Medical Director

Position Summary

The Site Medical Director promotes and provides high-quality medical care under administrative and clinical supervision of the Regional Medical Director. They work collaboratively with various medical professionals and participate in discussions about quality of care, patient safety, and patient complaints.

Responsibilities

• Participates in discussions regarding the resolution of problems related to quality of care, patient safety issues, and patient complaints/grievances.
• Maintains utilization management and clinical practice standards through the application of the organization's clinical criteria.
• Develops medical/clinical policies and case consultations for clinical staff when needed.
• Maintains the highest level of medical quality and service at the assigned site and represents the organization's clinical philosophy to patients, providers, facility personnel, and the community.
• Utilizes electronic medical record system as applicable throughout the scope of duties and responsibilities.
• Treats difficult to manage patients with chronic disease and utilizes corporate clinical experts for chronic disease management.
• Prepares and presents cases at Collegial Review and ensures no backlogs occur for chronic care clinics and sick call.
• Reviews all patients for Collegial Review and ensures appropriate infirmary care is delivered.
• Supervises infirmary rounds and reviews care plans for patients returning from hospitalizations, ER runs, and off-site specialty care visits.
• Reviews and signs-off on labs daily and communicates clinical and administrative issues to the Site Manager and Regional Medical Director.
• Develops corrective action plans for clinical and administrative deficiencies in conjunction with Site and Regional Managers and Regional Medical Director.
• Performs death and case reviews and shares in after-hours and weekend call duties.
• Participates in monthly reviews of off-site care, DME utilization, provider prescriptive practice, laboratory, and x-ray services.
• Shares in provider recruiting initiatives and participates in provider training.
• Participates in audits and ensures site clinical coverage.

Requirements

• Licenses: Current West Virginia Medical license; Current West Virginia Controlled Substance license; Current DEA Certification.
• CPR certification required; CCHP certification preferred.
• Education: Medical Degree required. Board certified or Board eligible preferred.
• Experience: Five (5) years of clinical experience preferred. Prior experience with use of electronic medical record system.