Medical Director Chicago, IL

Medical Director opening overseeing a seasoned clinical team dedicated to a Medicare patient population. Medical Director will be expected to manage, mentor, and guide the clinical team as well as deliver medical care to an assigned population of patients. A successful candidate will collaborate with various clinicians along with administrative/operational team(s) to deliver exceptional clinical, operational outcomes. Also responsible for working with community physicians, hospitals, and other medical facilities including SNF's. This polychronic Medicare population is typically underserved and challenged with access to care. To address these problems, we have elected to bring the care to the patient, instead of trying to bring the patient to the care. Care is provided throughout the entire continuum of care.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

• Collaborates with a clinical Team consisting of the interdisciplinary team in managing the health and well-being of patients living in their homes and across continuum of care.

• Understanding the clinical model consisting of Health Policy, Socioeconomic, competition, CMS, regulatory, and other clinical data relevant to quality patient care.

• Prioritizes and acts on the most promising opportunities to improve outcomes/performance of the Community metrics (i.e. clinical, cost/revenue, partnerships, and quality measures).

• For Hospitals and SNFs, where the organization is not the attending, Medical Director will identify Hospitalists and SNFist groups, build individual relationships where mutual patient outcomes are achieved and creating contractual relationships when additional alignment is needed

• Partner with Leadership to grow the organization, innovate the model and improve execution

• Develops constructive Cross-functional / Matrix Relationships with business partners to enable the model.

• Community Medical Director will be responsible for floating within the community physician role as needed

QUALIFICATIONS

Educational/Experience Requirements:

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) with Board Certification

• Current and valid state medical license required or ability to obtain.

Primary Care, Geriatric care experience.