Job Description

Mobile, Alabama, Geriatric Medical Director Opening

Clinical Role:
- Client will consider full-time OR part-time (16-24 hours/week) candidates
- Under the supervision of the Executive Director
- Provides general medical direction and supervision of the medical aspects of participant care
- Responsible for the delivery of participant care, clinical outcomes, and oversight of the Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) program
- Responsible for the development and maintenance of medical policies and procedures/standards and protocols
- Provides direction and supervision to related Primary Care Providers (PCPs) and APPs.
- Provides leadership and guidance to the program colleagues and providers in the local community
- Need to have a driver's license, proof of insurance, and means of transportation
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), in addition to basic knowledge of email, calendaring systems, and other software as required to perform the essential functions of the job
- Excellent organizational, customer service, flexibility, and problem-solving skills
- Willingness to travel within the region periodically as needed
- Conduct history and physical on new participants and event-based and periodic reassessments. Develop medical treatment plan and provide medically necessary services in the range of locations in which participants may reside
- Interview and evaluate applicants to PACE Organization and their caregivers and participate in the Intake and Assessment decision
- Discuss each participant's medical conditions and prognosis with him/her and their caregiver to assist them in expressing their wishes and planning their future care
- Execute assignments in a culture that is shared and collaborative across all divisions
- Collaborate in the nursing treatment program of participants
- Establish and/or maintain as a member of the leadership team a plan to achieve operating goals
- Participate as an active member of PACE Organization interdisciplinary team. Educates and advises the team regarding the implications of diagnoses, cognitive and physical function and treatment options
- Participate in team and family conferences and decision-making processes.
- Educate participants and families regarding health maintenance and their chronic medical conditions, in cooperation with nursing staff
- Supervise the health care and treatment program as developed by the interdisciplinary team
- Perform physical examinations, order and evaluate appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests, and record results in a systematic manner
- Effective skills in physical assessment and chronic disease management for frail older adults
- Desire to work in a creative alternate health care setting
- Able to manage changing priorities according to participant needs
- Participates in provider on-call rotation as required
- Minimum of 1 year experience working with the frail or elderly population is required
- Not accepting visa candidates
- Provider must be interested in Perm (not accepting Locums)
- Allow RecruitWell to set up a phone call with you and the client to discuss more!
Organization:
- Salary range: $231,000 - $280,000 depending upon experience
- Up to 10% bonus potential
- Practice Management support to help build your new practice
- Tuition reimbursement
- Top of the line benefits Medical, Dental and Vision
- Paid time off
- 403(b) retirement
- Professional dues and association fees
- Malpractice
- CME
Lifestyle Information:
- Mobile, Alabama is the county seat of Mobile County. Alabama's only saltwater port, Mobile is located on the Mobile River at the head of the Mobile Bay and the north-central Gulf Coast
- The Port of Mobile has always played a key role in the economic health of the city, beginning with the settlement as an important trading center between the French colonists and Native Americans, down to its current role as the 12th-largest port in the United States
- Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile metropolitan area. This region of 412,992 residents is composed solely of Mobile County; it is the third-largest metropolitan statistical area in the state
- Considered one of the Gulf Coast's cultural centers, Mobile has several art museums, a symphony orchestra, professional opera, professional ballet company, and a large concentration of historic architecture
- Mobile is known for having the oldest organized Carnival or Mardi Gras celebrations in the United States. Its French Catholic colonial settlers celebrated this festival from the first decade of the 18th century
- Beginning in 1830, Mobile was host to the first formally organized Carnival mystic society to celebrate with a parade in the United States
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