Responsibilities:

• Implement strategic initiatives, to ensure market growth and optimize financial performance practice.
• Direct and empower staff to establish and maintain an efficient, patient-centered environment ensuring accountability, quality patient care, and patient satisfaction.
• Responsible for the management of all medical care provided at the medical center, and for the quality of services rendered by physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants; ensures high-quality, clinically appropriate care which exceeds the expectations of patients.
• Promote high standards of practice through adherence to policies, protocols and practice guidelines; identifies and corrects deficiencies in medical policies, protocols and guidelines utilizing performance improvement processes.
• Manages monitoring of key metrics, such as physician encounters, RVUs, out of group referrals, in-basket response times, and Press Ganey scores
• Leads on-the-job training and assimilation efforts for new physicians, nurse practitioners and physicians assistants to the medical center
• As a practicing clinician, examines patients, diagnoses and treats illnesses. Prescribes and administers treatment for patients suffering from injury or disease.
• Assists in the hiring process by interviewing physician, nurse practitioner and physicians assistant candidates for Primary Care and providing hiring recommendations
• Monitors and evaluates performance of Primary Care physicians, nurse practitioners and physicians assistants by setting goals and conducting performance appraisals.

Educational Requirements:

• Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) from an accredited institution
• Completed a Family Medicine or Internal Medicine Residency
• Board Certification in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine
• Current Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registration

Experience Requirements:

• 3-5 years of experience as a practicing physician
• 1-3 years of management experience