Chief Medical Officer

Heartland Health Centers is now Tapestry 360 Health. We are looking for a Chief Medical Officer passionate about high quality healthcare in the North Side communities.

Benefits

• Choice of 4 BCBS Medical Plans
• Choice of 2 BCBS Dental plans
• BCBS Vision Plan
• BCBS Life, AD&D, Short- & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• 401k
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Generous PTO including Sick Leave, Continuing Medical Education Leave, Vacation and Flexible Time

Responsibilities

• Assure safety and effectiveness of health center clinical services; develop and maintain professional standards, policies, and procedures with COO and others.
• Provide vision and leadership to continually improve clinical quality of offered medical and dental services; develop and communicate a QI Plan and serve on QIHR Committee.
• Implement disease management programs, clinical protocols, guidelines, and review outcomes to ensure quality management.
• Recruit, orient, supervise, and evaluate clinical professionals directly or via delegation.
• Ensure competence of professional clinical staff through credentialing, privileging, licensing, and adherence to practice guidelines, privacy, and customer service standards.
• Supervise clinical leaders, assign and direct work, monitor productivity, approve time‑off requests, conduct performance appraisals, address complaints, and take appropriate disciplinary action per Tap 360 policies.
• Direct provider scheduling and on‑call schedules to ensure adequate coverage for patient access to quality healthcare.
• Assist CEO, Compliance, and Quality teams with compliance to HRSA Clinical Outcomes, healthcare indicators, and 330 requirements.
• Provide direct patient care for 10‑20% of time and serve as collaborating or supervising physician to selected providers.
• Develop annual provider compensation budgets and, with other leaders, establish encounter volume; provide input on purchasing, productivity, and other financial data to monitor performance and achieve benchmarks.
• Lead, facilitate, and coordinate provider staff meetings and educational seminars; coordinate resident and medical student training; develop an annual clinical team training plan.
• Develop broad knowledge of the electronic health record (EHR) to support quality and billing effectiveness; work with the internal health information team and external partners to resolve EHR issues.
• Participate in strategic planning, strategy execution, and accreditation activities as part of the Executive Leadership team.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• M.D. or D.O. degree, preferably in Family Practice, Internal Medicine, or Pediatrics.
• Current Illinois medical license.
• Current DEA license.
• Five‑plus years of experience as a practicing physician in a community‑based health center.
• Demonstrated ability to understand clinical practice management concepts such as productivity, documentation, privacy, and support staff supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior management and/or healthcare leadership roles.

Language Skills

• Ability to read, write, analyze, and prepare case notes and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedures/protocol manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of case managers, clients, media requests, and the public.
• Fluency in Spanish desired.

Competencies

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables and situations with limited standardization.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Additional Qualifications

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.