Associate Medical Director, Primary Care - Optum New Mexico

Position Highlights

Associate Medical Director (AMD) provides leadership to physicians, other clinicians, and staff. Partners cohesively with operation and medical leadership to ensure goals are met. Ensures that high quality medical care and service is provided in the clinics. Directs and integrates the activities of multiple projects; in supporting the Medical Group's mission, goals, and strategic plan. Integrates the clinics to function in a cohesive fashion; aiding departments with institutional issues, interfacing with the other MD's to develop and implement new business strategies, quality initiatives and lines of business. Adheres to policies, procedures, and regulations to ensure compliance and patient safety.

Essential Functions

• Leads and manages the operations of specific medical programs, patient clinics or company initiatives in partnership with operations dyad partner(s).

• Ensure a boots-on-ground presence in all supported clinics on a weekly basis.

• Provides financial leadership and business management education to physicians and other clinicians in a 1:1 or group setting for all supported providers on a monthly cadence.

• Provides leadership coaching and developmental feedback to physicians and other clinicians.

• Collaborate with Medical and Operations Leadership to implement an infrastructure and system in place to measure quality and provide timely data to physicians and other clinicians on their performance.

• Implement measurable quality indicators.

• Aid in recruiting, hiring, training, and development of physicians, other clinicians, and support staff, with ongoing management, to meet the needs of the departments/clinics.

• Perform Annual Performance Reviews for direct reports and give feedback to other leaders for their direct reports.

• Directs and integrates the activities of projects; ensuring the project efforts are generally cohesive, consistent, and effective in supporting the Medical Group's mission, goals, and strategic plan.

• Represent the department to internal and external communities, business and industry, government, and the general community on a as needed basis.

• Promote and enhance the image of The Group, the department and participate in appropriate professional and academic organizations.

Required Qualifications

• Active MD/DO medical license in the state of New Mexico, or ability to obtain prior to start

• Board Certified in Family Medicine/Internal Medicine or in the process of obtaining certification unless granted an exemption by Credentialing Committee

• New Mexico Pharmacy/DEA Registration if applicable to practice, or ability to obtain prior to start

• Current BLS Certification

Preferred Qualifications

• Leadership training in related field

• 3 years' experience as a practicing physician

• Experience in both fee-for-service and managed care operations

• 2-3 years of management experience and prior executive oversight experience in a clinical setting

Compensation & Benefits Highlights

• Med/Den/Vis, STD, LTD, United Health stock options

• Continuing Medical Education allowance with time off

• Robust Relocation program

• Professional Liability Insurance

• Excellent PTO package

• Generous retirement program including employer funded contributions (401K)