Family Medicine Faculty/Program Director

Family Medicine Faculty/Program Director

Practice, teach and live on the Gulf Coast. Mobile, the original home of Mardi Gras, is a beautiful, historic seacoast city located near white, sugar-sand beaches.

The University of South Alabama, Department of Family Medicine in Mobile, Alabama is seeking a full time, board-certified Family Medicine faculty member. The Department has relationships with the USA Mitchell Cancer Institute and the Division 1 Athletic Program in addition to HRSA funding. Faculty candidates must be eligible for a State of Alabama medical license and be willing to practice and teach in an NCQA certified environment.

The Family Medicine Faculty/Program Director would support the department in implementing quality initiatives including maintenance of clinical registries and monitoring of quality and outcome measures, work with leadership and medical providers to address any quality or safety deficits; develop and facilitate standardization, staff competency measurement and communication between clinical support staff and medical leadership. They would assist in development and oversight of clinical medical staff i.e. nursing, medical assistants' credentials and competencies and performance remediation; including participation in and hiring and disciplinary process as appropriate; identify and seek opportunities for grants related to quality and leads project implementation.

You will guide overall development and implementation of population healthcare plan, develop and implement ongoing education and training programs focused on effective population healthcare/chronic disease management. In addition, develop process to initiate health status evaluations and improvement, clinical pathway, outcomes criteria development and development of screening tools to identify high risk patients; assist in design and implementation of information systems needed to support the plan. He or She would be working with payors and other providers of services to promote development and coordination of continuum of care effort; evaluate plan effectiveness and recommend revisions where appropriate.

Assist with development, implementation and monitoring quality assurance programs, systems and initiatives impacting the entire organization to facilitate performance and process improvements in keeping with strategic objectives and regulatory requirements associated with maintaining PCMH level 3 certification. Oversight and monitoring of Patient Satisfaction data; works with Patient Satisfaction vendor to consult and provide best practices and strategies for improvement. Develops strategic and tactical plans to include both short and long-term business planning with accountability for achievement of plan objectives; develops and oversees programs and projects to develop and implement business objectives anticipating current and future needs. Oversees and evaluates the effectiveness of the DFM Patient Advocate and Peer Review Programs; makes peer review reports to leadership team, as well as to hospital and ambulatory medical staff leadership and governance bodies as appropriate; serves as representative to USA Health Peer Review Committee.

Additionally, the medical director will participate in direct supervision of resident patient care in the office, hospital, and other settings as training and service needs dictate. They will participate in education of medical students and other learners commensurate with interest, ability, and desire. In addition, they will maintain a clinical practice exclusive of his or her supervisory duties. They will also perform other duties as assigned by the chair.

EO Employer – minorities/females/veterans/disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.

Employees must be in a regular position, working 20 hours or more per week (.50 FTE or greater) to qualify for benefits.

A curriculum vitae is required to apply. A cover letter is optional.

The University of South Alabama is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other applicable legally protected basis.