Job Information
Middle Flint Health & Wellness Chief Medical Officer in Americus, Georgia
Position Title:
Chief Medical Officer
Minimum Entry Salary *:
Negotiable Based Upon Experience
Location:
Americus, GA OR
Warner Robins, GA
Services Area/Programs:
Administration
Description of Duties:
Position Summary:
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is the senior medical executive for the Community Service Board (CSB) and is responsible for providing medical leadership
and strategic direction for all behavioral health and intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) services delivered within the CSBs elevencounty service area in Southwest and Middle Georgia.
As a statutorily created public entity and safetynet provider, the CSB delivers services to individuals with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and those experiencing behavioral health crises. The CMO ensures these services meet DBHDD requirements, Medicaid standards, and bestpractice clinical guidelines, while advancing the CSBs mission of access, quality, accountability, and community collaboration
Key Responsibilities:
Medical Authority
: Serve as the CSBs designated medical authority leader. Provide medical and psychiatric oversight for all CSB programs, including: Ensure clinical decisionmaking supports recoveryoriented, traumainformed, and personcentered care models. Participate in staffing, consultation and clinical case review of complex or high-risk individuals and coordinate clinical team meetings with the Clinical Director and other CSB staff.
DBHDD and Statutory Compliance
: Ensure all medical and psychiatric clinical services comply. Serve as a member of the clinical team during DBHDD site reviews, investigations, audits, and corrective action plans. Ensure appropriate medical supervision, credentialing, privileging, and delegation of authority.
Quality Improvement and Risk Management
: Participates in the clinical quality management program in coordination with Quality, Compliance, and Risk Management departments. Assists in identifying systemlevel clinical risks and implementing corrective and preventive actions. Assists in monitoring service outcome data, utilization trends, and performance metrics aligned with DBHDD expectations.
Executive and Strategic Leadership
: Serve as a member of the CSB Executive Leadership Team. Provide expert medical, psychiatric and therapeutic input. Advise the CEO and Governing Board on medical and psychiatric implications of DBHDD policy changes, legislative actions, and funding modifications. Support implementation of statewide DBHDD initiatives, pilots, waivers, and crisis system transformations.
Medical and Psychiatric Workforce Leadership
: Provide direct supervision or oversight of psychiatrists, physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, and other medical professionals in various locations through a regular physical presence in the agency, or through the use of videoconferencing including participation in peer review and quality of care audits. Support recruitment and retention of medical professionals in rural and underserved counties. Promote a culture of medical and psychiatric excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning. Ensure medical clinic staff receive appropriate training on DBHDD requirements, best practices, and emerging standards of care.
Community and System Collaboration: Serve as the CSBs senior medical/psychiatric representative. Support coordinated crisis response and diversion initiatives. Strengthen partnerships that improve access to care and reduce hospitalizations and justice system involvement.
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