Community Medical Director -Mostly Remote- Chicago, IL

Wellbe Senior Medical•Lisle, IL

10d•$193,000 - $387,000•Remote

About The Position

WellBe is seeking a Community Medical Director to oversee a clinical "Community Team" dedicated to a patient community population. This role involves managing, mentoring, and guiding the team, as well as delivering primary, urgent, and acute medical care to an assigned patient population. The successful candidate will collaborate with clinicians and administrative/operational teams to achieve exceptional clinical and operational outcomes for WellBe patients and their families. The Community Medical Director will also serve as a WellBe Ambassador, working with community physicians, hospitals, and other medical facilities. This role is expected to contribute to a culture of collaboration, innovation, and significant patient impact, while fostering personal growth within the organization.

Requirements

Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO)
Current and valid state medical license required
5+ years’ experience managing an interdisciplinary team
5+ years’ minimum experience as a community physician providing geriatric care.
3+ years’ responsibility for managing a P&L
Geriatric certified preferred
Palliative care certified/focus preferred
Basic Life Support (BLS) certified
Have a valid driver’s license, have access to a car and willingness to drive to patient homes/patient location as well as an active auto insurance policy
EHR medical documentation experience
Strong computer skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Strong verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills
Excellent bedside manner and time management skills
Ability to lift up to 20lbs. Moving lifting or transferring of patients may involve lifting of up to 50lbs as well as assist with weights of more than 100lbs.
Ability to stand for extended periods.
Ability to drive to patient locations (ie. home, hospital, SNF, etc).
Fine motor skills/visual acuity

Responsibilities

Practices the WellBe mission: To help our patients lead healthier, meaningful lives by delivering the most Complete Care.
Collaborates with a clinical “Community Team” consisting of interdisciplinary team in managing the health and wellbeing of patients living in their homes.
Has a successful relationship with the Market GM, and Senior Medical Officer to achieve quality outcomes and growth in the community.
Understanding the impact on local and national landscape involving the WellBe clinical model consisting of: Health Policy, Socioeconomics, competition, CMS, regulatory, and other clinical data relevant to quality patient care.
Prioritizes and acts on the most promising opportunities to improve outcomes/performance of the Community metrics (i.e. clinical, cost/revenue, partnerships, and quality measures).
Spends time fostering key relationships in the Community Network.
For Hospitals and SNFs, where WellBe is not the attending, Community Medical Director will identify Hospitalists and SNFist groups, build individual relationships where mutual patient outcomes are achieved and creating contractual relationships when additional alignment is needed.
Partner with WellBe Leadership to grow the organization, innovate the model and improve execution.
Develops constructive Cross-functional / Matrix Relationships with WellBe business partners to enable the model.
Community Medical Director will be responsible for floating within the community physician role as needed.
Other tasks needed to accomplish team’s objectives/goals.