Medical Doctor - Primary Care

Southeast Health; Dothan (AL); On-site; USD 240,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Southeast Health is seeking a physician leader to guide all clinic services, ensuring adherence to patient care standards and implementing quality improvement initiatives. The role focuses on coordinating a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality care across departments.

The position emphasizes collaboration with hospital medical staff, development of care policies, and maintaining strong relationships with physicians and the broader medical community.

Qualifications

• Must be a licensed physician in the state where the clinic is located.
• Must have credentialed through the Medical Staff Services of Southeast Health.
• Excellent English communication, both written and oral; ability to communicate in emergencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide physician leadership for all clinic services and systems.
• Maintain patient care standards through quality improvement and total quality management.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality patient care and outcomes.

Skills

Technical leadership

Clinical leadership

Policy implementation

Quality assurance

Financial oversight

Team coordination

Committee participation

Communication with staff

Job description

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Job Description Summary

This position addresses physician leadership for all aspects of the clinic. This position is responsible for all services/systems required for an organized, multidisciplinary team approach directed toward the provision of the highest quality patient care. This position addresses the maintenance of established patient care standards and protocols through continuous quality improvement and total quality management activities in the clinic.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be a licensed physician in the state where the clinic is located;
• Must have successfully credentialed through the Medical Staff Services of Southeast Health.

LANGUAGE/ COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Ability to effectively communicate in English both in writing and orally;
• Ability to effectively communicate in an emergency situation;
• Works with the Clinic Administrator to provide clinical direction to the clinic, to include planning scope of services, equipment specifications, space design, and standardization of patient care policies and procedures;
• Establishes and maintains a positive marketing relationship with physicians and companies to insure effective communication, coordination, and funding for the clinic;
• Collaborates with the medical staff of the clinic and hospital to determine outcome indicators for the provision of quality care and monitors those appropriately;
• Identifies and addresses issues that affect members of the medical staff;
• Maintains positive relations with members of the medical staff.

SKILLS

• Ability to perform technical skills in accordance with credentialed competencies as determined by Medical Staff policy;
• Assists in the development of marketing plans and activities;
• Advises and assists in the development, administration and implementation of annual and long term business plans;
• Provides financial services including, but not limited to, working with the Department’s management team in the supervision of accounting, reporting, and control procedures;
• Develops and insures the proper implementation of financial planning an control systems at all levels, and uses the information derived from such systems to properly assess, plan and control the financial affairs of the Department;
• Participates in evaluation of the quality of care being rendered by the Department and cooperates in the hospital’s quality assurance program in monitoring quality and outcome of care administered by staff;
• Assists the Department’s management team in the development, review, and implementation of departmental policies and procedures;
• Actively participates on committee or team assignments involving the clinic’s services;
• Communicates to the medical staff and associated departments issues requiring their attention;
• Keeps the administrative liaison abreast of medical staff issues related to the clinic.

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Equal Employment Employer

Equal Employment Employer Southeast Health is committed to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

In addition, Southeast Health will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Southeast Health is an academic community-based health system serving the healthcare needs of 460,000 residents in southeast Alabama, southwest Georgia, and the Florida panhandle.

The organization includes, Southeast Health Medical Center, a 420-bed hospital with the region’s largest medical group and the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM), the state’s largest medical school.

The philanthropic arm of the organization is the Southeast Health Foundation, and its population health division is Southeast Health Statera Network.

Southeast Health, a not-for-profit organization, exists to promote healing, prevent disease, educate medicine’s brightest minds, and bring wellness and prosperity to the region it serves.

Delivering excellent patient care and top-notch educational experiences begins with great employees, which is why we constantly strive to improve the work experience for our 3,000 team members.