Medical Director - Pruitthealth Physician Services

Medical Director

• PruittHealth Physican Services

Monday

• Friday routine business hours -life balance- in our beautiful post acute care environment

The Oaks of Limestone & PruittHealth Lanier

JOB PURPOSE:

PruittHealth Physican Services endorses AMDA's key roles for post-acute/long-term care modified for our setting and model.

1. Medical Practice Leadership: Responsible for overall facility care and clinical practice.

2. Care Process Leadership: Applies clinical and administrative skills to guide facility care provision.

3. Quality of Care: Helps develop and manage quality and safety initiatives, including risk management.

4. Education, Information, and Communication: Provided to help facility staff, practitioners, and the community to better provide and/or understand care.

Take a virtual tour of our facilities:

• The Oaks Limestone: https://www.seeit360.com/the-oaks-limestone

• PruittHealth Lanier : https://www.seeit360.com/pruitthealth-lanier

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Administrative:

• Participates in administrative leadership, management, and decision-making.

• Demonstrates leadership to supervise healthcare professionals, and demonstrates exceptional communication skills.

• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, standards of conduct, as well as applicable PruittHealth policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence to these in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional practice and behavior.

2.Professional Services:

• Assists in establishing agreements or relationships with outside health care organizations (e.g., regulatory agencies, professional groups, insurers, ambulance companies, and hospitals).

• Helps ensure adequate documentation of patient care and related information.

• Advises the facility on interacting with utilization review organizations.

• Develops policies and procedures related to health care trainees in the facility (e.g., physicians in training, medical students).

3.Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement:

• Participates in processes which ensure quality of care and which track whether care is effective, efficient, safe, timely, patient-centered, and equitable. This also includes:

• Appling knowledge of state and national care standards to help meet the applicable care standards.

• Monitoring PPS provider performance and practice; providing feedback on facility clinical staff performance and practice.

• Helping to ensure that QAPI addresses issues that are germane to the quality of patient care and facility services.

• Helping the facility to use QAPI program findings, as appropriate, to update and improve policies, procedures, and practices.

4.Education:

• Participates in developing and disseminating key information and education.

• Serves as a resource regarding geriatric medicine and other care-related topics, and helps the staff and practitioners identify and access relevant educational resources (e.g., books, periodicals, articles).

• Implements professional development programs and clinical education for nurse practitioners.

• Oversees coordination and execution of Nurse Practitioner clinical orientation.

5.Employee Health:

• Participates in surveillance and promotion of employee health, safety, and welfare.

• Advises the facility about infectious disease issues related to employees.

6.Community:

• Articulates the facility's mission to the community.

• Acts as an advocate for the facility, encourages and facilitates community involvement in the activities of the facility, and helps the facility educate the community about its capabilities and services.

7.Rights of Individuals:

• Participates in establishing policies, procedures, practices, and an atmosphere promoting and assuring the rights of individuals (patients, staff, practitioners, and community) are respected.

• Ensure that practices reflect and respect resident rights, including the opportunity for self- determination; e.g., via tools such as living wills and durable powers of attorney.

• Advocates for the ethical and legal rights of all residents are respected. This includes the right of residents to request practitioners to limit, withhold, or withdraw treatment(s).

• Helps the facility accommodate patients' choice of an attending physician

8.Social, Regulatory, Political, and Economic Factors:

• Acquires and applies knowledge of social, regulatory, political, and economic factors that relate to patient care and related services.

• Helps to identify and provide care that is consistent with applicable social, regulatory, political, and economic policies and expectations.

• Helps to identify, interpret, and comply with relevant State and Federal laws and regulations.

9.Person-Directed Care Advocate:

• Supports and promotes a care environment prioritizing self- determination, dignity, choice, and preservation of prior routines and preferences.

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED:

1.Education: MD or DO degree required

2.Completion of accredited residency training

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

1.Minimum 3 years clinical experience as a physician in a geriatric, adult, or family medicine setting.

2.Minimum 2 years in a leadership position.

3.Proven ability to perform comprehensive, adult/geriatric physical exam.

4.Demonstrated ability to identify, diagnose, and document chronic disease in adults.

5.Demonstrated ability to recognize conditions, characteristics, and behaviors that place seniors at risk.

6.Proven ability to pursue feedback, continuing education, and professional development.

7.Ability to effectively reconcile medications.

8.Demonstrated ability to identify and document the needs of clinically complex patients.

9.Pertinent Clinical Work Experience which is relevant to population being served.

10. Ability to understand, articulate, and incorporate palliative and end-of-life principles and practices into care plans and discussions or education with staff, patients, and decision-makers. This includes discussing, clarifying, and documenting prognosis, goals, and advance directives

MINIMUM LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LAW:

1.Current licensure in state of practice

2.Board certification

3.Current CPR certification

4.DEA licensure (Class II-V unrestricted)

Requirements

• Application:

1.CAQH-level application and attestation, with credentialing via primary source verification

2.Background check

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: (Preferred qualifications)

1.Geriatric Board Certification

2.Hospice and Palliative Medicine Board Certification

3.Significant long term care or geriatric practice experience

4.Significant Hospice and Palliative Medicine practice experience

5.Significant medical director experience in long term care and/or hospice

6.AMDA Certified Medical Director (CMD)

7.Wound care experience and/or certification

8.Bilingual (English & Spanish)

9.Significant work with behavioral health populations

10. Significant work with low income and disadvantaged populations

11. Significant work with vulnerable adults or senior populations

12. Knowledge of community resources

Travel Requirements: (travel is required)

1.Must meet company driving standards

2.Must have valid state driver license and be able to drive a car

3.Must meet company's automobile liability insurance standards and provide proof of coverage

4.Must be able to independently travel to assigned locations

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

1.Possesses adequate computer skills, including use of e-mail and Microsoft Office Word and Excel.

2.Possesses effective written communication skills including but not limited to writing reports and correspondence.

3.Demonstrates effective verbal communication skills, including speaking and listening effectively to members, providers, families and staff.

4.Possesses ability to meet deadlines, and use time effectively and efficiently.

5.Demonstrates successful experience working in and coping with an environment of change.

6.Dedication to meeting expectations and requirements of both external and internal customers; acts with customers in mind.

7.Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with customers, and gain their trust and respect.

8.Uses logical methods to solve problems with effective solutions; looks beyond the obvious for solutions.

9.Is action oriented and sees challenges as opportunities.

Exempt: May be required to work beyond normal working hours on weekends and holidays as necessary. Subject to callback during any emergency.

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