Medical Director

American Addiction Centers•Grand Prairie, TX

11d

About The Position

Medical Director is responsible for directing key medical reports to include oversight of the managing physicians, Nurse Practitioner. The Medical Director is responsible for providing direct clinical oversight and leading clinical and quality initiatives that support clinical performance and best practice standards across the AAC facility. Serving as a direct liaison between facility and AAC corporate services, this position will represent a collaborative, collective voice for all Medical Staff at AAC’s facility.

Requirements

Current, unrestricted MD or DO license
Current, unrestricted DEA Certification
Current BLS Certification required (ACLS preferred)
Minimum 10 years clinical experience
Comply with all applicable laws to physicians including HIPAA and title 42 CFR
Excellent communication (written and verbal), bedside manner and time management skills
Demonstrate effective teamwork
Ability to interact effectively and professionally with persons from diverse socioeconomic, education, racial, ethnic and professional backgrounds
Computer literate with the ability to appropriately utilize EMR system
Organize and prioritize workload to provide high quality care and meet deadlines
Meet and maintain facility credentialing and privileging requirements
Consistently demonstrate positive customer service attitude
Maintain the highest ethical and moral standards among all – employees, contractors, patients and members of the general public
If more than one facility, travel between facilities
Willing to work evening hours and weekends if necessary
Upholds the policies and procedures of and American Addiction Centers
Prolonged sitting at a desk
Must be able to lift 15 pounds at a time

Nice To Haves

ACLS preferred

Responsibilities

Provides direction for patient care teams consistent with best practices
Leads monthly medical staff meetings with pertinent clinical staff and UR
Huddles at least weekly (more frequently as required by CEO, COO or CMO) with facility leadership – Executive Director, DON and Clinical Director
Reviews a monthly comparative report of provider productivity metrics in collaboration with Facility Executive Director and AAC Director of Provider Relations & Services:
# Evals/provider/month
CPT coding distribution/provider/month.
H&Ps outside 24 hours of admission/provider/month (Medical)
Psych Evals outside 48 hours of admission/provider/month (Psychiatry)
Engages in corrective action with providers to help them comply with corporate/facility P&P’s and to achieve clinical excellence
Regularly collaborates with QA and UR to review LOS, provide peer-to-peer with payors, and audit provider charts to ensure complete and timely medical and laboratory documentation.
Performs/delegates annual peer review/clinical competency assessments in compliance with Joint Commission/CARF requirements.
Coordinates provider on-call scheduling with Practice Manager & participates in on-call
Establishes positive, professional relationships with local medical community and with other Medical Directors and providers within the AAC organization
Performs evaluations, H&Ps, detox management, and MAT as per SOP
Orders labs and other clinically appropriate testing and prescribes medications and treatments
Leads the development and implementation of treatment plans
Consult with other physicians/clinicians about each patient’s specific need and refers to specialists as necessary
Documents all patient contact accurately and timely in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
Participates as an active member of the clinical team
Other duties as assigned including but not limited to participate on clinical/medical committees, providing education and quality review.