
Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
- Location
- Lancaster, CA
- Arrangement
- On-site
- Type
- Full-time
- Posted
- Closes
- Seeking an experienced physician leader to serve as Chief Medical Officer
- Opportunity to combine direct patient care with executive medical leadership
- Role is structured as approximately 60% clinical and 40% administrative
- Provide direct primary care approximately 3 days per week
- Spend approximately 2 days per week on administrative and leadership responsibilities
- Report directly to the Chief Executive Officer
- Collaborate with executive leadership to improve clinical quality, access, staffing, and operations
- Support healthcare delivery across multiple service sites
Job Responsibilities: • Provide direct primary care services at a clinic site
- Oversee and supervise MDs, DOs, NPs, and PAs
- Lead monthly provider meetings and performance reviews
- Coach providers on productivity and clinical performance
- Develop and monitor Quality Improvement initiatives
- Monitor HEDIS metrics and clinical quality outcomes
- Promote accurate documentation, coding, and timely note closure
- Ensure compliance with HRSA, TJC, PCMH, and other regulatory requirements
- Participate in executive leadership strategy, staffing, and operational planning
- Represent the organization at Board meetings and with community partners as appropriate
Qualifications: • MD or DO from an accredited medical institution
- Board Certified in a primary care specialty such as Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Pediatrics
- Active California medical license or eligibility for immediate licensure
- Minimum 5 years of clinical practice experience
- Minimum 3 years of medical leadership experience
- Prior FQHC or community health experience preferred
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Commitment to health equity and serving underserved communities
Working Hours: • Full-Time
- Monday–Friday schedule
- Approximately 3 days per week clinical
- Approximately 2 days per week administrative
- Combination of direct patient care and executive leadership responsibilities
Skills: • Medical leadership & provider supervision
- Primary care clinical expertise
- Quality Improvement & HEDIS performance management
- Healthcare compliance & regulatory knowledge
- Provider productivity coaching
- Clinical documentation & coding oversight
- Strategic planning & operations
- Executive communication & team collaboration
- Community health & health equity leadership
