Associate Chief Health Officer (Primary Care)

Quick Facts

• Role: Associate Chief Health Officer (Primary Care)

• Direct patient care: 0.5 FTE

Description

The Associate Chief Health Officer (ACHO) is a senior clinical executive who partners with the Chief Health Officer to improve the quality, performance, integration, and clinical effectiveness of primary care services. The role oversees assigned clinical service lines and establishes clinical standards and a high-performance, team-based model of care, while also maintaining a clinical practice component (0.5 FTE). It sits at the intersection of clinical leadership, quality improvement, population health, operations, informatics, finance, compliance, and nursing.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Chief Health Officer on developing and executing clinical strategy

• Lead assigned clinical service lines

• Establish, implement, and monitor clinical standards and best practices

• Lead clinical quality improvement, disease management, and population-health initiatives

• Oversee utilization management, clinical outcomes, and preventive-health strategies

• Advance integrated, value-based, and team-based care models

• Work with Quality & Performance Improvement to define metrics, analyze performance, and create improvement plans

• Collaborate with clinical informatics, operations, finance, compliance, and nursing leadership

• Support development and implementation of treatment, prevention, and population-health programs

• Represent the organization as a senior clinical leader internally and externally

• Model mission, values, and commitment to health equity

Benefits

• Opportunity to improve outcomes, develop people, strengthen accountability, and advance health equity while maintaining credibility with practicing clinicians

• Senior clinical leadership role with a dedicated direct patient care component (0.5 FTE)

Requirements

• MD/DO/DNP or doctoral degree in a related clinical field

• Active, unrestricted Texas Medical Board license OR unrestricted Texas Physician Assistant license with current specialty certification OR unrestricted Texas nursing license with credentialing as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner by the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners

• For MD/DO: ABMS-recognized medical specialty certification

• Current DEA number for prescribing

• Current Healthcare Provider CPR (AHA or American Red Cross)

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers

• 5+ years of clinical practice experience

• 2+ years in a clinical leadership role (Medical Director/Associate Medical Director)

Preferred

• Experience in a managed care organization

• Medicaid managed care experience