Health Center Medical Director at PrimeCare Health

Position Description: Provide direct patient care. Work directly with site’s Practice Manager, Assistant Practice Manager, and providers to ensure patient-centered, effective, and efficient medical home. Oversee site’s medical care and quality of services. Serve as role model for professionalism, visit expectations, and community service. Collaborate with site’s Practice Manager and Assistant Practice Manager to address challenges related to workflow, patient care, patient concerns, and incidents. Participate in recruitment, interviewing, hiring, and corrective action of health center providers. Onboard/orient new provider staff. Supervise/evaluate health center providers. Review/approve provider schedules, including requests for time off and availability for patient visits. Foster professional working relationship among all health care team members. Communicate with site staff regarding quality initiatives, policies and procedures, and visit expectations. Work with behavioral health staff to ensure effective integration of care. Attend regularly scheduled meetings with Chief Medical Officer. Support visit goals and participate in budgeting process. Participate in implementation of continuous quality improvement programs/activities. Lead site meetings. Collaborate in development and periodic review of written clinical policies, guidelines, and protocols for functioning of health center and clinician responsibilities.

May work at other sites in Cook County. 

 

Requirements: Medical Degree or foreign equivalent, Board Certified/Board Eligible (BC/BE) in Family Medicine. Must possess an Illinois State Medical license, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) License and CPR certification. Must be fluent in reading and writing English and Spanish.