REGIONAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR at The Institute for Family Health

SUMMARY:

Responsible for the overall clinical management of the clinical practices and programs assigned to the respective region, including direct supervision of site medical directors, and monitoring these practices and programs for meeting the organizations productivity goals, quality performance measures, regulatory compliance, and research initiatives. The current sites and programs include the following: All regional medical sites

RESPONSIBILITITIES:

Management Responsibilities

• Direct supervision of practice site medical directors, with monthly meetings documented with minutes of meeting
• Monitors monthly:
• Sites’ productivity, site’s Quality Performance, Medical/Clinical Director’s Provider Evaluation at practice sites, Reviews all medical providers with Corrective Action plans for improvements; Regulatory Compliance of the practice sites (Joint Commission, NCQA), meets with site medical directors to review and  recommend individual providers for re- credentialing, monitors open encounter reports of the region, monitors individual sites monthly participation in peer review Assures CQI participation of regional sites,  reviews site’s staff meeting minutes; recruits for employment medical clinical staff in collaboration with site medical directors.
• Supervise the clinical performance of any training programs and trainees in collaboration with training program directors (e.g. Residency Program, Medical Student Rotations) at these sites
• Supervise the clinical performance or impact of any research programs operating at these site
• Collaborates with Nursing, Social Work and Administrative leadership in the hiring and evaluation of practice site managers
•  Collaborates with site leadership to determine staffing needs of Monitors EOC reports of individual site
• Communicates with regional medical directors and regional medical providers all IFH senior management or corporate policies and procedures, and communicates with IFH senior management the needs or requests of providers or practice staff
• Supports the implementation of new clinical initiatives and programs, collaborating with applicable division leadership or management
• Collaborates and meets monthly with regional nursing, administrative and mental health/social service leadership
• Responsible for the recruitment and hiring of providers at these sites in collaboration with site directors
• Participation in the Administrative Management Group (AMG)
• Participation in the Clinical Operations leadership (COP)
• Participation in the Clinical Director’s Group (CDG)
• Participation in Credential committee
• Participation in the Regulatory committees and other committees as necessary  

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Maintaining an active medical practice of 6 clinical sessions weekly
• Demonstrates competency in following areas:

Medical Knowledge:

• Demonstrates good fundamental knowledge of established clinical practice and use of Evidence Based Medicine
• Applicant has sound clinical judgment
• Applicant consults appropriately.
• Keeps current with the medical literature.

Clinical Practice:

• Provides compassionate, appropriate and effective patient care
• Available to patients and staff
• Maintains good quality medical records
• Demonstrates good clinical/technical skills        

          Interpersonal and Communication Skills: 

• Establishes and maintains professional, courteous, and respectful relationships with patients, families, colleagues and other members of the health care team
• Demonstrates an understanding and sensitivity to diversity and a responsible attitude towards his/her patients, profession and society. 

          Professionalism

• Demonstrates to continuous professional development (CME), and ethical practice
•  Fulfills CME requirement
• Timely Medical Record Completion
•  Compliance with open encounter police
• Timely response to MyChart (patient portal) requests
• Compliance with IFH Policy and Regulations.

Systems-Based Practice: 

• Demonstrates and understanding of health care systems and the ability to apply this knowledge to improve and optimize health care.
• Advocates for quality of care on behalf of patients and the organization.
• Demonstrates appropriate use of health system resources.

        Practiced-Based Learning and Improvements: ​​​​​​

• Uses scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate and improve patient car
• Demonstrates acceptable use of organization’s best practice alerts, quality improvement initiatives, core measures compliance, and use of EBM.
• Demonstrates knowledge of CQI activities at IFH

         Teaching and Training:

• Precepts residents, medical students, and other health professional trainees as appropriate
• Participation in Beth Israel Residency Faculty Meetings as appropriate

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION REQUIRED:

Graduate of an accredited medical school and an accredited residency program.

EXPERIENCES AND/OR SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Demonstrates effective supervisory skills of clinicians
• Demonstrates superior clinical skills
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, communication, organizational, and conflict management skills.
• Demonstrated basic computer skills.
• Demonstrated ability to organize care/ activities of multiple tasks simultaneously. 
• Minimum of five years of clinical supervisory experience preferred.

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• NY State Medical License
• Board Admissible to respective specialty board
• Current BCLS
• Current DEA Certificate.