Center Medical Director

About the role

This role provides medical care for InnovAge PACE enrolled participants across a variety of settings, including the center's clinic, participants' homes, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and personal care boarding homes. Direct hospital inpatient care is not required but close coordination of care with hospital-based providers is essential. The Center Medical Director is also responsible for oversight of day-to-day medical operations at the center and provides supervision of physicians and adult nurse practitioners. They assist with keeping expenses within department budget, quality initiatives, utilization and resource management. Physical attendance at an InnovAge facility and/or participant home is essential to performing the job duties.

Responsibilities

• Primary Care (65%): Provide medical care to enrolled participants, including evaluation, diagnosis and management of medical conditions, taking medical history, performance of physical examination, ordering and interpretation of diagnostic tests, formulation of assessment and treatment plan, writing prescriptions, ongoing follow-up, and management of medical information from specialists and hospital teams.
• Document medical care in the participant's medical record in compliance with documentation policies. May include involvement with establishment of electronic medical records and providing the Area Medical Director with input around needed ongoing EMR enhancements.
• On a rotational basis provides after-hours on-call coverage every few weeks. All calls are first triaged by an RN with only a subset (
• Participate within the interdisciplinary team in the formulation of Plans of Care for participants, as well as in other interdisciplinary team settings that further the care of participants.
• Presents input into, initiates and/or facilitates new medical programs and processes in support of strategic goals.
• Administrative & Supervision (35%): Assists with preparation of the primary care budget and explains monthly budget variances.
• Provides reports on utilization areas: Inpatient, ER, Outpatient, Nursing home, Pharmacy and areas where there is a significant budget variance.
• Participates in quality initiatives in conjunction with the Quality Department.
• Responds to center grievances with respect to primary care complaints.
• Champions at least one primary care strategic initiative.
• Coordinates regular primary care team meetings held at the center and may lead local primary care meetings when asked.
• Responsible for recruitment, hiring and termination of primary care staff under the supervision and in consultation with the Area Medical Director.
• Effectively supervises and manages direct reports and provides, by example and leadership, motivation and direction to employees.
• Helps set the tone of the department to ensure morale, teamwork, and that the positive employment culture is maintained.
• Regularly schedules leadership/management, department, and staff 1:1 meetings to provide leadership, development, and a forum for communication to ensure coordination and collaboration in meeting organization and individual goals.

Requirements

• Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy degree
• Board Certified in a primary care specialty (Board Eligible considered but must pass boards within 12 months of employment)
• Current active Medical License for state in which practicing
• DEA License with full prescriptive authority
• Adequate malpractice coverage
• Not on the Preclusion List
• A minimum of one year working with the frail or elderly

Preferred

• Postgraduate training in a primary care specialty, including but not limited to internal or family medicine
• Completion of post-residency training in geriatric medicine
• Bilingual

Pay & Benefits

Pay Range: $310,000 - $350,000

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision insurance; short and long-term disability; life insurance and AD&D; supplemental life insurance; flexible spending accounts; 401(k) savings with company match; paid time off; and company-paid holidays.