REGIONAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF AMBULATORY CLINICAL OPERATIONS

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as the physician leader for assigned ambulatory practice sites and provider teams.
  • Establish and maintain clinical standards, evidence-based practice, and consistency of care delivery across locations.
  • Provide oversight, mentorship, coaching, and professional development for physicians and physician assistants.
  • Promote a culture of clinical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and patient-centered care.
  • Support provider onboarding, orientation, engagement, and retention initiatives.
  • Serve as a clinical resource and escalation point for providers and interdisciplinary teams.
  • Partner with operational leadership to ensure alignment between clinical goals and operational execution.
• Participate in organizational committees and leadership activities as designated by the Chief Medical Officer.

Providers Leadership and Workforce Management

• Direct oversight of physician and physician assistant performance across assigned sites.
  • Lead provider performance management, peer review, professional practice evaluations, and corrective action processes when appropriate.
  • Support recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, and succession planning efforts.
  • Collaborate on provider staffing models, coverage planning, and workforce optimization.
  • Promote standardization of provider workflows, documentation practices, and clinical operations.
  • Foster physician engagement and leadership development across the organization.
  • Support development of future physicians and APP leaders.
• Drive performance on clinical quality, population health, utilization, and patient experience metrics.
  • Partner with operational and nursing leadership to improve outcomes for high-risk and complex populations.
  • Support care gap closure, preventive care initiatives, and chronic disease management programs.
  • Utilize clinical and operational data to identify performance opportunities and implement improvement plans.
  • Promote appropriate resource utilization and evidence-based decision-making.
• Support organizational readiness for quality, regulatory, and accreditation requirements.

Dyad Leadership and Ambulatory Practice Performance

• Serve as the clinical co-leader of the ambulatory practice in partnership with the Operations leader.
  • Jointly own provider experience, patient access, operational efficiency, quality outcomes, and patient satisfaction.
  • Collaborate on ambulatory workflow redesign, access initiatives, and practice transformation efforts.
  • Serve as a liaison between providers and executive leadership.
  • Champion organizational initiatives and lead provider adoption of change.
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  • Build effective partnerships with nursing leadership, ambulatory operations, practice administration, quality, and care management teams.
  • Promote interdisciplinary collaboration and communication across sites and departments.
  • Serve as a liaison between providers and executive leadership.
  • Foster a culture of teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Change Management
  • Lead change management efforts related to clinical transformation, ambulatory growth, and value-based care initiatives.
  • Support implementation of new workflows, technologies, and operational improvements.
  • Utilize data and performance metrics to guide decision-making and organizational improvement.
  • Drive consistency, accountability, and adoption of best practices across the provider enterprise.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate of an accredited school of medicine, Board Certification in Internal Medicine or Family Practice, Board Certification or experience in Geriatric Medicine preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of (3+) years of staff supervision experience preferred, Three (3) years of experience in value-based organizations, advanced primary care, startups or managed care, Experience managing providers groups, Sensitivity to operations, Compassionate, relationship-based and mission driven, Minimum of one (1) year of experience working with a frail or elderly population or, if the individual has less than one (1) year of experience but meets all other requirements, must receive appropriate training from the PACE organization on working with a frail or elderly population upon hiring.
• Licenses: Current active and unrestricted license to practice medicine in New York State, Medicaid Provider ID and a Medicare Provider ID in good standing.
• Physical Requirements: Standing – Duration of up to 6 hours a day, Sitting/Stationary Positions – Sedentary position in duration of up to 6-8 hours a day for consecutive hours/periods, Lifting/Push/Pull – Up to 50 pounds of equipment, Bending/Squatting – Must be able to safely bend or squat to care for patients, use medical supplies, etc., Stairs/Steps/Walking/Climbing – Must be able to safely maneuver stairs, climb up/down, and walk to access work areas, Agility/Fine Motor Skills - Must demonstrate agility and fine motor skills to operate and activate equipment, devices, instruments, and tools (ie. typing, use of medical supplies, equipment, etc.), Sight/Visual Requirements – Must be able to visually assess patients, read orders type/write documentation, etc. with accuracy, Audio Hearing and Motor Skills (Language) Requirements – Must be able to listen attentively and document information from patients, community members, providers, etc., and intake information through audio processing with accuracy, Cognitive Ability – Must be able to demonstrate good decision-making, reasonableness, cognitive ability, rational processing, and analysis to satisfy essential functions of the job.

Additional Requirements

• Be legally authorized (for example, currently licensed, registered, or certified if applicable) to practice in the State in which the healthcare professional will perform the function.
• Must have a Medicaid Provider ID and a Medicare Provider ID in good standing.

Schedule

• Monday - Friday | 8:00AM – 5:00PM
• Weekly Hours: 40

Salary Range (Min-Max)

• $300,000.00 - $320,000.00