Site Medical Director

What you can expect:

A Site Medical Director provides clinical and administrative leadership to Howard Brown Health Center and is responsible for the quality of care provided to participants in Primary Care at the assigned site, and for the clinical productivity of the medical provider clinical site staff.

A Site Medical Director is a licensed professional prepared in a specialty residency program that manages actual and potential health problems based on the specialty area. The health conditions include common, complex, or advanced diseases needing intensive medical supervision of the prescribed treatment plan. A Site Medical Director practices independently and interdependently by collaborating with advanced practice clinicians, community health nurses, and other health care providers. This role is ultimately responsible for delivering medical care within the legal parameters established by the Illinois Medical Practice Act and also provides direct patient care. As a Physician, the Site Medical Director delivers quality primary health care services to special populations, emphasizing the prevention and treatment of disease. The Physician's role in a community setting responds to society's demand for accessible quality health care to all populations regardless of socio-economic status.

How you will make an impact:

Clinical and administrative leadership duties:

Measures and monitors the quality of patient care services in Primary Care Services at the assigned clinical location, primarily the care offered by HBHC providers, including Physicians, Advanced Practice Nurses, and Physician Assistants. Meets regularly with providers to review care standards and performance, approximately two one-on-one sessions per direct report per month.

Directly supervises Physicians, Physician Assistants, and Advanced Practice Nurses practicing at the site.

Measures and monitors clinical productivity of provider staff, including Physicians, Physician Assistants, and Advanced Practice Nurses.

Develops productivity standards along with the Chief Medical Officer and reports regularly on performance relative to standards set by HBHC. Meets regularly with providers to review standards and performance.

Collaborates with the Integrated Health Care team in program planning, monitoring, and evaluating primary health care services, including implementing Patient-Centered Medical Home and Meaningful Use at the clinical site and clinical quality initiatives.

Provides direct care for patients at the site for 28 clinical contact hours and 12 administrative hours per week for 40 hours per week.

Attends and participates in the Medical Leadership weekly meetings and other leadership meetings as required.

Physician duties:

• Facilitates entry of the patient into the health care system, either at the HBHC main clinic site, homes or community shelters, or the hospitals where the Medical Director has admitting privileges by assessing the primary health care needs, including eliciting comprehensive health histories, performing physical examinations, ordering or performing pertinent diagnostic tests, analyzing collected data to determine client health status, and formulating a problem list (diagnosis).
• Provides coordinated, continuous, and culturally competent primary health care to clients that span the health continuum through mutual goal setting and planning care delivery.
• Prescribes a variety of treatment modalities to meet health and illness needs.
• Meets provider productivity standards, including but not limited to the number of visits per week.
• Collaborates with advanced practice nurses and community health nurses to ensure that health teaching and counseling is provided.
• Manages and evaluates the care plan, process, and outcome and then modifies the plan as needed.
• Provides clinical supervision over the medical care delivered by advanced practice nurses.
• Coordinates services with other team members to meet patients' primary healthcare needs, treatment plans, and ensure the continuity of care.
• Ensures access and continuity of care by providing calls for after-hours coverage, obtaining privileges at designated hospitals and making home visits when appropriate.
• Collaborates with other multidisciplinary professionals and community agencies to provide high-quality care.
• Seeks community and professional outreach opportunities to maintain and increase patient referral base.
• Provides training and presentations on healthcare issues to multidisciplinary professionals and community agencies.
• Attend community health fairs.
• Disseminates information about health centers and services provided to other agencies or health care professionals.
• Participates in quality improvement activities through protocol development and collaborative peer review.
• Develops medical and joint practice protocols and identifies appropriate evaluative criteria for utilization review activities.
• Evaluates care based on clinical standards through the quality improvement process and implements recommended changes and improvements based on the evaluative process.
• Ensures professional development and contributes to the professional growth of others by:
• Developing in-depth knowledge of daily program operations, policies, and procedures.
• Acting as a preceptor in the orientation of new healthcare personnel, interns, residents, and volunteers.
• Serving as a consultant in specialized populations to other health care providers and community agencies.
• Incorporating and disseminating research findings as a basis for practice and to improve health care outcomes.
• Identifying clinical questions to be researched.
• Maintains competence in clinical practice by:
• Engaging in mentor relationships with experienced mid-level providers and physicians to gain clinical expertise.
• Developing and maintaining a patient panel as clinical competence is achieved to enhance continuity of care and meet organization productivity standards.
• Participating in appropriate educational activities to maintain Board certification and continue professional growth.
• Provides cost-effective organization productivity requirements and prevents the duplication of services in collaboration with advanced practice nurses and community health nurses.
• Documents comprehensive, accurate and continual data on client records and program reports according to organization standards.
• Prepares appropriate program reports to fulfill finding requirements as assigned.
• Participates in periodic evaluative reviews and in-house and external staff training to ensure that they understand and adhere to such standards.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• A Medical Director provides supervision to Physicians, Mid-Level Providers, and other staff as needed for the assigned clinical site.

QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

Education and Experience:

• Graduation from a college or university accredited by the American Medical Association with a Doctor of Medicine degree or accredited by the American Osteopathic Association with a doctor of Osteopathy degree. If medical education occurred at a foreign medical school, the applicant must possess a current Educational Council Foreign Medical Graduate (ECFMG) certificate.
• Successful completion of an approved program of residency training in family practice. Board certification in Family Practice is preferred.
• 3 years of clinical experience in one or more areas of medicine.
• 3 years of administrative or supervisory experience, preferably in an ambulatory setting.
• Documented experience in protocol development, evaluation, and implementation of clinical standards of care based on the quality improvement process.
• Documented experience as a preceptor for new personnel.
• Documented experience as a consultant on special populations to health care providers and community agencies.
• Experience establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other employees, patients, and the general public.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATIONS:

Active Illinois Physician licensure, plus current DEA registration, Board certification in a specialty area (must be completed within two years of employment), documentation of a Medical Degree from an accredited school of Medicine, documentation of residency completion in a specialty area from an accredited residency program and Physician National Data Bank verification of legal claims history.