Residential Care Medical Director jobs in District of Columbia

Description

• Provide leadership for all medical providers in the market
  
• Collaborate with Human Resources for the practice needs
  
• Assist in the recruitment, screening and interviewing of new medical provider candidates
  
• Ensure compliance with applicable requirements, laws, and regulations to maintain the quality-of-care documentation
  
• Ensure practice and providers remain current with mental health trends, evidence-based care and appropriate billing and coding practices.
  
• Provide direct feedback to leadership regarding the strategic functioning of the program and work collaboratively with directors to identify/meet the program goals
  
• Represent the medical staff at all Leadership Team meetings
  
• Promote quality communication between therapy provider and medical provider team
  
• Help facilitate the onboarding process including coordinating training for new medical providers
  
• Monitor applicable communication channels (e.g., Teams, Valant Secure Message, Flock) for requests for assistance from medical providers and internal communication
  
• Review all time off requests for medical providers and approve or deny in a timely manner
  
• Actively investigate morale among medical providers on a regular basis
  
• Respond to day-to-day operations and issues in a supportive and directive manner
  
• Address medical provider team when corrective action is necessary in a supportive and guiding manner
  
• Conduct medical provider peer pod meetings on a regular basis
  
• Assist in the development of new policies and procedures for medical providers, notifying and instructing them on said policies accordingly
  
• Responsible for other tasks assigned by the Management for effective practice operations
  
• Coordinates implementation of new programs and initiatives with the operational team
  
• Ensure productivity of medical providers
• Other duties as assigned

• Graduate of an Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) approved Physician Assistant training program or Master’s degree or higher in Advanced Practice Registered Nursing (APRN)
  
• Current state Physician Assistant license, valid and in good standing or Current state Nurse Practitioner license, valid and in good standing
  
• Certification by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) or nationally certified as a Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) with prescriptive authority
  
• Knowledge of psychotropic medication indications, contraindications, dosing, and side effects
  
• Knowledge of state/federal rules and regulations as they apply to the practice of medicine in mental health
  
• Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of psychiatric care
  
• Knowledge of medical terminology and pharmacology
  
• Understand and comply with HIPAA
  
• Strong computer abilities and proficiency with electronic medical records
  
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work well with a team, especially in stressful situations
  
• CPR Certified (or willing to get certification) through an accredited program
  
• Desire to do a thorough job in a fast-paced environment
  
• Ability to train and coach other medical providers
  
• Creating a safe, effective work environment
  
• Maintain patient and employee confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential
• Experience in outpatient mental health
  
• Knowledge of current standards, principles, and practices of psychiatric care
  
• Knowledge of current and emerging trends in technologies, techniques, methods, issues, and approaches in mental health
  
• Knowledge of developmental and health issues of emerging adults
  
• Specialization within psychiatry via CAQ, PMHNP or PCNS
  
• Previous leadership experience