DEPARTMENT 67142 - Outpatient Stroke Clinic Med Plaza
LOCATION 311 9th Street North Naples FL 34102
WORK TYPE Full Time
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JOB SUMMARY
The Physician reports directly to the NCH Physician Groups CMO and the Physicians primary responsibility is to insure the clinical excellence of Medical Services and to fulfill these responsibilities in a manner consistent with the fiscal responsibilities of the NCH Physician Group. This role is a broad one requiring the following types of functions:
Administrative Managerial Clinical Administrative Supervisory Direct clinical care Educational Public relations
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Other duties may be assigned.
• Communication with Administrative and Clinical Staff The Physician is expected to develop an active communication strategy with the medical and other staff to keep them informed about requirements regarding the conduct of their work.
• Organizational and Medical Ethics The Physician is responsible for defining, focusing, and resolving problems in collaboration with other Physicians who are a part of the NCH Physician Group as well as other members of the clinical and administrative staff.
• Strategic Planning The Physician in conjunction with the Senior Leadership of the NCH Physician Group is responsible for development of their practices strategic plan, including long and short-term goals and objectives. The strategic plan will be evaluated annually and the results reported to the NCH Physician Groups Board of Directors through the Chief Medical Officer.
• Performance Improvement The Physician is responsible for following the performance evaluation program created by the Quality Care Committee.
• Physician Recruitment The Physician is responsible for facilitating the recruitment of high-quality physicians and other professional personnel for the NCH Physician Group.
• Contracting The Physician is responsible for understanding the contracts into which NCH Physician Group enters, which have the potential for drawing upon or significantly impacting upon clinical care.
• Litigation The Physician is responsible for helping the NCH Physician Group administrative team prepare for and respond to all litigation in which it is involved.
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Philosophy of Care The Physician is responsible for exemplifying in personal and professional conduct the clinical and administrative tone that emanates for the philosophy of care and thus sets the tone for all the professional and administrative staff.
• Performance Improvement The Physician is responsible for assuring that the NCH Physician Groups Medical Services are run in such a manner that the integrity and quality of the clinical programs are protected, fostered, and improved.
• Oversees all medical care provided. • Supervises the Advanced Practice Nurses, ARNPs, and Physician Assistants, PAs who practice under their direction.
• Designs, develops, and implements clinical programs fashioned to provide clinical care and activities related to medical treatment of patients in an efficient, effective, economic, and feasible manner.
• Oversees the medical Services and clinical procedures to ensure their appropriateness, quality, and integration as a part of the NCH Physician Groups clinical program.
• Oversees a process of effective, sufficient, and efficient clinical staffing.
• Provides clinical administrative consultations necessary to effect or expedite high-quality patient care and provides clinical consultations as requested by medical staff members.
• Ensures the effective protection and implementation of the patients bill of rights.
• Provides direct patient care in those instances where it is necessary for the patients well-being.
• Serves as liaison to the medical staff to ensure matters of medical importance are conveyed to the Board of Directors.
CLINICAL SUPERVISION
• The Physician is responsible for the direct supervision of the licensed clinicians and ARNPs and PAs.
• The Physician should also ensure a program for the supervision and orientation of all new Advanced Practice Nurses and medical staff.
• The Physician is also responsible for the direct clinical supervision when necessary for medical staff whose practice has been such that such supervision is deemed necessary to ensure integrity of the quality of patient care.
• Problem Solving The Physician is responsible for resolving immediate clinical problems which arise affecting patient care.
• Develop policies, procedures, and programs to identify the needs of the clinical and administrative staff to correct knowledge or skill deficits, to accomplish the continued professional development of the clinical and administrative staff.
• Represent NCH Physician Group in the community through interviews, lectures, organized consultations, and other appropriate activities.
• Strategic Planning It is the Physicians responsibility to be actively involved in developing long-range strategies to ensure the NCH Physician Groups future clinical and economic success. This involves both short-term and long-term planning.
• Marketing Plan The Physician should be actively involved in the development and implementation of an on-going marketing plan. The Physician should provide advice, guidance regarding the appropriateness and effectiveness of this plan and be willing to play an active role in this plan through community lectures, TV or radio appearances, and such other public presentations that appropriately support this work.
• Clinical Marketing The Physician is responsible for helping to develop and implement a program of clinical marketing providing for the NCH Physician Groups participation in a variety of public health efforts geared toward educating the community regarding the nature of the medical services, removing destructive barriers to care, assisting in the primary prevention of mental illness, and facilitating the appropriate referral of affected individuals to the most appropriate level of care and type of service.
MANAGED CARE
• Enhance administrative and medical staff awareness, knowledge, and skill to operate collaboratively within a managed care environment.
• Participate as needed in managed care negotiations.
• Review all managed care contracts for clinical feasibility prior to final approval.
• Participate and assist NCH Physician Group in responding to appeals, denials, and other key communications with third-party payers.
• Remain personally educated and knowledgeable regarding relevant developments in the contemporary management of care.
REPORTING
• The Physician is authorized to appropriately delegate the accomplishment of the Physicians responsibilities to other competent, qualified physicians or other professional administrative personnel.
• The accomplishment of these tasks remains, however, the Physicians ultimate responsibility.
• It is the Physicians responsibility to carry out all other duties and responsibilities in order to meet the clinical and administrative needs necessary to achieve NCH Physician Groups goals and objectives.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience obtained during formal education.
• Licensed in the State of Florida.
• Basic Life Support BLS certification required from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association within 3 months of hire OR Advanced Life Support ALS certification required from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association as deemed necessary by the Physicians specialty and/or scope of practice within 3 months of hire.
• Must be Board Certified in area of specialty or Board Eligible with completion of Board Certification within one year of employment.
• Intermediate computer knowledge, using Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Windows.