Associate Medical Director jobs in Columbia, SC

Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc., a federally qualified health center, seeks a Full Time Associate Medical Director to assist the Medical Director. The Associate Medical Director is responsible for the overall direction of the medical staff and clinical activities of SMF. The Associate Medical Director provides medical advice and direction for all program and policy issues. The position is responsible for overall patient quality and quantity of health services delivered. 

Essential Functions Include:

• Clinical Leadership
• Patient Care
• Quality Improvement and Risk Management
• Laboratory and Nursing Oversight
• Oversight of Provider Credentialing & Privileging
• Business Development
• Commitment to Mission and Purpose

Responsibilities (limited details):

1. Assist in physician and midlevel provider staff recruitment, selection, and evaluation process.
2. Assist in defining the quality-of-care standards in alignment with key partners/payers for equitable comparisons and pay-for-performance benchmarks, including HEDIS and Meaningful Use measures and other recognized quality care standards.
3. Provide oversight, guidance, leadership, and direction to staff to ensure that workflow, personnel concerns, and other organizational issues are tended to and followed up on.
4. Provide care to SMF’s patients, within the scope and practice guidelines of their specialty, training, state and federal licensure, and certification.
5. Ensure peer review processes are consistently followed by all SMF providers.
6. Advise providers in meeting medical staffing requirements and scheduling medical providers at all SMF (9) health center locations.
7. Review the quality of care provided by SMF medical personnel through periodic chart reviews, the review of meaningful use reports, and provider evaluation processes.
8. Participate in and meet periodically with the Executive Team to help define quality, operational, and financial goals.
9. Track Provider supervisory review processes of all mid-level providers continuously.
10. Assist in developing and implementing clinical policies, procedures, and protocols.
11. Oversee QI/QA Committee.
12. Other duties as assigned.

Supervision:

Nursing, Providers

Education, Experience, Licensure/Certification, and Skills/Abilities Related Requirements:

• Board certified or eligible in the required specialty; South Carolina license to practice medicine.
• Nurse Practitioner degree from an accredited school with at least 2 years of supervision and 5 years of practice experience preferred.
• Doctor of Medicine degree from an accredited medical college is with at least five years of clinical experience and two years of management experience.
• Experience in Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) preferred.
• Master of Public Health and/or MBA preferred.
• Ensure the ability to bill through Medicaid and Medicare with no history of fraud.
• National Practitioner Data Bank: In good standing
• Hold valid Federal DEA licensing.

• 401k
• 401k matching
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• PTO and Sick Leave
• Employee EAP Program