Chief Medical Officer

HHM Health; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 260,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

403(b) retirement plan with employer-m

Paid time off

Job summary

HHM Health in Dallas, TX seeks a Chief Medical Officer to shape clinical strategy and elevate care across our community health center. Reporting to the President & CEO, the CMO will unite providers around outcomes, patient experience, regulatory excellence, and responsible growth.

This physician executive will lead daily clinical operations, establish care standards, strengthen integrated primary care, and develop provider leaders to ensure productivity, service excellence, and patient

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree with board certification.
• Current, unrestricted Texas medical license.
• Current DEA and DPS credentials to practice in Texas.
• Continuing medical education aligned with board requirements.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible healthcare leadership experience.
• Experience in utilization review, quality management, and physician practice management.
• Knowledge of public-health challenges and social determinants affecting access to primary care.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel.

Responsibilities

• Set the clinical vision in partnership with the executive team.
• Advance quality, outcomes, and patient-satisfaction initiatives.
• Lead daily clinical operations and strengthen integrated primary care.
• Recruit, credential, and develop provider leaders and clinical staff.
• Oversee utilization review, productivity, and practice-management metrics.
• Ensure regulatory excellence and responsible resource stewardship.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Microsoft Excel

Education

MD or DO with board certification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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Chief Medical Officer

Administration Full Time Senior Management Dallas, TX, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1386

Salary Range: $260,000.00 To $285,000.00 Annually

At HHM Health, our mission is to provide high quality and compassionate healthcare to all. Our vision is to be the best patient-focused health center providing personalized physical, mental, and spiritual care for every individual. We are led by our CARES Values (Compassion, Advocacy, Respect, Excellence, Servant Heart). Together, our CARES-givers are making a difference in Dallas and surrounding communities.

The Opportunity

HHM Health is seeking an accomplished, mission-driven Chief Medical Officer to shape clinical strategy and elevate care across our community health center. Reporting to the President & CEO and serving as a key member of the executive team, the CMO will be the organization’s senior medical authority—uniting providers around exceptional outcomes, patient experience, regulatory excellence, and responsible growth.

This is an opportunity for a physician executive who pairs clinical credibility with enterprise leadership and believes every patient deserves accessible, high-quality, compassionate care. The CMO will lead the daily clinical functions of HHM Health and translate our mission and vision into consistent, measurable practice. The CMO will establish standards of care, strengthen integrated primary care, guide clinical policy, develop provider leaders, and ensure that resources are used effectively to support productivity, service excellence, and patient satisfaction.

How You Will Make an Impact :

• Set the clinical vision. Partner with the President & CEO and executive team to establish clinical objectives and identify responsible opportunities for growth.
• Advance quality and outcomes. Establish performance benchmarks; lead quality assurance, quality improvement, peer review, chart audit, and patient-satisfaction initiatives; and act on emerging trends.
• Lead exceptional care delivery. Direct daily clinical operations, strengthen integrated primary care, ensure appropriate clinician coverage, and oversee specialty panels and referrals.
• Build a high-performing provider organization. Lead physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, medical directors, behavioral health leadership, and other clinical professionals through recruitment, coaching, credentialing, privileging, proctoring, and development.
• Promote performance and accountability. Oversee utilization review, provider productivity, clinical outcomes, and practice-management measures while reinforcing patient-centered service.
• Ensure clinical and regulatory excellence. Maintain compliance with federal and state requirements, FQHC program standards, accreditation expectations, professional requirements, and organizational policies.
• Steward resources responsibly. Contribute to department budgets, fee schedules, staffing models, and operational planning that support outstanding patient care.
• Represent HHM Health. Serve as a trusted liaison with professional societies, health officials, community partners, external organizations, and health institutions.

The Leader Who Will Thrive

You are a decisive, collaborative physician leader who can move comfortably from the exam room to the executive table. You build consensus without losing momentum, communicate complex information clearly, coach teams through change, and handle sensitive matters with sound judgment and discretion. You are organized, adaptable, attentive to detail, and energized by a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment.

Most importantly, you lead with empathy and accountability—creating the conditions for providers to succeed and for patients to experience excellent, respectful care.

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree with board certification, preferably as an Internal or Family/Adult Medicine specialty.
• Current, unrestricted license to practice medicine in Texas.
• Current DEA, DPS, and other credentials required to practice legally in Texas.
• Continuing medical education consistent with board-specialty requirements.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible healthcare leadership experience. Leadership in community health or FQHC environment is a plus.
• Experience in utilization review, quality management, and physician practice management.
• Knowledge of public-health challenges and the social and economic factors affecting access to primary care is helpful.
• Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel.
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Have a servant heart with the desire to make a positive impact

Why HHM Health

At HHM Health, our mission starts with caring for people. We believe that when our team feels supported, valued, and healthy, they can make the greatest impact on the communities we serve. Our Executive Leaders receive a robust total rewards package designed to empower them to thrive at work, at home, and in their purpose so they can focus on what matters most: influencing strategy, shaping standards of care, developing talented clinicians, and helping ensure that high-quality services reach the people who need them.

That’s why we invest in our employees’ well-being with free vision, dental, and basic life insurance, plus competitive medical premiums. We also offer the following:

• Health Reimbursement, Health Savings Account and Flexible Savings Account
• 403(b) retirement savings plan with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 3% and match 50% of the next 2% (contribute 5% to get 4% matched). 100% vested upon enrollment!
• Generous paid time off program including Health & Wellness Days and Volunteer Days
• Paid Holidays
• Accidental Death & Dismemberments (ADD) plan
• Short-term & Long-term Disability
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Critical Illness Plan, Hospital Indemnity Plan, and Accident plans at no cost
• HHM CARES Fund (employee emergency relief fund)

Equal Opportunity Employer

HHM Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religion, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. HHM Health hires and promotes based solely on the qualifications of the individual and the essential functions of the job being filled.