Specialty Care Medical Director

Job Description

Job Description

Come Join Our Team! We Are Hiring!

We are currently hiring an experienced Specialty Care Medical Director in Milwaukee, WI. This is a full-time position.

Why Progressive Community Health Centers?

Founded in 1999, Progressive Community Health Centers is an independent non-profit organization that operates four clinic locations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. More than 100 employees support our agency's mission to improve the health and quality of life of the community by providing culturally competent services that address identified needs. We provide high quality, comprehensive care to roughly 16,000 patients annually, a majority of who are low-income. No one is ever turned away from our clinics based on insurance status or ability to pay. We value a patient-centered philosophy and provide range of services that include family medicine, internal medicine, women's health, urgent care, dental, radiology and integrated behavioral health. We also offer supportive services such as case management, health education and benefits enrollment.

Summary

Under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer, the Speciality Care Medical Director oversees clinical quality and operational outcomes for the specialty departments including Obstetrics and Gynecology, Podiatry, Urgent Care, and Clinical Pharmacy. This role is responsible for provider oversight, advancing programming, contributing to budget discussions, focusing on service, improving quality and reducing health disparities. The Specialty Care Medical Director is also an active clinician responsible for providing specialty medical services.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care
• Oversees clinical quality by ensuring excellent patient-centered care, achievement of clinical outcomes, and high ratings of patient satisfaction
• Assures collaboration within the department as well as across all service areas to meet the needs of the patient
• Develops strategies and protocols to ensure successful implementation and performance related to patient care and coordination
• Recruits, interviews and prepares recommendations for hiring providers
• Supervises and maintains excellent provider relationships.
• Manages and resolves clinical personnel issues
• Performs annual performance evaluations for providers
• Recommends and participates in final determination of disciplinary actions and terminations as appropriate
• Leads and motivates a high-performance team
• Furthers a culture of continuous improvement through ongoing training and development of all staff
• Actively directs department meetings
• Develops and implements programs and / or services that integrate Progressive's specialty medical practices with other service lines
• Collaborate with hospital systems to optimize collaboration, shared coverage of patients, and surgical needs.
• Reviews and approves time off; approves timecards
• Assists in the development of the budget and adheres to approved budget
• Actively participates in internal and external committees as appropriate
• Supports, communicates, and works within the scope of PCHC's Mission, Vision and Values
• Helps others and personally responds well to change
• Sets and meets well articulated individual and team expectations of high performance
• Assists with the development of grants or reports and meets deadlines accordingly
• Assists in the development of and adheres to policies and procedures
• Positively represents PCHC in community
• Completes special projects / duties as assigned

Requirements

Preferred Qualifications :

It is mandatory that all employees, employed providers and volunteers are vaccinated. All hired candidates must submit proof of vaccination prior to their orientation. This is a mandatory requirement for Progressive Community Health Centers. The purpose is to minimize exposure to and transmission of the influenza virus in the workplace by providing occupational protection to employees and thereby preventing exposure to members of the community, which we serve.

Equal Employment Opportunity : Progressive Community Health Centers is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against employees or prospective employees on basis of age, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, disability, arrest and / or conviction record, military status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic or status protected by law.