Medical Director

Overview

This physician will lead the client's site-based clinical services, including strategic oversight and operational performance. Additionally, this physician will both perform and supervise clinical aspects of each clinical component under PCMH to include but not limited to primary care, executive health, sports medicine, psychiatry, and preventive partnership program.

Responsibilities

Administrative:

• Aligns PCMH clinical services with client company's mission, priorities, and values
• Establishes the PCMH operating system
• Assures efficient, effective, and empathetic delivery of care
• Assures that various lines of clinical services are fully integrated
• Develop a patient centered medical home outpatient primary care practice at an assigned employer-based site as directed by Atlantic Corporate Health and Hospital's Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, or his designee.
• Works in conjunction with corporation representative focusing on achieving patient centered medical home criteria
• Provides proactive outreach to complex high-risk patients to create and manage their plan of care including, disease education, and coordination of services
• Creates and implements population management strategies that support patient self-engagement to manage chronic diseases
• Participates in special projects, metrics management, NCQA submissions, monthly and quarterly reporting, and cross-training with other members on the PCMH team.
• Consistently applies the principles of comprehensive, community based, patient-centered, developmentally appropriate, and culturally and linguistically appropriate care coordination
• Provides program consultation, administrative and technical assistance to corporate benefits personnel
• Monitors employee program outcomes to create compliance and improve health outcomes
• Provides overviews, updates, statistics of such program at regular intervals
• Acts as a liaison for on-site clinicians in the delivery of corporate services including employer-based fitness center programming, health fairs, satellite and live lunch and learn programs and screenings
• Measures, analyzes, and reports key performance metrics as directed by the client

Clinical:

• Provide clinical oversight of all clinical practitioners under the PCMH to include but not limited
  to primary care, executive health, sports medicine, psychiatry, and preventive partnership
  program.
• Provide appropriate primary care services within the scope of the Physician's license, including but not limited to: Format change
  • Obtains complete history and record findings in a systematic format
  • Performs complete physical assessments
  • Orders, performs, and interprets routine laboratory tests
  • Orders medications and or medical devices as needed
  • Follows hospital care and round or communicate with hospitalists on the care of
    hospitalized patients
  • Ensures that appropriate preventative medicine testing is conducted on a routine basis
  • Participates with all quality improvement and assurance initiatives
  • Conducts appropriate follow up to ensure appropriate levels of patient care
  • Serves as site administrator for the clinic during emergencies
  • Maintain the standard of care for the delivery of internal medicine
  • Participate in after hours and weekend telephone coverage for the Division of Internal
  • Medicine on an equitable rotational basis as scheduled by the Director.
  • Provides appropriate referrals for advanced preventive care, diagnostics, treatment, mental
    health, and social services

Other:

• Optimizes patient engagement through direct physician to physician communication, community
  education, community service or other appropriate channels
• Maintains and implement standards for health promotion and health maintenance
• Follows current state, federal and local laws governing the delivery of care
• Provides open and timely communication with patients, families, and their significant others
• Works with and provides clinical oversight for staff at the employer-based site, including but not
  limited to the Nurse Practitioner, RN Care Coordinator, Certified Medical Assistant and Practice
  Coordinator
• Demonstrates a commitment to personal growth and development
• Ensures that appearance and personal conduct are professional at all times
• Accepts all managed care plans accepted by Atlantic Health hospitals
• Demonstrates a commitment to personal growth and development.
• The Physician shall use and endorse the use of all the Hospital's automated systems
• Follows current state, federal and local laws governing the delivery of care

Qualifications

• Board Certified in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine
• Valid NJ License, CDS, and DEA numbers
• Excellent interpersonal skills reflecting clarity and diplomacy in interactions with practice staff,
  patients, and caregivers
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement healthcare delivery strategy, including incorporation
  of novel and innovative programs that improve efficiency, effectiveness, and empathy
• Committed to continual learning in relevant fields
• Committed to the consistently excellent provision of evidence-based medicine
• Must exhibit a high level of customer service and client responsiveness
• Competent with spreadsheets, electronic medical records and web applications as needed
• Ability to perform advanced project management tasks
• Demonstrated familiarity with large employer organization, application of strategy to healthcare
  delivery and implementation of employer-sponsored health and wellness resources

About Us

Atlantic Health System aims to deliver the highest quality, safety and care combined with the best experience for our patients and their families. We are confident that you will find success within Atlantic Health System, which has been named for the 14th year in a row to Fortune's aTop 100 Best U.S. Companies to Work Fora list. We believe you will find that our culture of collaboration and care exemplifies the value we place on our patients, their families, and our employees.

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