Full-Time Medical Director / Supervising Physician - Geriatric Care

CHS Recruiting•Terre Haute, IN

10d•$200,000 - $300,000•Onsite

About The Position

This organization is seeking a physician leader for a medical director and/or supervising physician role. There are three options for the structure of the position, based upon the preference of the candidate: 1) On-Site Supervising Physician w/ No Patient Care, 2) On-Site Supervising Physician w/ Partial Patient Care, 3) Facility Medical Director - Mid-Level Supervision / Patient Care / Administrative Duties. The practice primarily sees patients in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), with some house calls and other facility environments in certain markets. Depending on the option chosen by the physician, the duties of the role may include auditing documentation for supervised providers, ensuring engagement with facility leadership and other stakeholders, assuming medical directorships for SNFs and/or other facilities, identifying growth opportunities, providing high-quality complex geriatric care, collaborating with other healthcare providers, participating in on-call processes, and attending required trainings and meetings. The physician leader will also focus on quality outcomes such as care path compliance, productivity, prevention of avoidable transfers, decrease in polypharmacy, and costs of care. The physician will perform collaborating duties for an average of five (5) nurse practitioners and physician assistants, with potential supervision of up to 15 practitioners on an as-needed basis.

Requirements

Indiana medical license
DEA
Board Certification, relevant field (internal medicine, geriatrics, etc.)
2+ years clinical leadership and/or supervising physician experience
5+ years clinical practice experience
Previous experience with geriatric primary care

Responsibilities

Audit up to 10% of documentation for each supervised provider on a monthly basis
Ensure engagement with facility leadership, other providers, patients, and families
Assume medical directorships for SNFs and/or other facilities (if needed)
Help identify growth opportunities with SNFs and/or other facilities in assigned market
Provide high-quality complex geriatric care to patients
Collaborate with other healthcare providers on a panel of patients
Participate in frontline and/or backup on-call processes
Attend required trainings and meetings to ensure the best care delivery
Keep focus on quality outcomes including, but not limited to: care path compliance, productivity, prevention of avoidable transfers, decrease in polypharmacy, costs of care
Perform collaborating duties for an average of five (5) nurse practitioners and physician assistants
Supervise up to 15 practitioners on an as-needed basis, based on state regulatory parameters