Medical Director, GP+ & Pediatrics - LV Durango Family Medicine Clinic - Full Time 8 Hour Days (Exempt) (Non-Union)

The Medical Director works closely with both the Chief Medical Officer and the Executive Administrator and Director of Clinical Operations for the management of the clinics, including managing all providers' schedules, ensuring risk management and quality of care, overseeing Case Management and review, and developing and implementation pilot programs as directed by the Chief Medical Officer. The Medical Director shares in the administrative functions that directly impact medical services and collaborates with the leadership team in overall planning. The Medical Director provides direct and indirect patient care and assures delivery of quality services to all patients. The Medical Director is devoted to quality, safety and director level oversight responsibilities, while also maintaining their own clinical practice within their specialty area consistent with other Physicians within the Culinary Health Centers. Travel between health centers is required. This position provides patient care to population of GP+ and Pediatrics healthcare complexity.

Essential Duties:

• Requires an in-depth understanding of clinic-based Provider workflows and their interdependencies with other internal and external workflows.
• Plans, organizes, manages, and administers assigned areas of medical practice; develops and implements program and strategic planning; implements and assists in the development of policies, procedures, and best clinical practices; evaluates goals, objectives, priorities, and activities to improve performance and outcomes; recommends and establishes administrative controls and improvements; develops procedures to implement new and/or changing regulatory requirements; serves as a member of the management team.
• Directs clinical quality improvement projects in assigned areas of practice; reviews and evaluates adverse events, conducts root cause analyses, and monitors trends.
• Reviews, establishes, and maintains patient care protocols and standards, ensuring that all federal and State policies, regulations, and guidelines for patient care are met; establishes and coordinates quality improvement, safety, and infection control programs.
• Participates in development, implementation, and maintenance of policies, objectives, short- and long-range planning for the department oversight; develops tracking and evaluation programs to assist in accomplishment of established goals.
• Provides and manages direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses and treatment for a specified patient population.
• Participates in the development and administration of annual budgets for the organization and/or performs periodic cost and productivity analyses.
• Manages, trains, and evaluates medical staff. Hires and onboards new medical staff.
• Demonstrate positive interpersonal relations in dealing with fellow direct, employees, supervisors,
• Co-chairs the provider workgroups and committees with CMO as assigned.
• Serves as a specialty-specific reference point for all provider support; questions regarding EMR, workflow, policies, protocols.
• Helps ongoing development, operationalization, implementation and standardization of specific workflow protocols for clinicians.
• Provides provider-specific and specialty-specific knowledge, support and feedback for ongoing optimization of current EMR, as well as assist in the platform design of incoming EMR.
• Processes assigned provider-specific Medstatix and RL systems reports as well as from patient complaints to ensure appropriate quality of care.
• Works with site leads to resolve department-specific provider concerns and workflow challenges.
• Works individually with providers in department as needed to optimize workflows and access, team dynamics, and patient experience
• Assists in onboarding and training new providers.
• Assists in recruitment and interviews of potential new providers
• Reviews and approves appropriate CME requests.
• Proposes quality goals for provider incentive program.
• Acts in the role of CMO for coverage as needed.
• Performs medical assessments of patients. Establishes and monitors a medically appropriate level of care for patients. Stresses health education and preventive medical care, where appropriate.
• Takes adequate histories of patients with medical problems. Maintains accurate and up-to-date medical records and prepares reports, as needed.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory and legal requirements.
• Participates in annual evaluations for providers in department
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Req Doctorate MD or DO Degree from an accredited medical program.

• Req 1 year Experience as M.D. or D.O.

• Req Ability to provide diagnostic treatment and counseling services.
• Req Ability to analyze situations and take effective action.
• Req Excellent interpersonal skills in order to interact with physicians, nurses, other staff, students, etc.
• Req Possess a high degree of confidentiality, discretion, and professionalism.
• Req Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to include the ability to negotiate, resolve conflicts, and build teams.
• Req Demonstrated creativity and flexibility.
• Req Ability to operate effectively in high-pressure situations.
• Req Demonstrated innovative approach to problem resolution.
• Req Ability to work collaboratively across KCMG (Keck Community Medical Group), entities and disciplines.
• Req Broad knowledge of modern health care administration practices and principles within a managed care environment and/or an academic medical center.
• Req Effective analytical ability in order to develop and analyze options, recommend solutions to, and solve complex problems and issues.
• Req Ability to function independently and deal with multiple, simultaneous projects.
• Req Effective leadership abilities
• Req Effective communication skills both in written and verbal presentation with a communication style that is open and foster trust, credibility and understanding.
• Req Ability to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction including employees, patients, visitors, faculty, referring physicians and external stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications:

• Pref 2 years Experience as M.D. or D.O.

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• Req Medical Doctor Current valid license/certification to practice medicine in the state of Nevada.
• Req DEA Certificate Unrestricted DEA Certificate with a NV address.
• Req Board of Pharmacy License Board of Pharmacy - Valid Nevada Board of Pharmacy License
• Req Board Certified Board certified with current certificate in specialty area.
• Req Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association

The annual base salary range for this position is $246,471.00 - $406,678.00. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.