What are the responsibilities and job description for the Primary Care Clinical Director position at FastMed?
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Primary Care Clinical Director is a Supervising Physician who assumes the additional role and responsibility for oversight of the Primary Care Program. This includes oversight of all Advanced Practice Providers (APP’s) working in the Primary Care practices. The Primary Care Clinical Director will be responsible for the leadership, guidance, oversight, and continuous quality improvement of the Primary Care Clinical Program.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Supervision of Advanced Practice Providers working in primary care.Oversight of the delivery of primary care in accordance with standards set by FastMed for Supervising Physicians in primary care and in compliance with the respective State Medical Board and the State Board of Nursing.
Works clinically in either Primary Care or Urgent Care at least 2 days per week, with the option to pick up more shifts as desired.
Provides medical direction and administration including, but not limited to, developing clinical practice guidelines.
Works with the Primary Care Supervising Physicians to ensure all correspondence and documentation that requires physician signature occurs in a timely manner to avoid delays in patient care and record processing.
Develops quality measures to ensure compliance with primary care quality metrics including Value Based Care metrics and any state specific requirements for example, NC STOP act for prescribing controlled substances.
Reports to operational leadership and medical leadership as necessary.
Coordinates with operational leadership to ensure systems are in place to support primary care providers and to optimize operational efficiencies.
Prepares reports for and attends the Quality Assurance Committee.
Intrastate travel to the primary care clinics as needed to meet with providers and clinic teams.
Objectively evaluates any patient complaints or regulatory concerns involving primary care centers or providers and implements process improvement plans or risk mitigation strategies to improve the delivery of primary care.
Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education (Required):
- Physician M.D. or D.O. board certified in family medicine
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years of clinical experience in Primary Care.
- Experience in Value Based Care a plus.
Skills:
- Ability to critically evaluate both operational and medical data to draw appropriate conclusions regarding future changes.
- Multi-Tasking
- Prioritize often disparate functions
- Consistently provide quality customer service both internally and patient facing,
- Effectively communicate with senior leadership when necessary.
REPORTING TO THIS POSITION:
Primary Care Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) employed to work clinically in primary care clinics.
