Occupational Medical Director - Remote

Valor Healthcare Inc; Alaska; Remote; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Occupational Medical Director to lead and enhance medical services across various facilities. This fully remote position offers the opportunity to oversee a team of health professionals, ensuring compliance with protocols and delivering top-notch medical care. You'll be responsible for developing policies, conducting health assessments, and maintaining high clinical standards. Join a dynamic environment where your expertise will directly impact the health and safety of employees nationwide. If you have a passion for occupational health and leadership, this role is tailored for you.

Benefits

Generous time off

Malpractice coverage

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Occupational healthcare is essential.
• Management experience of at least 5 years is required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee quality and consistency of medical services across facilities.
• Develop and implement policies for best clinical outcomes.
• Provide medical assessment and treatment recommendations.

Skills

Occupational healthcare experience

Management experience

Medical oversight

Basic Life Support

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

OSHA surveillance procedures

Education

Board Certified in Occupational Medicine

Medical license in the U.S.

Tools

Electronic Medical Record system

Job description

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The Medical Director shall oversee the quality and consistency of medical services across all Contractor facilities available to Occupational Medicine Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)'s employees under this contract ensuring uniformity in protocols, policies, quality assurance, and accountability across authorized facilities. Provide medical oversight to approximately 40 district-level USACE Occupational Health Nurses stationed throughout the United States in support of the National Occupational Health Center's Occupational Health Program.

• Fully remote
• Generous time off
• Malpractice coverage

Core Responsibilities

• Must develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive policies, procedures, and training programs to drive achievement of best-in-class clinical outcomes, patient experience, and stakeholder customer service.
• Become the subject matter expert on OSHA surveillance procedures and requirements.
• Provides health surveillance services and DOT exams to employees and carefully documents and communicates all results according to corporate procedures and pertinent regulatory requirements.
• Participates in local Wellbeing, Health & Safety surveillance programs with other members of the local Wellbeing, Health & Safety team.
• Provides medical assessment of the ill or injured employee’s condition and determines appropriate treatment and follow-up upon the nurse’s request or when the nurse is unavailable.
• Determines the employee’s ability to return to work and the need for medical restrictions when required and assigns the appropriate physical qualification code(s).
• Responds in a clinically appropriate manner to medical emergencies within the facility; performs Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support as clinically indicated.
• Maintains clinical skills to be able to provide in a safe manner an acceptable quality of care for all areas of clinical medicine noted under the Scope of Services document in the Health Services Manual.
• Performs various minor medical procedures, such as suturing of lacerations and removal of foreign bodies from the cornea, with the intent of minimizing the expense of outside medical care.
• Maintains current information and reviews medical reports on these employees and advises the Personnel Manager as soon as the disabled patient can return to work.
• Conducts comprehensive orientation of new physicians/NPs, utilizing a competency checklist, ensuring that providers understand and can perform all duties required to competently operate an Occupational Health Clinic, including, but not limited to the clinical practice, OSHA recordkeeping and the Electronic Medical Record system utilized by the company. Assists with orientation of nursing personnel as requested by Corporate Medical Operations.
• Ensures that the valid licenses and credentials of all professional staff are collected and available for review as indicated.
• Conducts or assists in staff performance reviews as requested.
• Responsible for the ongoing audits of provider charting in EMR for accuracy and compliance.
• Discusses and incorporates quality assurance measures into all new occupational health program planning.
• Responsible for all clinical outcomes, metrics, and processes. Achieve and maintain clinical outcomes and population health goals both internal and external to the company, including but not limited to critical analysis and interpretation of clinical data, understanding and application of population health theory, targeted chart reviews, direct observation, and clinical performance management of clinicians to ensure both contract requirements and clinical outcomes are met/exceeded.

Requirements

• 7+ years Occupational healthcare experience required
• At least 5 years’ management experience.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.
• Medical Director shall be licensed in the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands to provide oversight for Occupational Health and Emergency Missions.
• Board Certified in Occupational Medicine or be eligible for certification by the Board.
• Shall also be licensed to perform U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier, and Coast Guard medical examinations.

This job is CONTINGENT upon contract award, client approval, completion of a favorable background investigation, and the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust / High Risk clearance. Employment with Valor Healthcare will require successful completion of a credit check and corporate credit card clearance.

We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or medical or veteran status in accordance with federal law. In addition, Valor Healthcare complies with applicable state and local laws prohibiting discrimination in employment in every jurisdiction in which it maintains facilities.