• Serves as Chair of the monthly Pl/QA committee.
• Provides consultation to the Chief Executive Officer to assess and provide clinical training for department or staff, as needed.
• Assists in developing the Center's clinical policies and formulating the mission, goals, and philosophy of care.
• Recommends clinical objectives and participate in the designation of priority objectives for the health center with reference to implementation of the health care plan.
• Responsible for the development of the Center's health care plan based on community health needs.
• Assists in the development and presentation of the clinical activities budget, including staffing, support plan, and equipment needs projections.
• Develops the organizational plan for clinical operations and provides for efficient use of personnel in the application of multiple health skills (disciplines) to community and individual health problems.
• Oversees quality assessment and improvement in the health care programs.
• Monitors quality assessment and improvement outcomes and updates quality assessment and improvement procedures as needed.
• Coordinates to provide efficient, safe, and effective health care.
• Presents yearly medical report to the Board of Directors
• Has oversight for annual and periodic performance evaluations of clinical providers

Medical Provider:

• CMO will care for health center patients within the scope of their specialty.
• Develops a plan of care for each patient, including complete medical history, Provider examination, diagnosis, appropriate treatment, and/or referral, including hospitalization where necessary.
• Provides treatment for and documents various related diseases.
• On-call for phone calls.
• Reviews results of lab tests and diagnostic imaging and arranges for follow-up.
• Provides for the provision of health education.
• Reviews referral/consultant reports and arranges appropriate follow-up.
• Responds to calls from pharmacies regarding prescriptions and refills.
• Responds to calls from other Providers.
• Responds to calls from patients requiring medical advice.
• Performs other necessary duties as required by CHDC to meet the goals of providing primary health services.

Organizational:

• Adheres to the organizations mission, vision, and values.
• Adheres to the organization's policies regarding time and attendance.
• Comply with the accepted dress code and maintain a professional image.
• Demonstrates reliability and trustworthiness
• Manages time and other resources to meet established goals within the agreed time frames.
• Demonstrates flexibility in the acceptance and completion of work assignments.
• Participate in the department's performance improvement activities.
• Maintains patient/employee confidentiality in the management of information.
• Observes the Health Care System's compliance policies.

Required Qualifications at this Level:

Education and/or experience

The Chief Medical Officer will be an experienced healthcare leader with demonstrated skills in leadership, and will possess:

• Current professional licensure in Pennsylvania (MD, DO, CRNP).
• Certification by a nationally accredited organization.
• A minimum of 3 years clinical administrative and supervisory experience.
• Primary Care Provider with a primary care background or experience.
• Attendance required at assigned CHDC site(s)

CHDC is an equal opportunity employer. For more information about CHDC and its services, visit us online at

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