Site Medical Director, Meridian

Purpose

The Site Medical Director provides clinic site leadership to ensure that the care provided meets Neighborcare Health’s goals for quality, patient access and patient experience. 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 all members of the care team to provide quality patient care. This role will work in partnership and joint accountability for the site with the Clinic Administrator and work collaboratively with the other site lead team members to achieve Neighborcare Health’s goals and follow its mission and guiding principles.

Neighborcare Health sees patients of all backgrounds, languages, housing environments, and insurance coverage. At Meridian, our most common language after English is Spanish, followed by Vietnamese, Amharic, Tigrinya, Arabic, Somali, Mongolian, Chinese, Pashto, Dari, Russian, etc. We provider care to patients of all ages.  We also provide prenatal care with a team consisting of Nurse Midwives and Family Medicine Physicians.  Patients and providers are supported by Nurses, Behavioral Health Consultants, Diabetes Educators, Social Work, and Eligibility Specialists. Meridian has onsite pharmacy, dental clinic and lab. Additionally, Meiridan clinic is collocated with Valley Cities and King County Department of Health.

Our patients see us for routine care including wellness exams, cancer screenings, and school physicals, as well as a wide variety of chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, mental health conditions, etc. We have a moderate-sized population of patients we see for chronic pain and/or substance use disorders and utilize buprenorphine in both oral or injectable forms. We also provide hormonal therapy for gender-affirming care as well as contraception and care for reproductive health. And have large pediatric population and see children from their first newborn visit into childhood, adolescence, and beyond. 

We love our community and enjoy being a part of a group of Neighborcare clinics in the North end of Seattle which includes our 45th St and Lake City clinic partners.

Nurse Practitioner are encouraged to apply.

Health, Wellness & Retirement benefits:   

• Medical, dental & vision insurance 
• Paid time off & paid holidays  
• Retirement with contribution match 
• Life & AD&D, pet insurance  
• Employee assistance program, & more!  

Compensation:  

• The target wage range for the MD/DO position is $174,595.20 to $219,970.40 annually.
• The target wage range for the ARNP position is $122,283.20 to $150,446.40 annually.
• Final offers are individually based on various factors, including skill set, years of experience, location, qualifications, work schedule and other job-related reasons. 

Primary Responsibilities:

  Leadership Duties

• Hire, train and orient providers on clinical operations and functions
• 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 and/or chart review
• Provide indirect clinical supervision to Medical Assistants, including Medical Clinic Supervisor
• Work to ensure the clinic team follows best clinical practices
• Provide onboarding and ongoing mentoring for individual provider’s growth and development
• Address individual provider safety or performance issues, develop improvement plans and coordinate with Clinic Administrator and/or the HR Team as needed

Administrative Duties

• Monitor and communicate patient access data to providers in partnership with Clinic Administrator
• Act as a clinical champion for quality performance and quality improvement activities
• Communicate program and individual provider quality and patient experience data with providers and clinic team
• Prepare and facilitate site All Staff, provider team and site leadership meetings, in collaboration with Clinic Administrator
• Participate in Neighborcare Health leadership trainings and meetings
• Address site issues identified by the
• Collaborate with Clinic Administrator to ensure clinic support staff are following Service Commitments
• Develop and implement clinic goals and key performance indicators in alignment with organizational strategic goals and initiatives
• Assist in timely credentialing of staff, trainees and volunteers

Direct Clinical Work

• Provide patient cente