Assistant Medical Director

About the Opportunity

***This recruitment may close at any time. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.***

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE The ideal candidate is a collaborative clinical leader with strong communication skills and a commitment to high-quality, efficient patient care. They bring experience supervising licensed providers and ensuring clinical standards, goals, and performance measures are met in a patient care setting.
TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE
Application Deadline: This is a continuous recruitment. We encourage you to apply immediately as this recruitment may close at any time.
Oral Examination: Tentatively scheduled on a continuous basis
To learn more about the Health Services Agency, visit schsa.org.
THE POSITION Working under the direction of the Medical Director of the Health Services Agency, the Assistant Medical Director at each ambulatory care clinic will play a key role in ensuring that the organization’s mission, goals, and values are supported and implemented by the clinical staff. The Assistant Medical Director will ensure that medical practices are in place to support high quality, cost-effective and efficient clinical services at the clinic. The individual will oversee and supervise all licensed providers and ensure that the medical program’s clinical goals and measures are met at the clinic. The Assistant Medical Director will consult with the Medical Director and other County Leadership to identify program needs, supports and resources. The Assistant Medical Director will maintain positive cooperative working relationships with other departments.

Typical Tasks

• Responsible for the implementation of medical guidelines and clinical protocols that are in compliance with national standards and federal and state regulatory agencies.
• Leads medical oversight of utilization management, quality, and continuous process improvement at the clinic.
• Serves as Lead Clinician, provides direct patient care, and supervises all MDs, APCs, LCSWs.
• Consults with clinicians, ensures continuous communication, resolution of issues, appropriate coaching, and provides direction as needed on appropriate medical management of patients.
• Works in partnership and as the clinical counterpart to the Clinical Director to ensure efficient, patient centered clinical operations.
• In partnership and under direction with the Medical Director, assists in the planning, implementation, administration and evaluation of all clinical programs and services.
• Works with the Director of Quality to monitor and ensure clinical quality and create and implement improvement plans when necessary.
• In collaboration with Risk Management, reviews, investigates, and resolves patient complaints.
• Supervises onboarding and ongoing training of clinical staff for medical standards and guidelines, new or changed protocols, devices, or equipment.
• Ensures incident reporting is done in a timely manner.
• In conjunction with Human Relations and the Medical Director, participates in the recruitment of clinical staff.
• Leads regularly scheduled meetings with licensed staff to ensure that clinic operations support population health goals.
• Ensures compliance of licensed provider staff with the HSA mission and County policies as they relate to medical care.
• Provides advice and recommendations to the Medical Director on utilization of HSA’s clinical resources and medical issues at the clinic.

• Works in collaboration with other departments as needed.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education/Experience)

KNOWLEDGE

• Administration and Management
• Administrative
• Law and Government
• Personnel and Human Resources
• Medicine

SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Active Listening
• Management of Personnel Resources
• Service Orientation
• Systems Evaluation
• Instructing
• Negotiation
• Management of Financial Resources
• Learning Strategies
  

We recognize your time is valuable, please only apply if you meet the following required qualifications.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Medical Degree, Board Certified in Family Practice, Pediatrics or Internal Medicine from an accredited university; AND
• Two (2) or more years of post-residency experience in primary care clinical setting providing direct patient care; Experience to include patient care management, working knowledge of CPT and ICD-10 coding, formulary and authorization rules and requirements; AND

• Possession of a valid California medical license or eligible for a valid California Physician license.

Proof of education will be required for verification purposes at the time of application. Applicants who are unable to submit proof must call 209-558-7192 to make other arrangements. Failure to submit proof will result in disqualification.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS In addition to the minimum qualifications, applicant screening will focus on the following desirable qualifications. Please list any of these qualifications you may have within the "Duties" section of the online application.

• Minimum of one (1) year in a similar management position with Quality Management background; AND

• Qualify for or maintain active status on the medical staff of a community hospital

Application and Selection Procedures

APPLICATION PROCEDURES/FINAL FILING DATE Applications cannot be submitted later than 5:00 p.m. on the final filing date. Make your online application as complete as possible so a full and realistic appraisal may be made of your qualifications.
Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application.
Attaching your resume and cover letter are an optional feature for those who wish to do so in addition to completing the required application. Information on your resume and cover letter will not substitute for the education, work experience and required fields on the County application. The online County application is the primary tool used to evaluate your job qualifications.
EXAMINATION PROCESS
Most County recruitments consists of the steps detailed below and are governed by Merit Principles. The examination process ensures that all applicants are given the same opportunity to gain employment within Stanislaus County.

• Application Review and Screening. Applications are carefully screened based on information provided. Those who submit incomplete applications that lack relevant qualifications or do not submit all required documents will not be invited to move on.
• Written Examination. Applicants will be invited to participate in a written exam that tests knowledge for the position.
• Oral Examination. Applicants are invited to a panel interview in which they will be evaluated by County subject matter experts.
• Eligible Lists. Candidates who pass the examination will be placed on an eligible list for that classification. Eligible lists are effective for six months but may be extended up to eighteen months.

GENERAL INFORMATION CLASSIFICATION INFORMATION Unless otherwise provided, this position is part of the Unclassified Service of the County and considered “at will” for labor relations purposes. The individual selected will participate in the Stanislaus County Pay-for-Performance program, as well as receive additional benefits.
The Job Task Analysis provides information detailing the physical and functional demands of the classification. For the complete job task analysis, visit the Risk Management website at http://www.stancounty.com/riskmgmt/ under the "Disability" tab.
Note: The eligible list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill future extra-help, part-time and full-time vacancies throughout Stanislaus County.
Incumbents may also be subject to overtime, standby, callback, weekend, holiday and shift assignments as identified in their MOU (Memorandum of Understanding).
RECRUITMENT ACCOMMODATIONS Arrangements may be made to accommodate disabilities and religious convictions. Applicants requiring testing accommodations are required to complete and submit the Testing Accommodations Request Form prior to the test administration date. Special arrangements for religious convictions should be included in the "Additional Information" section of the application form.
GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Pass County-paid pre-employment job-related background investigation.
• Perform job duties in a manner assuring a safe working environment for oneself and others.
• Maintain confidential information according to the legal standards and/or County regulations as required.
• Some positions may be required to possess and maintain a valid California Driver’s License and meet County insurability requirements.

APPLICATION AND/OR EXAMINATION APPEAL RIGHTS Application and/or examination results may be appealed by applicants presenting facts alleging irregularity, fraud and/or error in application screening or in exam scoring. Appeals must be in writing and submitted to the Chief Executive Officer within seven (7) days after the examination results are emailed.
DISCLAIMER Stanislaus County reserves the right to revise the examination plan described in this flyer to better meet the needs of County service. The provisions of this bulletin do not constitute an express or implied contract. Any provision contained in this bulletin may be modified or revoked without notice. The information contained in the bulletin is information which sets forth a general summary of benefits for this respective position. This information is not legally binding. The benefits and other information regarding this position may be found in the Stanislaus County Code, the Stanislaus County Personnel Policies manual, or in the applicable Memorandum of Understanding(s), and such information prevails over information contained in this flyer. Questions regarding this bulletin may be directed to the Stanislaus County Chief Executive Office/Human Relations.

Benefits associated with this position can be found at Benefits Summary.

Closing Date/Time: Continuous

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