Chief Clinical Officer

About the role

The CCO provides strategic and operational leadership for the organization's medical and clinical programs and works collaboratively with the Chief Executive Officer, executive leadership team, medical staff, nursing leadership, quality and compliance departments, and governing board to ensure the delivery of accessible, high-quality, patient-centered, culturally responsive, evidence-based care. The CCO is responsible for ensuring that clinical operations are consistent with the organization's mission, strategic plan, HRSA-approved scope of project, applicable federal and state requirements, professional standards, clinical guidelines, credentialing and privileging requirements, and the organization's policies and procedures. The CCO serves as the organization's principal clinical advisor to the CEO and executive leadership and provides leadership in clinical quality improvement, patient safety, provider performance, population health, clinical workforce development, access, care coordination, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Leads, directs and coordinates with Health Center's and community providers the delivery of an integrated comprehensive primary care services.
• Oversees monitors, and evaluates and as necessary, develops and revises the Health Center's clinical protocol, procedures and systems to assure compliance with federal laws, regulations, standards of practice and relevant Bureau Primary Care indicators including OSHA, CLIA, patient care, employee health, coding and quality assurance program.
• Oversees, monitors and evaluates and as necessary, revises the Health Center's continuous quality improvement activities and quality assurance program.
• Prepares and delivers monthly reports to the Quality Committee and Governing Board.
• Supervising physicians and mid-levels: performing quality assurance activities.
• Participating and directing provider and medical care team meetings.
• Establishing linkage with pharmacy, dental, and community referral entities while expanding the scope of services available through community referrals.
• Investigating best practices and implementing quality improvements initiatives to the care teams.
• Establishes positive relationships with local medical community.
• Assists with recruiting new providers to the system and then orients, monitors, directs,