Chief Medical Officer
Kidney disease affects more than 1 in 7 US adults—that’s 35.5 million Americans. With an unmatched scope of programs, the American Kidney Fund directly supports patients and caregivers wherever they are in the fight against the disease, from prevention to post-transplant living. As Chief Medical Officer (CMO), you will enhance AKF’s capacity to serve our patient and clinical communities effectively, ensuring that our programs and services are based on the latest medical research and standards of care and are aligned with the best interests of those with kidney disease.
Reporting to the Vice President of Patient Support and Education and as a part of the Leadership Team, you will provide medical insights to AKF staff, assist the VP with research endeavors, including developing a research collaborative to enable AKF to proactively seek out mission-aligned projects, and serve as the face of the AKF at scientific and medical events. This is a highly visible role in which you’ll leverage your expertise, leadership, and networks to connect with leaders of peer organizations and serve as our top medical expert to bolster AKF’s credibility and authority. This is a part-time, contract position.
How You’ll Make an Impact
AKF is one of the fastest-growing patient advocacy nonprofits in the kidney space, and your expertise will be instrumental in propelling our mission forward. By providing high-level clinical authority and insight, you will enable AKF to quickly respond to breakthroughs in research and policy developments and navigate complex ethical issues around research and funding. Key focus areas include:
Leadership and Representation
Research and Education
Media and Public Engagement
Work Environment, Salary, and Benefits
Qualifications
About Us
The American Kidney Fund fights kidney disease on all fronts as the nation’s leading kidney nonprofit—no kidney organization impacts more lives than AKF. We are grateful to our big-hearted donor community that makes all of this work possible. From prevention through post-transplant living, we are proud to be there by the sides of patients through every challenge that comes their way.
AKF’s vision is a world without kidney disease. Until that day comes, we believe that every kidney patient should have access to healthcare, and every person at risk for kidney disease should be empowered to prevent it. Ninety-seven cents of every dollar we spend goes to patients and programs. One of the nation’s highest-rated nonprofit organizations, AKF has held Charity Navigator’s highest 4-star rating for 20 years running and holds the Candid (formerly GuideStar) Platinum Seal of Transparency.
Staffing Advisors is committed to reducing bias in every aspect of the hiring process. We have long recommended a competency-driven approach to hiring. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. We encourage you to apply even if your experience is not a 100% match with the position description; we will consider people from a variety of backgrounds and career experiences.
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