Associate Medical Director (AMD) provides leadership to physicians, other clinicians, and staff. Partners cohesively with operation and medical leadership to ensure goals are met. Ensures that high quality medical care and high-quality service is provided in the clinics. Directs and integrates the activities of multiple projects; in supporting the Medical Group’s mission, goals, and strategic plan. Integrate the clinics to function in a cohesive fashion; aiding departments with institutional issues, interface with the other MD’s to develop and implement new business strategies, quality initiatives and lines of business. Adheres to policies, procedures, and regulations to ensure compliance and patient safety. Participation in Compliance training and other important training is a condition of employment.
Primary Qualifications:
- Leads and manages the operations of specific medical programs, patient clinics or company initiatives in partnership with operations dyad partner(s). Ensure a boots-on-ground presence in all supported clinics on a weekly basis.
- Provides financial leadership and business management education to physicians and other clinicians in a 1:1 or group setting for all supported providers on a monthly cadence.
- Provides leadership coaching and developmental feedback to physicians and other clinicians.
- Collaborate with Medical and Operations Leadership to implement an infrastructure and system in place to measure quality and provide timely data to physicians and other clinicians on their performance. Implement measurable quality indicators.
- Assist in recruiting, hiring, training, development of physicians, other clinicians, and support staff, with ongoing management, to meet the needs of the departments/clinics.
- Performs Annual Performance Reviews for direct reports and gives feedback to other leaders for their direct reports.
- Directs and integrates the activities of projects; ensuring the project efforts are generally cohesive, consistent, and effective in supporting the Medical Group’s mission, goals, and strategic plan.
- Represents the department to internal and external communities, business and industry, government, and the general community on an as-needed basis.
- Promote and enhance the image of The Group, the department and participate in appropriate professional and academic organizations.
- Knowledge of current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation diagnosis and treatment in area of expertise.
Required Qualifications:
- Fully licensed as a physician in the state of New Mexico.
- Current MD/DO medical license in the state of New Mexico.
- Board Certified or in the process of obtaining certification unless granted an exemption by Credentialing Committee.
- New Mexico Pharmacy/DEA Registration if applicable to practice.
- Current BLS Certification.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Leadership Training in related field.
- Three (3) years’ experience as a practicing physician. Experience in both fee-for-service and managed care operations.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to comfortably use Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Thorough understanding of medical group business models and clinical processes.
- Excellent understanding of medical group financial concepts, including revenue cycle, physician compensation models, and preferably including managed care financial concepts (capitation, IBNR, MLR).
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