Associate Center Clinical Director, Primary Care

ChenMed is seeking a Clinical Director to lead and mentor primary care providers (PCPs) while also providing direct patient care. This role is crucial for optimizing clinical quality, efficiency, and patient/clinician satisfaction within an assigned center. The Clinical Director will balance leadership responsibilities, including PCP performance and engagement, with direct patient care and other clinical duties, contributing to the overall success and growth of the center.

Practice Info

• Directly supervise and train primary care providers (PCPs) in an assigned center
• Accountable for maximizing overall core model execution, including improving clinical quality, efficiency, outcomes, and clinician/patient satisfaction
• A portion of time allocated to direct patient care as a PCP and/or other clinical duties
• Remainder of time allocated to leadership responsibilities, including PCP performance, engagement, and building a strong clinical-operations synergy and culture
• Leads a care team consisting of a care promoter (medical assistant), care facilitator, and care coordinator for patients able to come to the office
• Engages with the transitional care team and others including case managers, acute and transitional-care physicians, and other resources for patients unable to come to the office

Responsibilities

• Independently provides care for patients with acute and chronic illnesses encountered in older adult patients
• Takes full accountability for patient care and outcomes and appropriately seeks consultation from specialists when needed
• Engages with the hospitalist whenever one of their patients is in the hospital
• Responsible for assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management, education, health promotion and care coordination and documentation for patients with acute and complex chronic health needs
• Leads Super Huddle (SH) and Transforming Care Meeting (TCM) weekly
• Plays an active role in the management of their center and helps cover for other providers who may be out for various reasons
• Managing, mentoring and coaching PCPs in his/her assigned center to deliver outstanding clinical outcomes
• Partnering with Center Operations Director/Market General Manager to drive continued improvement of center financial performance, and helping increase center membership

Compensation

• Salary: $238,832 - $341,189
• This position may also be eligible for a bonuses or commissions

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits
• Career development and advancement opportunities

Requirements

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, plus a variety of other applications used in the company
• Ability and willingness to travel locally as needed in their market, nationally for initial training (2 weeks) and then occasionally regionally and nationally for recruiting or training purposes
• Fluency in English, verbal and written
• MD or DO in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, or similar specialty required
• Current, active MD licensure in State of employment is required
• A minimum of 1-year clinical experience in geriatric, adult or family practice setting preferred
• Completion of Chen Medical training, including Masterful Conversations and meeting facilitation, as part of the individual development plan
• Board certification in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics or similar specialty is preferred
• Board Eligibility is required
• Must have a current DEA number for schedule II-V controlled substances
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AMA) or American Red Cross required w/in first 90 days of employment