Clinician Lead

POSITION TITLE: Clinician Lead

REPORTS TO (TITLE): Medical Director

SALARY RANGE:  NP/PA $137,167 - $185,989 DOE

                                Physician - $218,009 - $263,380 DOE

Job Summary: The Clinician Lead works closely with the Medical Director, Site Director, and Clinic Manager to ensure effective and efficient clinic operations of their respective office/clinic. In collaboration with the Leadership Team, the Clinician Lead will develop clinical standards and a set of core commitments for patient care. The Clinician Lead will partner with clinicians and support staff to develop a strategic plan for the clinic, implement clinical standards and honor the SRCH commitment to providing high quality patient care.

Specific Tasks/Duties Include:

• Participate in the Caritas Quality Committee meetings to improve the quality of all services provided by the clinic.
• Work with clinic manager to improve and maintain access to care and information for patients, community groups, and clinic staff.
• Organize and lead meetings of all clinicians and of teams.
• Facilitate the building of highly functioning care teams.
• Work closely with the Site Director and Clinic Manager in development of the teamwork culture toward optimization of patient access, workflows, quality improvement and other areas of development identified to improve clinic systems.
• Work closely with the Nurse Practitioner Fellows and Residents in expanding their role in their specialty area of primary care.
• Ensure that each clinician has a high-quality annual review in collaboration with the Medical Director.
• Ensure clinical review to ensure high quality adherence to standards.
• Work with individual clinicians when there are areas of growth identified.
• Assure that for each clinic session there is a designated provider willing and available to the clinic staff to answer questions and/or sign papers in a timely manner.
• Supervise providers in performance, including but not limited to: their punctuality, attendance at office meetings, timeliness of documentation and panel and jellybean management according to SRCH and site standards.
• Participate in ongoing training.
• Other duties as assigned.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

• Current Physician, Physician Assistant, or Nurse Practitioner.

Experience:

• Demonstrates leadership as a clinician at SRCH.
• Administrative and/or supervisory experience preferred.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Demonstrates proficiency with all tasks on the most current Clinician Lead competency list.
• Demonstrates knowledge of compliance issues within the community clinic environment.
• Demonstrates a willingness to report any incident that is unusual or incompatible with accepted clinic procedures.
• Complies with HIPAA policies.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to be sensitive with persons of various social, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds.
• Demonstrates ability to give feedback to peers in a constructive manner.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize projects, work relatively independently, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Communicates respectfully with co-workers and effectively in team settings.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Good judgment, problem solving and decision-making skills.

SRCH is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, this position is frequently required to do the following:

• Use standard office equipment and access, input, and retrieve information from a computer. Use computer keyboard with manual and finger dexterity and wrist-finger speed sufficient to perform repetitive actions efficiently for extended periods of time.
• Communicate effectively in person or via telephone in a manner which can be understood by those with whom the person is speaking, including a diverse population.
• Give and follow verbal and written instructions with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Perform complex mental functions and basic arithmetic functions; interpret complex laws, regulations, and policies; collect, interpret, and/or analyze complex data and information.
• Vision: see details of objects at close range.
• Coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Reach forward, up, down, and to the side.
• Sit or stand for minimum periods of one hour at a time and come and go from the work area repeatedly throughout the day.
• Lift up to 20 pounds.
• Travel to other office and community locations.

SRCH provides reasonable accommodation for individuals with a physical or mental disability to apply for jobs and to perform the essential functions of their jobs unless it would cause an undue hardship.