Associate Medical Director

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The Associate Medical Director (AMD) plays a vital role as a clinical leader within our primary care team, merging clinical practice with leadership and operational oversight to guarantee exceptional patient care while adhering to Value-Based Care (VBC) principles. This position is tailored to specific markets or centers, requiring adaptability in responsibilities and a unique combination of clinical management, financial insight, and strategic collaboration to enhance both patient care and business results.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership & Organizational Management:
  • Analyze organizational and market priorities, trends, and objectives to formulate a clinical strategy that enhances clinical talent and performance.
  • Recruit, hire, and oversee clinical teams to cultivate a high-quality workforce that emphasizes patient-first culture and talent retention.
  • Engage closely with clinicians and care teams through weekly onsite visits, regular one-on-one meetings, and active participation in monthly leadership discussions.
  • Support and enhance primary care clinician performance by understanding individual and team contexts, utilizing data effectively, and providing impactful coaching.
  • Participate in regular market performance meetings focusing on clinical, financial, and operational topics such as Medical Risk Adjustment (MRA), budgeting, staffing, and clinical initiatives.
  • Promote our senior-focused primary care strategic vision and initiatives while building relationships with stakeholders, including health plan partners and healthcare providers, to enhance community care.
  • Represent our organization in local communities and media engagements while collaborating with recruitment teams to establish a network of high-quality primary care clinicians.
• Clinical/Patient Management:
  • Develop a strong patient-centered and value-based clinical vision and culture that prioritizes excellence in patient care and teamwork.
  • Achieve outstanding clinical performance in patient experience, quality of care, clinical outcomes, and reduction of avoidable utilization.
  • Regularly review clinician charts to identify care improvement opportunities, ensuring accurate clinical assessments and targeted performance coaching.
  • Identify critical issues for high-risk patients during case reviews and drive clinical excellence through modeling best practices.
  • Conduct root cause analyses of care opportunities from individual, team, and systemic perspectives, collaborating with clinical and operational colleagues to enhance care reliability.
  • Ensure effective co-management of high-risk care episodes with the Care Integration Team (CIT) to improve clinical outcomes and reduce avoidable utilization.
  • Oversee daily patient care initiatives to enhance team-based key performance indicators (KPIs), such as patient experience and Medicare clinical quality metrics.
  • Provide high-quality primary care, demonstrating ownership and excellence in age-friendly senior primary care, including health promotion, disease management, and complex care management.
  • Allocate 20-30% of time to direct patient care, with the remainder dedicated to administrative tasks, subject to market needs and staffing levels.
• Dyad Partnership:
  • Collaborate with operational leaders and Shared Services partners to align clinical and operational objectives, strategic planning, and budgeting.
  • Maintain consistent communication to ensure alignment on performance, strategies, and team management, fostering unified decision-making.
  • Work towards shared goals that support the mission, vision, values, and overall patient experience outcomes, managing clinic dynamics and engagement.
  • Partner on strategic and operational insights, including budgeting, while monitoring clinical and financial performance metrics.
  • Review clinician schedules and incentive plans to ensure alignment with patient care access and management objectives.

Utilize Your Skills to Make a DifferenceRequired Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited medical school (MD/DO) with a valid medical license, meeting state licensure requirements.
• Board Certification in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Geriatric Medicine.
• A minimum of five years of experience in outpatient practice, with a focus on primary care, senior health, and value-based care.
• At least three years of successful leadership experience with clinicians, demonstrating a positive impact on talent, culture, and performance.
• Proficient in clinical technology platforms, including EMR systems and clinical evidence resources.
• This position involves patient interaction and participation in the Tuberculosis (TB) screening program; TB screening will be required if selected.
• Compliance with the organization's flu vaccine policy is mandatory for selected candidates.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Compensation Range

The salary range provided reflects a good faith estimate of the starting base pay for full-time employment (40 hours per week) at the time of posting. Actual pay may vary based on geographic location and individual qualifications, including skills, experience, education, and certifications.

$310,000 - $368,500 per year

This position is eligible for a bonus incentive plan based on individual and/or company performance.

Description of Benefits

Our organization offers a competitive benefits package designed to support overall well-being. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) retirement savings plan, paid time off (including holidays and parental leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, and various other opportunities.

About Us

Our Senior Primary Care division provides proactive and preventive care to seniors, encompassing wellness visits, physical exams, chronic condition management, screenings, and minor injury treatment. As part of our Primary Care Organization, our innovative, value-based approach ensures that each patient receives optimal care when needed most and at the lowest cost. We address not only physical health but also the social, emotional, behavioral, and financial factors that influence our patients' well-being.

We are committed to creating integrated and personalized healthcare experiences that prioritize our patients. As a leading provider of senior-focused primary care and home healthcare, we focus on the holistic health of our patients, addressing their physical, emotional, and social wellness.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Our organization is dedicated to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status. We actively promote affirmative action to employ and advance individuals with disabilities or protected veteran status, ensuring that all employment decisions are based solely on valid job requirements.