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LOCATION
Mobile, Alabama
POSTED
5 days ago
Overview:
NaphCare is seeking an experienced Medical Director (MD/DO) to join our team of healthcare professionals at the Mobile County Jail in Mobile, Alabama.
This is an exceptional opportunity for a physician who is passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centered care while providing clinical leadership in a dynamic correctional healthcare environment. As the Medical Director, you will lead a multidisciplinary medical team, oversee the delivery of comprehensive healthcare services, and play a vital role in ensuring safe, effective, and evidence-based care for a medically complex patient population.
In this leadership role, you will help shape clinical operations, support quality improvement initiatives, ensure regulatory compliance, and mentor medical staff all while making a meaningful impact on an underserved population.
Responsibilities:
As the Medical Director, you will provide clinical oversight while delivering high-quality medical care and ensuring healthcare services meet all applicable clinical, regulatory, and accreditation standards. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Conducting rounds in the medical and infirmary units
Performing sick call visits and managing chronic care
Responding to and initiating care for medical emergencies
Leading quality improvement initiatives to evaluate and enhance healthcare services
Coordinating, leading, and participating in educational and training activities
Supervising Staff Physicians and other medical personnel
Ensuring compliance with federal, state, and facility regulations, including court mandates and accreditation standards
Collaborating with nursing leadership, correctional staff, and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals to ensure exceptional patient care
Supporting operational excellence through effective clinical leadership, communication, and teamwork
Qualifications:
Experience / Requirements / Qualifications
Medical Degree (MD or DO)
Current, unrestricted physician license in the State of Alabama
Current DEA Registration
Current BLS Certification (AHA required)
Board Certified by a specialty recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)
Demonstrated leadership experience directing physicians and multidisciplinary healthcare teams
Strong clinical background with knowledge of current medical practices, evidence-based medicine, and quality improvement principles
Excellent communication, organizational, and decision-making skills
Working knowledge of applicable healthcare laws, correctional healthcare standards, and regulatory requirements
Ability to maintain confidentiality of all proprietary and protected health information
Demonstrates integrity, professionalism, and adherence to NaphCare's Code of Conduct and all correctional healthcare policies and procedures
Must successfully pass the facility's criminal background check and drug screening
Physical Capabilities:
Must have the ability to stand for long periods, lift and move patients (up to 50 pounds), bend, squat, reach, push, pull, walk significant distances, and perform physically demanding tasks like CPR, all while maintaining good balance and endurance throughout a shift.
Why Join NaphCare?
NaphCare is one of the largest providers of healthcare services to correctional facilities throughout the US and we are growing. If you have never considered a career in correctional healthcare, now may be the time. In addition to competitive salaries and generous employee benefits, we strongly support career advancement within the company.
NaphCare Benefits for Full-Time Employees Include:
Health, dental & vision insurance that starts day one!
Prescriptions free of charge through our health plan, beginning day one!
Lowest Cost Benefits!
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services
401K and Roth with company contribution that starts day one!
Tuition Assistance
Referral bonuses
Term life insurance at no cost to the employee
Generous paid time off & paid holidays
Free continuing education and CMEs
NaphCare has a partnership with NetCE that provides CEU/CME for our staff. NetCE uses a rigorous peer review process to ensure that all activities and content are up to date. This service streamlines continuing education for all NaphCare Employees to meet state specific requirements for maintaining licensing.
If you would like to speak with me to learn more about this position and NaphCare, apply directly to the position to initiate the application process, and I’ll be in touch.
NaphCare is dedicated to implementing cost-effective, quality services according to our clients' needs.
Because every facility is unique, we tailor our services to meet each client's respective needs. We deliver solutions based on your requests rather than telling you how to run your facility. NaphCare evaluates, evolves, and adapts our programs according to not only client needs, but also the ever-changing field of correctional healthcare.
When you choose NaphCare, you choose a proactive, preventive healthcare provider. We focus on a “Day One” mentality, providing care up front and without delay. Our clients experience greater efficiency, a reduction in unnecessary costs, and transfer their legal liability, all without giving up their independence. NaphCare is leading the way with an all-in-one approach to correctional healthcare that provides services unique to your facility.
Personal Attention
With NaphCare, people come first. We are proud of our company culture and ability to connect with our clients on a personal level, and it is NaphCare's mission to continue our history of personalized service. Care is not reserved simply for the patients entrusted to us, but also for our client partners. We care for our clients by providing efficient services to reduce their costs, communicating regularly about our services, listening to the client, providing accountability through continuous quality studies and reporting, and working with integrity at all times.
Company Consistency
Also, as an independent healthcare partner, we are free from complex partnerships and distant investors that limit our competitors' responsiveness. NaphCare has not undergone any corporate reorganization or restructuring since the company was founded in 1989, and has no plans to do so in the future. This stability, along with planned and structured growth, ensures that our client partners receive personal attention from our administrative and medical support team at our headquarters.
Financial Stability
NaphCare is a financially stable and fiscally responsible company. Throughout our history, we have maintained steady, measured growth, more stable than sweeping corporate changes. Our clients do not have to worry about drastic shifts in our company and how such changes will affect their services.
One of the best indicators of a company's financial stability is its ability to secure insurance and a bonding line. NaphCare is proud of our ability to provide performance bonds, rather than letters of credit. Due to our financial strength, NaphCare has exceptional insurance programs that indemnify our clients against litigation regarding healthcare services.