Site Medical Director - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- ID: 2023-14224
- Category: Clinical & Operations Leadership
- Employment Type: Regular Full-time
Experience & Requirements
Graduate of an accredited medical school.
Fully licensed to practice medicine in the state of employment.
Board certified in primary care specialty (Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Public Health or Occupational Medicine) with administrative experience in corrections and/or managed healthcare delivery.
Current DEA registration. Board certified, eligible, or qualified by the state law/regulations to practice medicine.
Requires critical thinking, organizational, decisive judgment, communication, and good customer service skills. Must be able to handle multiple tasks, work in a stressful environment, and take appropriate actions as needed.
Subject to initial and ongoing security clearance requirement.
A background check, security clearance, and drug screening are required for this role.
Responsibilities
Serves as the responsible physician and health authority required by national standards. Provides overall supervision for clinical services for the site to ensure appropriate delivery of on-site and off-site necessary medical care. While in charge of a site, this level of position does not manage regular physicians.
Administrative
- Serve as Chairman of the Medical Audit Committee.
- Consult with medical providers in the community to resolve issues in delivering services to patients.
- Supervise the clinical services provided by the professional and paraprofessional staff.
- Ensure and provide on-call services.
- Annually review and approve clinical protocols, policies and procedures, and medical disaster plan.
- Provide direction and assistance to the on-site quality improvement program as well as the corporate Continuous Quality and Safety Improvement program including review and action on patient complaints, infection control, peer review, and chart audits.
- Manage referrals to outside healthcare facilities for appropriateness, quality, and continuity of care.
- Serve as a professional resource and leader for all staff physicians and applicable clinical staff at the facility(s).
- Assist in screening, interviewing, evaluating credentials and hiring of healthcare providers.
- Participate in in-service training classes. Represent the healthcare program in discussions with local civic groups or visiting officials as requested.
- Attend medical, clinical and other meetings, as required.
- Document all encounters in patients' Medical Records. Ensure all documentation is timed, legible, and signed. Ensure all verbal or telephone orders are countersigned as required.
- Provide emergency treatment on-site and respond appropriately in urgent or emergency situations.
- Ensure competence in proper technique for basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation and AED use.
- Participate in onboarding new providers and nursing staff.
Clinical
The Infirmary is a 40-bed in-patient unit for both male and female patients. Patients typically require closer monitoring and skilled nursing care. There are no monitored/telemetry beds.
- Daily rounds on patients.
- Conducting comprehensive physical examinations, establishing diagnoses and appropriate treatment plans, initiating emergency care procedures.
- Following a patient’s course and discharging from the infirmary when appropriate.
- Ordering, reviewing and interpreting laboratory results, x-rays, and electrocardiograms, and discussing results with patients.
- Prescribing/ordering medications.
- Consulting with off-site subspecialty physicians/consultants and our Clinical Nurse Liaison, as needed, to coordinate plans of care and implement inpatient treatments.
- Discussing disease prevention and providing patient education.
- Ensuring and maintaining quality care.
- Participating in interdisciplinary patient care meetings and addressing identified clinical needs of patients.
- Serving as clinical lead, providing direction and oversight for the nurses.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Accountability
- Must be approved by the Credentialing Committee.
- Good stewards of our evidenced based medicine care.
- Documentation must be completed between 48 to 72 hours of any visit (preferably same day). Ensures Medical Record documentation is in SOAP format, problem oriented and corresponds to the therapeutic order. Ensures all documentation is timed, legible and signed. Ensures all verbal or telephone orders are countersigned within seventy-two (72) hours.
- All test results ordered in facility must be reviewed within 72 hours.
- The SMD and RMD are jointly responsible to ensure a schedule to have all results reviewed within 72 hours as well as notes for all communication.
- Develop a plan for transition of care whether within the facility or external to the facility and ensure that the clinicians are monitoring the records for patient care needs.
- Ensure that the care recommended is provided when patients go outside the facility and then return.
Professionalism
- Required to be professional at all times.
- Develop professional relationships within patients, care team, and clients.
- Good ethical conduct at all times.
- Follow company behavior and professionalism policies.
About YesCare Health
Correctional healthcare is not just a job, it’s a calling!!!
As the correctional healthcare pioneer and leader for 40 years, YesCare provides client partners with high quality healthcare and reentry services that will improve the health and safety of our patients, break the cycle of recidivism and better the communities where we live and work.
Benefits:
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Life and Disability Insurance
- Generous PTO plan
- 401k with matching funds
- Employee Discount and Rewards Program
- Tuition Assistance
- Continuing Education Reimbursement
- Referral Bonuses – Refer a friend and get paid!
- Competitive Wages
- Performance Incentive
Our Vision
YesCare leads the industry by providing comprehensive healthcare and reentry services that improve the communities where we live and work.
Our Mission
YesCare embraces a recovery model of care. This means identifying and treating underlying conditions to support healthier and safer living while incarcerated and a better quality of life in our communities. In partnership with our clients, we deliver solution-oriented care.
Our Values
- Safety: We put safety first through preparation and prevention.
- Motivation: We are driven by the desire to improve outcomes.
- Accountability: We set high standards and hold our people to them.
- Respect: We embrace our differences as we work toward common goals.
- Teamwork: We achieve more together.
- Evaluation: We use data to constantly monitor results.
- Readjustment: We refine our practices to consistently achieve better outcomes.
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