Regional Medical Officer, El Paso, TX

Provide strategic and operational direction for the delivery of performance based medical management.
Manage budget and risk drivers.
Analyze and report business performance data to customers, senior management, and the Board of Directors.
Participate in the management of all the clinical divisions within the region.
Engage in the analysis of local profit and loss performance.
Work seamlessly and effectively with the non-clinical departments within the organization.
Develop and maintain strong provider relationships.
Maintain a customer-driven passion for excellence and commitment to innovation and implementation of ideas that improve the healthcare of the patient population.
Execute and implement timely and high-quality decisions.
Hire, develop, and reward staff to effectively support the company’s strategy.
Will also be responsible for any and all clinical duties performed by Extensivists including but not limited to:
See patients in the hospitals, home as needed.
See patients in the Care Center, as applicable.
All high-risk patients discharged from the hospital are seen by the hospitalists in the clinic until they are stabilized.
See the ‘skilled’ patients in the SNFs. These patients are seen once a week until they remain skilled, which is normally from 1 to 2 weeks.
Across all settings of care, create a comprehensive and coordinated plan of care which takes into account information from medical records, the patient and their families, primary care physicians, and specialists as necessary.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
Oversees clinical staff for the region. Direct reports mostly include Advanced Practice Clinicians (NPs and PAs) but with dotted line oversight over all clinical personnel. Responsibilities include recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; assigning workload; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; and coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees.