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Form of workFacility: Serving individuals who are age 55 or older, certified by their state to need nursing home care, able to live safely in the community at the time of enrollment and live in a service area.
Opportunity:
- Under the supervision of the Executive Director, the Medical 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.
- Provide direction and supervision to related Primary Care Providers (PCPs) and Advanced Practice Providers (APPs).
- 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 the 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 within
- 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 the 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.
- Qualify for federal school loan forgiveness program
- To be discussed at interview
- Bonus potential
- Practice Management support to help build your new practice
- Highly competitive salaries and recruitment packages
- Top of the line benefits
- Salary guarantees
- Interview and relocation expenses
- Professional dues and association fees
- Malpractice
- CME
- Health shortage area- qualify for federal school loan forgiveness program
