Chief Medical Officer

Chief Medical Officer

This work matters!

We seek leaders, achievers and doers who bring skill and passion to a challenging and evolving environment. At the Multnomah County Health Center we are all inspired by our purpose. We work to eliminate health disparities and advance health equity through integrated and collaborative care and we uphold our values:

Creativity and Engagement: We empower and collaborate with our staff and communities to create solutions that address the evolving needs of our communities

Person Centered: We support all people as authentic individuals and deliver excellent care tailored to their specific needs

Equitable Care: We strive to provide services that assure all people receive high quality and safe care that advances health equity

Fiscal Stewardship: We practice transparent, responsible, and accountable fiscal stewardship

Workforce Support: We value and strategically invest in our expert, diverse workforce that reflects communities we serve.

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) provides strategic leadership, clinical vision, and operational direction for Multnomah County's Community Health Center (CHC). Grounded in a commitment to health equity, cultural humility, and anti-racism, the CMO oversees clinical programs and establishes policies that ensure patients and staff members feel welcomed, valued, and supported. The ideal candidate brings a proven track record of managing complex clinical programs, providing medical consultation across diverse provider groups, and partnering effectively with diverse communities living in poverty. A dedicated culture-builder, the CMO fosters an environment of trust, respect, and strict adherence to workplace equity standards. Every employee shares the responsibility for promptly bringing to the County's attention conduct that interferes with providing a work environment free of illegal discrimination and harassment.

Screening and Evaluation:

The Selection Process: For details about how we typically screen applications, review our overview of the selection process page. We expect to evaluate candidates for this recruitment as follows:

1. Initial review of application/ resume and cover letter for minimum qualifications and all required attachments. If you do not address the minimum qualifications in the application, your application will be considered incomplete and will not move forward in the recruitment process.
2. Supplemental questions
3. Phone screen
4. Oral exam
5. Consideration of top candidates
6. Background, reference, and education checks

Required: The Application Packet: You must submit all requested items below. Failure to do so will be deemed as an incomplete application.

An application/ resume demonstrating you meet minimum qualifications, AND

A cover letter addressing:

• why you are interested in the position, AND
• how your skills, training and experience meet the required minimum qualifications for this position.

As the Chief Medical Officer, you will:

A. Management and Strategic Leadership

• Strategic Oversight & Executive Leadership: Leads the organization's mission initiatives by providing overarching strategic direction, evaluation, and support to the Health Center's ClinicalLeaders.
• Integrated Clinical Excellence: Provide clinical leadership across the Community Health Center's Medical leadership. Leads the Senior Leadership Community of practice with Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, and Mental Health Directors championing a fully integrated approach to patient care. Serve as the primary leader for clinical quality, healthcare operations, and patient experience within the Health Center.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with local organizations to improve CHC programs and services. Build strong relationships with key stakeholders to articulate Integrated Clinical Services' (ICS) impact in the region, ensure equitable access to care, and demonstrate ICS's value to both payers and patients.
• Health Equity & Inclusion: Drive the advancement of equity and inclusion across clinical operations. Model and enforce expectations for interrupting bias and enhancing cultural responsiveness, ensuring that supervision, staff evaluations, and training reinforce critical self-learning and the reduction of implicit bias in medicine.
• Innovation & Strategic Growth: Collaborate with the executive leadership team to analyze emerging healthcare and market trends. Identify innovative processes and strategic opportunities for programmatic, technological, and financial growth. Ensures the program is well positioned to align with payor contracts and community needs.
• Market Leadership & Operational Capacity: Maximize service delivery effectiveness and capacity by capitalizing on ICS's role as Oregon's leading Community Health Center (CHC) and a champion for health equity and sustainability.

B. Compliance & Quality Assurance

• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure full adherence to clinical practice rules, regulations, and standards, including the credentialing and privileging of Licensed Independent Practitioners (LIPs).
• Quality Assurance & Auditing: Participate in developing quality assurance plans; establish audit criteria, conduct regular clinical audits, and evaluate outcomes to drive continuous improvement.
• Incident & Risk Management: Oversee the evaluation, resolution, and ongoing monitoring of untoward clinical events, medication errors, and safety incidents in collaboration with the Quality team.
• Patient Feedback & Resolution: Address and evaluate client complaints regarding quality of care, implementing corrective actions to elevate patient satisfaction and safety.

C. Quality Improvement & Clinical Innovation

• Quality & Operations: Lead continuous quality improvement (QI) initiatives, utilization reviews, and best clinical practice implementations to ensure high-quality care, optimal productivity, and a collaborative team environment.
• Data Analytics: Develop, track, and present key performance indicators (KPIs) and departmental dashboards. Disaggregate data by race, ethnicity, and language to identify care disparities, implementing targeted QI interventions to eliminate gaps.
• Equity-Centered Care Delivery: Design inclusive care delivery pathways that honor the diverse lived experiences of patients, ensuring equitable access to high-quality, affordable healthcare.
• Strategic Leadership & Collaboration: Partner with the Operations Director and the Senior Leadership team to integrate clinical expertise and adopt innovative care models. Support the development and management of annual budgets and lead cost-control initiatives.

Executive Advocacy: Serve as an external clinical expert and change leader to expand patient reach, using empathetic leadership to guide the healthcare division and advance the Health Center's mission. Collaborate with medical directors and clinical leaders for other FQHCs to advance the mission of CHC in Oregon.

To qualify:

We will consider any combination of relevant work experience, volunteering, education, and transferable skills as qualifying unless an item or section is labeled required. Please be clear and specific about how your background is relevant. For details about how we typically screen applications, review our overview of the selection process page.

Minimum Qualifications/Transferable Skills*:

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be as noted below.

Education/Training:

• Current State of Oregon medical licensure (MD, DO, or NP) required.
• Certification by the American Board of Medical Specialties or related board in the area of licensure required.

Experience/Certification:

• Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate and valid license to practice medicine in the State of Oregon and ability to obtain credentialing approval
• CPR certification required.
• DEA certification required.

Other: This position requires a background investigation, which may include being fingerprinted. Employment is contingent on passing a background investigation.

Preferred Qualifications/ Transferable Skills*: You do not need to have the following preferred qualifications/ transferable skills to qualify. However, keep in mind we may consider some or all of the following when identifying the most qualified candidates. Please clearly explain on your application how you meet any of the following preferred qualifications/transferable skills.

• At least 5 plus years of experience practicing in a primary care clinical setting, preferably an FQHC or community health center
• Prior experience in a leadership role directly supervising clinical staff
• Project Management experience
• Experience developing programs for Refugees and Immigrant communities
• Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Model environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the principles, practices and procedures of general medicine and surgery
• Demonstrated knowledge of methods and techniques of diagnosing and treating a variety of diseases and injuries
• Demonstrated knowledge of healthcare analytics and finance including state and federal payor models such as value based care models.
• Ability to effectively screen and gather required information in a professional, culturally competent and customer service oriented manner
• Ability to motivate staff and clients through discussion and persuasion
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
• Ability to be