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Primary Care Physician/Medical Director
Thome PACE

Status: Full-Time, 32 hours/week, Exempt
Shift: Days, 8:00am-4:30pm

Thome PACE® serves Jackson, Lenawee, and Hillsdale counties providing participants a wide range of medical and supportive services in our Day Clinic located in Jackson, Michigan or in the comfort of their own homes.

The Thome PACE team of healthcare professionals specialize in working with the senior community to help participants and their family members make positive healthcare decisions and receive the care they deserve.

Join our team of compassionate and skilled staff and love your career!

Benefits: Be part of an organization that values their team members and knows the importance of providing a supportive community.

PLUS
– Affordable and layered benefit plans for individuals that are hired for 30 or more hours/week, Voluntary benefit options (including Life Insurance) for team members hired for 16-29 hours/week, Retirement Savings Plan (with potential employer match), Wellness Initiatives, Education Tuition Assistant, 5 STAR staff rating, Paid Time Off, 6 Paid Holidays per year PLUS a paid Floating Holiday and a paid Birthday Holiday, Free Parking, DAILYPAY, and MORE!

Job Summary:
As Thome PACE Medical Director/Primary Care Physician, this position will provide direction to Thome PACE related to the medical delivery of care by providers and ensure the delivery of quality health care services.

Supports and directs Thome PACE medically-related committee work.

As Primary Care Physician, you are responsible for providing direct primary medical care to all participants of the program.

As the Medical Director/Primary Care Physician, you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties.

The Medical Director is responsible for Physician and Nurse Practitioner oversight.

Primary Responsibilities
Every effort has been made to make your job description as complete as possible.

However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform.

The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is a logical assignment to the position.

Medical Director
Assumes overall accountability and responsibility for the medical care of participants at Thome PACE.

Assumes overall accountability and responsibility for quality improvement at Thome PACE.

Provides leadership and medical expertise in the development of medical policies, procedures and guidelines.

Responsible for the development of Thome PACE clinical standards and medical practice guidelines and protocols.

Maintains medical policies / standards and protocols, which are reviewed annually by Medical Advisory Committee.

Chairs the Medical Advisory Committee and Co-Leads the Quality Improvement Committee.

Services as member of the Ethics, Utilization Review, and Pharmacy Review Committees and provides input regarding medical care as needed.

Maintains an active role with the other PACE physicians and medical directors.

Make Total Quality Systems (TQS) a part of everyday operations (implement TQS process as approved).

Responsible for delivery of care and clinical outcomes.

Provides medical guidance and supervision of medical services activities.

Provides oversight of the QAPI Plan.

Reviews all quality of care issues and oversees the development and implementation of quality of care corrective action plans.

Participates in the oversight, training and education of the interdisciplinary team.

Coordinates performance appraisal of the Primary Care Physician and NPs.

Develops educational and other programs to build the skills of participating providers.

In conjunction with Contract designee manages all communication with the provider network.

Represents Thome PACE to external agencies, professional groups and regulatory agencies and organizations as required.

Demonstrates necessary skills and knowledge as outlined in position-specific competency requirements.

Primary Care Physician
Performs comprehensive history and physical on new referrals.

Performs interval history and physicals on established participants completed semi-annually or as indicated.

Assists in the development, implementation and evaluation of the Plan of Care.

Evaluates and treats participants with episodic illnesses.

Refers participants to medical specialists as indicated.

Oversees care of participants cross all settings.

Regulates and adjusts participant’s medications as needed.

Educate participants and families on preventive health maintenance of chronic medical conditions, advanced directives and end of life care.

Actively participates in family conferences.

Coordination of 24-hour care delivery.

Documents participant changes appropriately in the medical record and communicates participant changes to team members.

Participates as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team.

Participates in PCP on-call rotation.

Staff Development
Attend and participate in workshops, seminars, etc., to keep abreast of current changes in the health care and housing fields, as well as to maintain a professional status.

Participant Rights
Ensure that participant’s rights to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property and civil rights, including the right to a prompt response to complaints, are maintained at all times.

Mission Compliance
Serve as an advocate of the facility mission and philosophy of care to participants, family members, visitors, etc.

Respect and honor the life which each participant has lived.

Participate in problem solving in a manner that reflects the facility mission and philosophy of care.

Required Qualifications
Must possess, as a minimum, an M.D.

or DO with current state of Michigan license.

DEA registration and the ability to obtain and maintain staff privileges at Thome PACE contracted agencies.

Board certified in Internal Medicine or Family Practice with advanced training and certification in geriatrics, hospice and palliative medicine preferred.

Immunizations: Be medically cleared for communicable diseases and have all immunizations up-to-date before engaging in direct participant contact.

Act within the scope of his or her authority to practice.

Meet a standardized set of competencies for the specific position description established by Thome PACE and approved by CMS before working independently and annually.

Experience
Experience working in a managed care environment and working with peers and other health providers to resolve utilization, quality management, performance improvement, pharmacy and therapeutics, peer review, credentialing, and physician leadership issues.

Minimum 3 years of experience in a lead administrative role.

Minimum of 1-year primary care experience with the frail and elderly or long-term care population.

Skills and Knowledge
Must be self-directed, flexible and committed to the team concept.

Able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.

Possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel and the general public.

Function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with older adults, personnel, and support organizations

Core Competencies

• Know, teach and live out the Mission, Guiding Beliefs of UMRC & Porter Hills.

• Manage from a position of compassion, passion and servitude.

• Customer Service is key to relationships within and outside the organization.

Make this a program achievement.

Every effort has been made to make your job description as complete as possible.

However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform.

The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is a logical assignment to the position.

Disclaimer:
UMRC & Porter Hills are a federally funded program through CMS and the State of Michigan.

All employees are expected to adhere to the Participant Rights.

UMRC & Porter Hills provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetics in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.