PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
A. LEADERSHIP:
- Maintains consistent interaction with the providers and clinical support teams, staff and community demonstrating exemplary behavior.
- Demonstrates being well informed about health care and community health at BHC.
- Represents the providers at administrative meetings, communicates information, and seeks input on decisions from all providers.
- Embraces the customer service standards set by BHC policies.
- Collaborates in strategic planning and operationalizes milestones, goals and objectives for all clinical strategic planning pillars.
- Lead negotiations for hospital affiliations, establish external relationships for enhanced clinical services.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including medical associations, primary care associations, government bodies and community organizations, to promote healthcare initiatives and partnerships.
- Collaborates with leadership to foster Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives.
B. QUALITY:
- Ensure compliance with regulatory bodies, develop and implement clinical policies and guidelines to uphold the highest standards of patient care.
- Endeavors to have all health care services provided in the most cost effective and efficient manner.
- Develop, oversee and review patient care policies, practice protocols, and organizational policies to align with industry standards, including the scope of service as defined under The HRSA section 330 grant application
- Monitor and enhance provider productivity, patient volume, and panel size in line with industry benchmarks.
- Assists in the development and monitoring of data, statistics and performance outcomes and measures, and compliance reporting.
- Reviews relevant patient complaints and satisfaction surveys and responds when necessary.
- Oversees the development, implementation and operation of a quality assurance program as it relates to patient care.
- Presents reports on health and quality improvement and risk management matters to the Board regularly and periodically, as determined by the Board.
- Addresses risk management and patient grievances relating to clinical care.
C. RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION:
- Recruits and interviews all potential clinicians. Prepares recommendations for hiring and termination for the review and approval of the Chief Executive Officer.
- Maximizes the retention of providers by establishing fair and reasonable work performance standards, quality of life, workload and equity. Gives feedback to providers informally and formally via BHC’s evaluation process.
- Primary responsibility of advising the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chief Executive Officer about provider contracts and participates in revisions and contract signing.
- Recommends and participates in nomination of clinicians for awards and promotions.
- Collaborates with the Executive, HR, and Finance Directors and Executive management team in designing and establishing provider compensation systems.
D. SUPERVISION/OPERATIONS:
- Develops collaborative teams of physicians and midlevel practitioners.
- Arranges and conducts regular meetings of clinicians.
- Maintains advice and consent functions regarding the responsibilities and privileges of administrative personnel supervising ancillary (e.g. laboratory, x-ray, Pharmacy) services.
- Recommends and participates in the final determination of disciplinary actions and terminations.
- Leads in ongoing development of the electronic medical record.
- Responsible for arranging 24 hour on call schedule, paid time off, continuing professional education.
- Responsible for the recruitment, supervision, credentialing and evaluations for all physicians to include students and volunteer physicians, in-service training and plans orientation of clinical staff.
- Reviews and updates Standards of Practice.
- Establishes and maintains written collaborative documents for Physician Assistants.
- Represents BHC to collaborating agencies and facilities and oversees clinical relationships with those entities.
E. CLINICAL:
- Performs at least three clinical sessions per week and participates in the on-call schedule and coverage as appropriate.
- Answers questions regarding cases and acts as a resource for clinicians.
F. PLANNING/BUDGETING:
- Recommends clinical objectives and participates in the designation of priority objectives for BHC Participates in the strategic planning for the BHC.
- Participates in development of the BHC’s financial plan (budget), with ongoing monitoring and evaluation.
- Participates in the development of clinical activities budget, including staffing and support plan and equipment needs projection.
G. OTHER:
- Interprets clinical data for other leadership staff and the Board.
- Participates in the ongoing review of practice management functions, e.g. reception, telephone triage, patient flow, outreach services, laboratory, pharmacy, follow-up on missed appointments, referral tracking.
- Advocates for BHC and serves as liaison to (including active membership in) local and state professional societies, as well as to health officials and organizations and health training institutions as appropriate.
- Participates in community organization activities designed to modify community health behavior, epidemiology and/or needs.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $260,000.00 - $275,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Medical Specialty:
- Addiction Medicine
- Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Primary Care
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Application Question(s):
- What are your salary expectations?
License/Certification:
- Medical License (Preferred)
Ability to Relocate:
- New York, NY 10002: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
