Chief Medical Officer

Job description

About St. John’s Community Health
St. John’s Community Health is committed to eliminating health disparities and fostering community well-being by providing and promoting the highest quality care throughout Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties.
Our work is guided by our core values of Dignity, Excellence, Well-Being, and Social Justice and our commitment to providing high-quality, equitable care to the communities we serve.
Position Summary
St. John’s Community Health is seeking an experienced and mission-driven Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to provide executive leadership for the organization’s clinical vision, quality, patient safety, and medical services.
As the senior physician executive and a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the CMO provides strategic and operational leadership across SJCH clinical sites, programs, and service lines. The CMO partners with the Chief Executive Officer, Board of Directors, and organizational leadership to advance health equity, strengthen clinical performance, support provider engagement, and ensure the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered, evidence-based care.
The CMO also plays a key role in improving patient access, clinical outcomes, care delivery, patient flow, and the responsible stewardship of healthcare resources.
Key Responsibilities
Clinical Leadership and Care Delivery
• Provide executive oversight and strategic direction for medical services across SJCH clinics, programs, and service lines.
• Establish, implement, and evaluate clinical standards, policies, protocols, and evidence-based practice guidelines.
• Partner with Operations, Behavioral Health, Dental, Pharmacy, Population Health, Information Technology, Finance, and other departments to strengthen integrated care delivery.
• Use clinical and operational data to identify trends, address disparities, improve outcomes, and support responsible resource allocation.

Quality, Safety, and Compliance
• Lead clinical quality improvement, patient safety, peer review, and risk-reduction initiatives.
• Monitor clinical quality, access, productivity, utilization, and patient outcomes and oversee improvement plans as needed.
• Provide clinical leadership for credentialing, privileging, peer review, and ongoing professional practice evaluation.
• Ensure medical services comply with applicable federal, state, local, licensing, accreditation, payer, and grant requirements, including requirements applicable to Federally Qualified Health Centers.

Provider and Medical Staff Leadership
• Provide leadership, coaching, and accountability for Regional Medical Directors, Medical Directors, physicians, advanced practice providers, and other assigned clinical leaders.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and Human Resources to recruit, onboard, develop, engage, and retain physicians and advanced practice providers.
• Promote provider wellness, professional development, collaboration, and consistent clinical practice across locations.
• Participate in provider performance management, corrective action, and clinical-practice review processes in coordination with Human Resources and appropriate leadership.

Strategy, Governance, and External Relations
• Advise the Chief Executive Officer, Board of Directors, and Executive Leadership Team on clinical strategy, emerging medical issues, patient safety, and organizational risk.
• Contribute to strategic planning, annual goals, growth initiatives, service expansion, and evaluation of new clinical programs and partnerships.
• Represent SJCH with hospitals, health plans, academic institutions, community partners, professional organizations, and government agencies.
• Build collaborative and accountable teams, communicate proactively, champion continuous improvement, and model SJCH’s Mission, Vision, and Values.

Required Qualifications
• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from an accredited institution.
• Current, unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of California.
• Current board certification in an applicable medical specialty.
• Current DEA registration.
• Ability to satisfy all SJCH credentialing and privileging requirements.
• Minimum of five years of clinical leadership experience, including oversight of physicians and/or medical directors.
• Demonstrated experience leading physicians and advanced practice providers in a complex, multisite healthcare environment.
• Experience with clinical quality, patient safety, peer review, provider performance, regulatory compliance, and organizational change.
• Experience implementing clinical processes, systems, or workflows that improve access, patient flow, efficiency, and care delivery.
• Experience launching clinical programs and preparing for or responding to program audits.

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in a Federally Qualified Health Center, community health center, integrated delivery system, or public health setting.
• Bilingual proficiency in Spanish and English.
• Demonstrated commitment to health equity, culturally responsive care, and service to underserved communities.

Knowledge and Leadership Capabilities
• Strong knowledge of healthcare quality improvement, population health, risk management, regulatory compliance, credentialing, and clinical operations.
• Ability to build alignment across clinical, operational, and administrative teams and translate strategy into measurable results.
• Excellent executive communication, decision-making, relationship-building, and change-management skills.
• Ability to analyze complex clinical and operational information, exercise sound judgment, and clearly communicate recommendations to executive and governance audiences.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, presentation software, electronic health records, and clinical reporting platforms.

Additional Requirements
• Valid California driver’s license and reliable transportation when driving is required for the position.
• Ability to travel among SJCH locations and attend external meetings throughout Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties as needed.
• Ability to maintain required professional licenses, certifications, and continuing medical education.
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed for community events and organizational responsibilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity
St. John’s Community Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.