Associate Center Clinical Director

ChenMed LLC; Tower Grove (MO); Presencial; USD 90.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

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Comprehensive Benefits

Career Development Opportunities

Work-Life Balance

Competitive Compensation

Descripción de la vacante

An established industry player is seeking a Clinical Director to lead and inspire a team of primary care providers. This role combines direct patient care with leadership responsibilities, ensuring high-quality outcomes for older adult patients. You will be pivotal in enhancing clinical efficiency and patient satisfaction while fostering a collaborative environment. With a commitment to transforming healthcare for seniors, this position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact in the community. Join a dynamic team that values innovation, compassion, and professional growth, and help us redefine the standards of primary care.

Formación

• MD or DO required with clinical experience in geriatrics or family practice.
• Strong leadership and patient care skills are essential.

Responsabilidades

• Supervise and train primary care providers in clinical settings.
• Engage with patients and ensure high-quality care and outcomes.
• Lead care teams and manage center operations effectively.

Conocimientos

Patient Care

Clinical Leadership

Communication Skills

Mentoring

Time Management

Educación

MD or DO in Internal Medicine

Current MD Licensure

Board Certification in Internal Medicine

Herramientas

Microsoft Office Suite

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Descripción del empleo

We’re changing lives every day. For both our patients and our team members. Are you innovative and entrepreneurial minded? Is your work ethic and ambition off the charts? Do you inspire others with your kindness and joy?

We’re different than most primary care providers. We’re rapidly expanding and we need great people to join our team.

Position Overview

The Clinical Director will directly supervise and train primary care providers (PCPs) in his/her assigned center. The incumbent in this role is accountable for maximizing overall core model execution, including improving clinical quality, efficiency, outcomes, and clinician/patient satisfaction. In addition to being accountable for the overall clinical outcomes of his/her assigned center, they will have a portion of their time allocated to direct patient care as a PCP and/or other clinical duties (amount dependent on number of direct reports). The remainder of their time is allocated to leadership responsibilities, including PCP performance, engagement, and building a strong clinical-operations synergy and culture. The allocation of time is dependent on several factors, including PCP capacity, market needs, size of centers, patient membership, and Market Clinical Director direction.

We’re unique. You should be, too.

Essential Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Independently provides care for patients with acute and chronic illnesses encountered in older adult patients.
• Takes full accountability for patient care and outcomes and appropriately seeks consultation from specialists when needed, though will still stay involved in, and be responsible for, the detailed care of the patient.
• Engages with the hospitalist whenever one of their patients is in the hospital (regardless of whether the hospitalist works for ChenMed or not).
• Responsible for assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management, education, health promotion and care coordination and documentation for patients with acute and complex chronic health needs.
• Leads their care team consisting of care promoter (medical assistant), care facilitator, and care coordinator for patients able to come to the office.
• For patients that are unable to come to the office—in hospital, SNF, LTC or homebound, engages with the transitional care team and others including case managers, acute and transitional-care physicians, and other resources that may be available depending on the market.
• Leads Super Huddle (SH) and Transforming Care Meeting (TCM) weekly, as well as supports Center Manager/Center General Manager center clinical leader and/or market clinical leader is not available, based on guidance from Market Chief Medical Officer. Fills in as needed for center clinical leadership needs, including monitoring daily center census as part of joint center accountability for outcomes.
• Plays an active role in the management of their center and helps cover for other providers who may be out for various reasons. It is also expected that each Clinical Director will take an active role as needed in recruiting patients for the center and recruiting and interviewing additional providers for the company.
• Managing, mentoring and coaching PCPs in his/her assigned center to deliver outstanding clinical outcomes, including sampling other PCP’s daily huddles within their center.
• Leadership rounding with the PCPs (reduced involvement of market clinical leader).
• Partnering with Center Operations Director/Market General Manager to drive continued improvement of center financial performance, and helping increase center membership.
• Performs other duties as assigned and modified at manager’s discretion.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, plus a variety of other applications used in the company.
• Ability and willingness to travel locally as needed in their market, if applicable, nationally for initial training (2 weeks) and then occasionally regionally and nationally for recruiting or training purposes.
• Fluency in English, verbal and written. There may be jobs in some centers that require fluency in other languages, and this will be made known at the time of application.
• This job requires use and exercise of independent judgment.

Education and Experience Criteria:

• MD or DO in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, or similar specialty required.
• Current, active MD licensure in State of employment is required.
• A minimum of 1-year clinical experience in geriatric, adult or family practice setting preferred, with Lead PCP ideally being a ChenMed PCP Partner.
• Completion of Chen Medical training, including Masterful Conversations and meeting facilitation, as part of the individual development plan.
• Board certification in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics or similar specialty is preferred, Board Eligibility is required.
• Once Board certified, PCP will maintain board certification in their terminal specialty by doing necessary MOC, CME and/or retaking board exams as required.
• Must have a current DEA number for schedule II-V controlled substances.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AMA) or American Red Cross required w/in first 90 days of employment.

We’re ChenMed and we’re transforming healthcare for seniors and changing America’s healthcare for the better. Family-owned and physician-led, our unique approach allows us to improve the health and well-being of the populations we serve. We’re growing rapidly as we seek to rescue more and more seniors from inadequate health care.

ChenMed is changing lives for the people we serve and the people we hire. With great compensation, comprehensive benefits, career development and advancement opportunities and so much more, our employees enjoy great work-life balance and opportunities to grow. Join our team who make a difference in people’s lives every single day.

About Us

Who We Are
ChenMed is a family-owned, family-oriented organization committed to bringing superior health care to moderate-to-low-income seniors.

Our vision
To positively change American healthcare through primary care innovation for the neediest populations.

Our mission
To provide a convenient, patient-centered environment that fosters enduring relationships between doctors, staff and patients and delivers superior outcomes and a compassionate experience. We will create a healthcare system specifically for our patients' needs through dedicated doctors, a supportive team, and customized technology, and achieve value through scalable innovation, resourcefulness and accountability.

Our patient promise
You are the reason we are here. Your coordinated healthcare and well-being is our focus. Like a member of our family, we will take care of you in good times and in times of need.