School-Based Health Center Medical Director - MD Family Medicine

PrimeCare Health - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Senior

Chicago, IL

About the position

The School-Based Health Center Medical Director is a member of the health center leadership team and provides leadership, guidance and motivation to ensure the best environment for quality patient-centered care. The Health Center Medical Director is responsible for the oversight of all medical care and quality of services provided at the school-based health center.

Responsibilities

• Works directly with the health center Practice Manager and providers to ensure a patient-centered, productive and efficient medical home and address challenges related to work flow, patient care, patient concerns, and incidents
• Oversees the medical care and quality of services provided at the health center and ensures compliance with policies and procedures
• Serves as a role model for professionalism, productivity and service to the community and is the primary liaison between PrimeCare and the school
• Participates in the recruitment, interviewing, and hiring of health center providers and supervises and evaluates health center providers
• Fosters a professional working relationship amongst all members of the health care teams and with the school's administration
• Works with the behavioral health staff to ensure the effective integration of care
• Leads health center staff meetings
• Collaborates in the development and periodic review of written clinical policies, guidelines and protocols for the functioning of the health center and responsibilities of the clinicians
• Provides care to patients in a school-based health center, including care to community members of all ages
• Participates in, and provides, after-hours call coverage, as assigned
• Prescribes or administers treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury
• Orders, performs, and interprets tests and analyzes records, reports, and examination information to diagnose patients' condition
• Completes charting in Athena and required paperwork within 72 business hours
• Works one (1) evening each week and one (1) Saturday every four (4) weeks
• Provides 3 full days (6 sessions) of clinical care in school-based health center
• Provides 1 full day (2 sessions) of clinical care at another site, location TBD
• Provides 1 full day (2 sessions) of administrative time - 1 session for clinical and 1 session for director work
• Participates in health center and provider meetings

Requirements

• Bilingual Spanish/English or Polish/English preferred, but not required
• Board certification in specialty must be kept current
• Unrestricted, active license to practice as Family Medicine MD or DO within the State of Illinois
• Active, current Controlled Substance license within the State of Illinois and federal DEA certificate, without restriction
• Up-to-date provider-level BLS CPR
• Prior experience in a school-based health center and federally qualified health center
• Experience with Athena EMR is helpful

Benefits

• Eligibility for NHSC Loan Repayment or State Loan Repayment programs
• 27 days of PTO each year, accrued each pay period
• 3 personal days
• 1 floating holiday
• 8 paid holidays
• $3,000 annual CME allowance and 5 days of CME time
• FTCA Coverage (no external malpractice or tail coverage required)
• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage available the 1st of the month following 30 days
• Company-paid life, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
• Discretionary 403(b) match and profit sharing after meeting service requirements
• Flexible spending accounts
• Accident & critical illness coverage
• Pet insurance