Quick Hits
Position Description - Executive Officer
The chief executive officer reports and is accountable to the full Board. He/she accepts responsibility for the success or failure of all Board operations.
Specific Contributions
- Lead staff planning to achieve Board goals and ensure that implementation adheres to Board policies, and is effective, prudent, ethical, and timely.
- Ensure that the Board is properly informed on the condition of the agency and major factors influencing it, without bogging it down in detailed staff work or with unorganized information.
- Annually evaluate the agency's performance.
- Make certain there is adequate funding to achieve the Board's policies.
- Manage agency's enforcement program so as to ensure both (a) vigorous prosecution of Medical Practice Act violations and (b) fairness, due process, and proper administrative procedures as required under the Administrative Procedure Act.
- See that there is adequate, effective staffing. Motivate staff. Develop training, professional development, and career ladder opportunities. Build teamwork. Delegate responsibilities without abdicating accountability.
- Develop an office climate and organizational culture that attracts and keeps quality people.
- Provide for management succession.
- Develop annual goals and objectives and other appropriate staff policies.
- Serve as the agency's chief spokesperson and see that the Board is properly presented to its various publics.
