MEDICAL LEAD

InterCommunity, Inc.•East Hartford, CT

26d

About The Position

InterCommunity Health Care is seeking a board-certified physician leader to serve as Medical Lead within a mission-driven, integrated Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). The Medical Lead for family medicine and pediatrics provides clinical leadership for primary care services across the lifespan from infancy to gerontology. This role provides direct high-quality health care, patient-centered care, by guiding clinical practice standards, supporting interdisciplinary teamwork, and promoting evidence-based approaches to prevention, chronic disease management and pediatric wellness. The Medical Lead serves as a key clinical resource for pediatric providers and staff. The Medical Lead focuses on mentorship, quality improvement, and operational efficiency at the clinic level and bridges frontline providers and executive leadership. The Medical Lead directly supports and provides clinical supervision to school-based health center providers, and primary care providers including performing chart audits, leading didactic trainings, and clinical consultation which ensures real-time provider engagement, quality patient care, and sustainable workflows.

Requirements

Considerable knowledge of methods and principles of medicine including assessment and care across the life spectrum; considerable knowledge of recent developments in field of internal medicine, family medicine, Pediatrics, psychiatry, and substance abuse including treatment models, best practices, and regulations related to FQHC regulations and operations; considerable interpersonal skills; considerable oral, written, and computer communication skills (experience with EPIC strongly preferred); considerable ability to examine for, diagnose, assess and treat clients with multiple co-occurring illnesses; ability to develop a collaborative group practice environment with other members of the senior leadership team as well as psychiatrists, physicians APRN’s, and members of interdisciplinary teams; ability to analyze and interpret laboratory reports and other medical and/or psychological reports and findings; administrative/ supervisory ability.
Board certified in Family Medicine, Pediatrics, or Internal Medicine-pediatrics (Med-Peds).
A minimum of (5) years of clinical experience in an outpatient primary care setting with specialty in pediatric medicine.
Three (3) years' experience in clinical leadership at a community health center, public health, or medical program.
Knowledge of FQHC and PCMH

Responsibilities

Provides high quality, person-centered pediatrics and primary care services including timely and accurate documentation. Maintain a monthly production standard at 75% of standard production for an FT provider.
Provides clinical/medical oversight and clinical supervision to pediatric/school-based health center providers, primary care providers (physicians and APRNs), offering guidance, performance support, credentialing/privileging assessments, and real-time decision support to providers. May act as the collaborating physician as needed for primary care APRNs.
Lead primary care provider onboarding, mentorship (including clinical supervision and case consultation), ongoing professional development, education and training.
Provides pediatric consultation on complex cases.
Develops and implements QA and/or QI process improvement initiatives including reviewing treatment plans, clinical records, diagnoses, and client discharge plans for adherence to policies and/or Joint Commission, HRSA, PCMH, DPH, DMHAS, and other standards.
Foster a collaborative, supportive, and whole-person care culture through clinical leadership and multidisciplinary team collaboration. Acts as a co-leader in the multidisciplinary, and Peer Review Committee.
Conducts and/or participates in meetings on clinical and administrative policy, quality assurance, safety, medical/clinical programs.
Works collaboratively with clinical leadership to collect and report core data metrics for improved health outcomes.
Conduct chart reviews, audits, and provider evaluations to ensure adherence to best practices for school-based health centers and primary care providers.
Performs related duties as required