Medical Director, Specialty Care

Job Description

A bit more about this role:

This position represents an amazing opportunity for an ambitious clinician-leader with an entrepreneurial streak. Devoted Medical is building clinical programs to manage and coordinate care in a manner consistent with Devoted's values of treating every member like family. Our members with chronic conditions often lack access to high-quality specialty care because of a scarcity of specialist care in their community or barriers to access. 

We are on a mission to deliver best-in-class specialty care on a national scale through our virtual care platform. Devoted Medical's interprofessional teams combine remote monitoring, medical management, psychosocial support, and high-touch disease education to deliver seamless specialty care in the comfort of our members' homes. You will be supported by advanced AI-enabled technology and comprehensive Devoted Medical programs — including primary care, virtual urgent care, behavioral health, complex care management, and clinical pharmacy services. This position offers the opportunity to impact patient outcomes at scale in a modern, tech-supported care environment.

As the Medical Director of Specialty Care, you will have the opportunity to lead the ongoing clinical transformation of Devoted Medical's existing specialty programs into fully integrated virtual Specialty Care clinics in General Cardiology, Congestive Heart Failure, and Chronic Kidney Disease. You will also be the strategic leader and clinical architect of new Specialty Care service lines currently in development.

 

Required Skills and experience:

• A licensed physician with ideally 10 or more years working in clinical practice - ideally someone who has experience in building and leading telehealth services.

• Experience managing other clinicians is mandatory.

• Experience designing and implementing clinical programs to improve population health. 

• Experience working in interprofessional teams. 

• Comfort interfacing with technical teams and technology based solutions.

• An understanding of how different health care payment models work including managed care models and how to measure and track care quality and clinical program metrics.

• No geographic restrictions within the United States.

Your Responsibilities and impact will include: 

Clinical Model Strategy and Design

• Serve as a senior leader to shape the overall clinical strategy of Devoted Medical with a focus on growth and scaling of virtual specialty care services

• Own the Specialty Care value-based care strategy for Devoted Medical risk group

• Refine program eligibility criteria and prioritization to ensure that we engage with the most impactible patient populations

• Develop and continuously refine the clinical model to drive exceptional clinical results with sustainable operations (ROI)

• Manage the design and execution of core processes to ensure seamless integration of the Specialty Care clinics into Devoted Medical larger portfolio of clinical services

• Cultivate an industry-wide network, contribute to thought leadership in virtual care delivery, and disseminate key learnings nationally

Clinical Oversight 

• Co-develop the necessary technology and data platforms with Devoted's exceptional tech and data teams to deliver best in class clinical outcomes at scale

• Refine and monitor Specialty Care clinical KPIs to identify areas of strength and underperformance with the goal of continuous improvement

• Lead our interdisciplinary auditing and clinical performance management processes to incentivize / disseminate best practices

• Participate in joint operating committee(s) with community partners and Devoted Health Plan leaders and incorporate feedback into the specialty care clinical model

• Maintain and enforce the highest standards related to compliance and patient safety as the ultimate owner of clinical policies and procedures 

Care Team Leadership

• Design/refine the organizational structure of Specialty Care's leadership team and front line staff to deliver the highest level of care and program performance

• Partner with the Specialty Care senior director of operations to prepare the operating budget and resource planning for the portfolio of specialty care services

• Recruit and develop a cadre of clinical leaders required for our next phase of growth

• Directly and indirectly supervise clinical care through collaborative agreements with advanced practice clinicians

• Manage clinical leaders (professional leads and medical directors) within the Specialty Care programs 

• Champion a culture that cultivates an inclusive, learning environment and drives employee engagement and retention

 The Medical Director of Specialty Care will report to the Chief Medical Officer at Devoted Medical. The Medical Director will also serve as the clinical partner to the Senior Director for Specialty Care Operations, related to clinical model design, clinical oversight, and care team leadership. 

Salary Range: $250,000- $375,000 per year

The pay range listed for this position is the range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at the time of the posting. Once the interview process begins, your talent partner will provide additional information on the compensation for the role, along with additional information on our total rewards package. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

Our Total Rewards package includes:

• Employer sponsored health, dental and vision plan with low or no premium

• Generous paid time off

• $100 monthly mobile or internet stipend

• Stock options for all employees

• Bonus eligibility for all roles excluding Director and above; Commission eligibility for Sales roles

• Parental leave program

• 401K program

• And more....

*Our total rewards package is for full time employees only. Intern and Contract positions are not eligible.

Healthcare equality is at the center of Devoted's mission to treat our members like family.  We are committed to a diverse and vibrant workforce. 

At Devoted Health, we're on a mission to dramatically improve the health and well-being of older Americans by caring for every person like family. That's why we're gathering smart, diverse, and big-hearted people to create a new kind of all-in-one healthcare company — one that combines compassion, health insurance, clinical care, service, and technology - to deliver a complete and integrated healthcare solution that delivers high quality care that everyone would want for someone they love. Founded in 2017, we've grown fast and now serve members across the United States.  And we've just started. So join us on this mission

Devoted is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a safe and supportive work environment in which all employees have the opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business. We value diversity and collaboration. Individuals are respected for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives. This commitment is embodied in Devoted's Code of Conduct, our company values and the way we do business.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Company does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy status, marital status, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.