Medical Director

Description

At PopHealthCare, our mission is simple – leading the effort to reimagine how healthcare is delivered. Improving the lives of those most in need guides every we do, and we believe that as we continue to stay focused on that compass heading we will increasingly be recognized as America’s leading national medical group providing in-home and virtual care for our nation’s most vulnerable seniors and adults.

We are currently recruiting a Full-time Board Certified Physician to join our team in the Buffalo, NY area as our Medical Director.

Job Summary: Reporting to the Sr. Medical Director, the Medical Director will be based in the indicated market. As a member of the PopHealthCare clinical leadership team, he or she will play a primary role in the development of the clinical roadmap for the nation’s leading in-home care provider for vulnerable seniors and adults.

The Medical Director, as with our Complex Care Physician Team, must have a strong desire to continue delivering direct patient care while providing excellent leadership across critical functional areas. This role will spend at least 20% of their time dedicated to providing care to the most complex patients in our populations, both in person and virtually, and will include travel up to 20% of the time to support both clinical and administrative duties. A typical daily schedule could include up to 8 in-person home visits, including unplanned, urgent, and/or emergent in-home visits as needed to meet patient needs.

Responsibilities:

• Build a successful market medical practice that carries an excellent reputation among communities of patients and the health care delivery ecosystem
• Devote the necessary time and energy to ensure the most effective partnership with their operational dyad leader (VP Market Operations) to meet the objective of exceeding customer expectations while in service to your market team
• Support market budgeting and forecasting
• Provide direct supervision, coaching, and mentorship to a team of complex care physicians
• Data-driven clinical oversight of multidisciplinary teams in partnership with Complex Care Physicians and Clinical Service Managers
• Deliver timely healthcare services tailored to the needs of individual patients, and in compliance with our high-touch care delivery model
• Direct delivery of home- and community-based care (preventive, acute, chronic care management) on a consulting or continuing basis
• Communicate closely with other healthcare providers so that primary and specialty care is well coordinated, including the use of virtual consult platforms
• Ensure accurate and thorough clinical documentation for all patients
• Lead clinical education and quality improvement activities and meetings at the market level

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited medical school
• Active medical license in the indicated State
• Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Medicine/Pediatrics, or Family Practice
• Additional board certification in Emergency Medicine, Gerontology, or Palliative Care is preferred
• Must have current state and federal DEA certification
• At least three years of post-residency clinical experience delivering care to complex patients preferred, including in the home and skilled nursing facility settings
• Recent or current experience as a hospitalist physician preferred
• Public health, business administration, or health administration studies preferred
• Strong knowledge of best clinical practices as they relate to population health management, particularly in the urgent and post-acute care settings
• Must be skilled in delivering care across medical, behavioral, and social needs, particularly for patients living with mental illness and substance use disorders
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate both internally and externally with multi-disciplinary care team members
• Medication-assisted treatment certification preferred (if not, expectation will be to become certified within first 120 days)
• Current Certification in AHA or ARC Basic Life Support for health care providers required
• Working knowledge of computers and ability to document effectively and efficiently in an electronic medical record system

PopHealthCare is an equal opportunity/equal access employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce.