Medical Director - Full-time / Part-time

Premise Health is seeking a full time Medical Director to provide primary care and clinical leadership with our employer based direct clinic in Houston, TX   

What makes this opportunity unique:    

• Practice evidence based medicine where you are not paid for production
• Bottom line is measured by the quality of patient care
• A work life balance that is not just promised
• A collaborative approach with a focus on each individual patient
• Practice in a supportive, collaborative environment
• Less paperwork and administration time
• Ability to tap into a national clinical information infrastructure

Essential Functions:    

• Conducts histories, physical exams and prescribes medical treatment.
• Provides a spectrum of high-quality, person-focused, and often comprehensive health care services that may include episodic, preventive, occupational and/or primary health care to patients depending on the needs of the client.
• Oversees the site(s) clinical practices and procedures.
• Participates in the development of annual health center goals and objectives.
• Drives outcomes for site across clinical programs Participate in the development of policies and guidelines (clinical and administrative) to correct and improve service to the client/account.
• May meet with prospective physician and provider candidates to support assessment of clinical quality and cultural fit.  May be requested to teach/train precepts and provide mentoring to site physicians and staff providers
• Partners with DCO and operations team members to drive member engagement and increased utilization.
• Demonstrates clinical subject matter expertise appropriate to the services rendered at the health center.
• May serve as collaborative physician for advanced practice providers.
• Other duties as assigned to support the safe and effective operation and function of the heath center(s), business, and to ensure that services meet standards of high-quality, cost-effective care.

Requirements:   

Education:   

• Licensed to practice medicine in each state of practice/oversite
• Federal DEA license (matching each state of practice/oversite)
• State Narcotic/Controlled Substance license if required in your state
• Current board certificate (ABMS, AMA or AOA) or board eligibility must sit for boards with 1 year of hire
• CPR (BLS for the Healthcare Provider/Professional Rescuer or ACLS-the copy must include the front and back of card as applicable) Certification must include “hands on” evaluation of skills by the trainer/instructor. Total on-line courses will not be accepted. Course must also meet the American Heart Association (AHA) standards but need not be an AHA certificate.

  Experience:   

• 3 – 5 years minimum in family practice, emergency room, ambulatory care, or occupational health settings
• Minimum 3 years management/leadership experience within the healthcare industry may be preferred

  Knowledge and Skills:   

• Demonstrated interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Superior verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills, confident in all settings with individuals at all levels of the organization, both internal and external
• Knowledge and experience with electronic medical records strongly preferred.