Adolescent Medicine - Physician - Medical Director - Mount Sinai Adolescent School Based Health Center - Manhattan NY
Adolescent Medicine - Physician - Medical Director - Mount Sinai Adolescent School Based Health Center - Manhattan NY
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Job Description
The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center seeks a Medical Director for its School Based Health Centers.
Description Job Title: Medical Director School Based Health Centers
Grade: Faculty
Reports to: Deputy Medical Director of Primary Care Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center
Primary Purpose:
The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (MSAHC or the Center) works to break down racial social and economic barriers to health care and wellness for young people by providing vital services high quality comprehensive integrated and confidential for all who come to the Center or school based health facilities at no cost to them. The MSAHC advances adolescent and young adult health as a national imperative by serving as a leading center of clinical care specialized training innovative research and advocacy.
The School Based Health Center (SBHC) Medical Director is responsible for overseeing the operations of the SchoolBased Health Center program and works collaboratively with MSAHC Deputy Medical Directors to ensure that medical services at the MSAHC School Based Health Centers are developed and managed in accordance with MSAHCs mission strategic direction and business position.
The School Based Health Medical Director will direct activities of the medical and mental health staff and ensure that services are delivered in accordance with Mount Sinais policies and procedures New York State regulations and guidelines funder guidelines and established best practices in adolescent medicine. In conjunction with the Deputy Medical Directors of the MSAHC the SBHC Medical Director will establish approve and implement policies related to the provision of medical services within the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center School Based Health Centers.
Illustrative Job Responsibilities:
- Direct Patient Care
- Direct Outpatient Care at SBHCs and MSAHC and inpatient coverage at Mount Sinai;
- Provide coverage of schoolbased health center physicians and midlevel practitioners in the event of staff absence.
- Administrative Duties
In collaboration with the MSAHC Deputy Medical Directors ensure that the MSAHC SBHCs operate effectively and efficiently and that interdisciplinary services become wellintegrated. Help to ensure a patientcentric culture in which students in need of service are provided competent caring and integrated care and where staff feel supported appreciated respected and can do their best work and know how their specific work and the work of others contributes to success.
- Supervision Evaluation and Collaboration
- Supervise the overall development management and evaluation of the SBHC medical practice including the following key positions:
- MSAHC SBHC physicians and midlevel practitioners
- SBHC practice manager and perform duties of SBHC practice manager if the position is vacant
- Evaluate providers performance no less than annually perform an OPPE semiannually for all clinical staff and conduct informal performance evaluation and review of charts on a regular basis;
- In concert with the Deputy Medical Directors at the MSAHC develop and implement changes as needed to existing medical care protocols consistent with established adolescent health medical practice standards;
- Implement quality assurance mechanisms and monitor the quality of medical care services;
- Represent SBHC providers perspectives in the areas of program development policies and procedures staff development and address difficulties that may arise in providers efforts to perform their job responsibilities;
- Implement and monitor systems to track timeliness and communication of all MSAHC specialty referrals;
- Work collaboratively with:
- MSAHC social work supervisor to optimize provision of mental health services in the schoolbased health center;
- MSAHC research team to evaluate and disseminate practicebased outcomes and program evaluation initiatives;
- MSAHC Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program Director in the provision of teaching and academic mentoring to faculty fellows residents and staff both at the SBHC as well as the MSAHC;
- The NYC DOH and NYC DOHMH in the evaluation and management of program activities.
Minimum Requirements:
Education: MD Degree with Board Certification in Adolescent Medicine
Experience: Minimum of 5 years of combined clinical/administrative experience
Experience:
- Commitment to MSAHCs mission vision and approach in order to ensure a patientcentric culture which is collaborative and multidisciplinary;
- A commitment to working with young people and a work ethic in which a commitment to understanding and solving the needs of each patient is a priority;
- A demonstrated commitment to diversity equity inclusion and belonging;
- A proactive handson thinker whose priority is to be a partner with the MSAHC Medical Director;
- Working knowledge and understanding of managed care and healthcare financing;
- Personal qualities of integrity credibility empathy compassion and patience;
- Exceptional management skills. Strong commitment to mentoring recruiting and retaining a diverse team in a multicultural environment;
- An accessible visible and flexible management style that inspires trust and confidence in staff to work hard and well together;
- A multitasker with the ability to respond to changing priorities in a fastpaced environment;
- Keen problem solving skills which enable sound decision making and support longterm solutions; demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities and guiding investment in people and systems.
- Compensation range from 175K to 190K (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)
Salary Disclosure Information:
Mount Sinai Health System provides a salary range to comply with the New York City law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors including experience specialties historical productivity historical collections and hospital/community need. As such an actual salary may fall closer to one or the other end of the range and in certain circumstances may wind up being outside of the listed salary range. The salary range listed is for fulltime employment and does not include bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits.
Please specify Job Title of interest and send CV with Cover Letter to:
Alex Cano
Executive Director Physician Recruitment
Mount Sinai Health System
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Director
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