Neighborcare Health offers a robust benefit package: Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, 18+ days of Paid Time Off, 9-Paid Holidays, Retirement with Matching, Life & AD&D, Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, & More! This position is eligible for the Staff Referral Program.

Purpose

The Site Medical Director provides site and program leadership to ensure that the care provided meets Neighborcare Health’s goals for quality, productivity and patient satisfaction. They are responsible for provider hiring, orientation and training, performance management, and completion of annual individual learning conversations. In addition to clinical responsibilities, the Site Medical Director works with site and organizational leadership, as well as all members of the care team, to provide quality patient care. This role will work in partnership and joint accountability with other lead team members to achieve Neighborcare Health’s goals and follow its mission and guiding principles.  

About the clinics and the communities we care for: 

Meridian Clinic is co-located with Valley Cities and Public Health and provides medical, dental and behavioral health to a wide range of patients in North Seattle. It is the second largest primary care clinic at Neighborcare Health.   

In this position you will: 

Direct Clinical Work

• Provide patient care in continuity primary care clinic 
• Manage a panel of primary care patients alongside the 8 other PCPs
• Work within an established system with referrals, prior authorization, pharmacy, social work and behavioral health support 
• Epic EHR

• ** For interested Physicians, this position can OPTIONALLY include the opportunity to perform inpatient medicine attending work and/or OB deliveries (for Family Physicians) in partnership with a local Family Medicine residency. There is also the opportunity to provide prenatal care without deliveries ** 

Indirect Clinical Work

• Provide timely responses to EHR communications and test results. Provide feedback to appropriate teams and/or individuals when necessary.  
• Assure accurate and timely completion of all clinical records. Complete paperwork in a team-based approach. 
• Be “on call” three to four weeks a year, providing phone-based clinical support from home for critically abnormal labs etc.  
• (** Inpatient medicine and/or OB deliveries would require additional call responsibilities.)  

Supervision

• Admin work is 0.3 FTE (three half-days/week)
• Support and Supervise an enthusiastic group of physician, ARNP and PA-C primary care providers (8)
• Provide ongoing coaching and support to providers and other clinical staff related to clinical medicine, workflow, and patient experience of care. 
• Provide supervision to providers through direct interactions or chart review.  Work to ensure programs follow best clinical practices. 
• Hire, train and orient providers on clinical operations and functions. Address individual safety or performance issues - develop mitigation plans and coordinate with Clinic Administrator and/or the HR Team as needed. 

Administrative Duties

• Work as dyad partner with clinic administrator as clinical expert to operations
• Monitor and communicate productivity to providers in partnership with clinic administrator. 
• Participate in regularly scheduled Neighborcare leadership meetings and leadership development activities. 
• Be a clinical champion for quality goals and QI work. Work to resolve issues identified by the team and escalate to the site lead team as needed.  
• Leads a team of support staff to assure site services meet or exceed the expectations of patients, coworkers, the public, and community standards. 
• Develop and implement organizational and strategic goals and monitor key performance indicators. 
• Assist in credentialing of staff, trainees and volunteers. 

Required qualifications for this position include:

• Graduation from an accredited School of Medicine or Osteopathy 
• Completion of a Family Medicine or Internal Medicine residency
• Licensed as a Physician (MD/DO) in the State of Washington
• Current board certification (Family Medicine or Internal Medicine) as appropriate to credentials
• Current BLS Certification
• DEA License  

Preferred qualifications for this position include:

• Strong preference for experience as both a provider in direct patient care  
• Experience in leading and supervising people and/or teams 
• Contraceptive Implant Certification 
• Bilingual in a language frequently used by patients
• Experience prescribing buprenorphine or other treatments for opioid use disorders, including past completion of a buprenorphine waiver certification course or specific continuing education to satisfy the requirements for the DEA's Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act. 

Our Mission

The mission of Neighborcare Health is to provide comprehensive health care to families and individuals who have difficulty accessing care; respond with sensitivity to the needs of our culturally diverse patients; and advocate and work with others to improve the overall health status of the communities we serve.

About our Service Commitments

Our service commitments were created by staff members, leaders, board members and patients.  We use these as a guide and expectation for how we treat our patients and each other.  You may learn more about our service commitments here, https://neighborcare.org/about-us/service-commitments/

• Serving patients
• Serving each other
• A warm welcome
• Caring
• Respect
• Working together
• Trusting Relationship

About us

For 50 years, Neighborcare Health has been caring for our neighbors with essential medical and dental care, counseling, outreach, health education and more in Seattle, Vashon, and our newest dental clinic in Olympia!  Our purpose is to improve health by engaging, educating, and empowering people in the communities we serve.  We are looking to hire the best talent to support our culturally diverse workplace and community. 

Compensation 

The wage range for the MD/DO position is: minimum $74.50/hour up to $111.82/hour maximum.

Compensation will be determined based on years of relevant experience. 

Union:  No

Full job description will be provided during the interview process.