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Job Location drjobs

El Segundo, CA - USA

Yearly Salary drjobs

$ 236000 - 358000

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Posting Date

04/29/2025

601 Hawaii StEl SegundoCaliforniaUnited States of America

DaVita is health care provider focused on transforming care delivery to improve quality of life for patients globally. The company is the largest provider of kidney care services in the U.S. and has been a leader in clinical quality and innovation for 25 years. DaVita Kidney Care treats patients with chronic kidney failure and end stage renal disease in our clinics through our hospital partnerships and in our Home programs. DaVita is committed to bold patientcentric care models implementing the latest technologies and moving toward integrated care offerings for all. Through these efforts DaVita has also become the largest provider of home dialysis in the country. DaVita serves over 200000 patients at more than 2700 outpatient dialysis centers in the United States. The company also operates in 13 countries outside the United States. DaVita has reduced hospitalizations improved mortality and worked collaboratively to propel the kidney care industry to adopt an equitable and highquality standard of care for all patients everywhere. To learn more visit is dynamic growing and entrepreneurial. We currently seek a Vice President Group Medical Director. The optimal employed Group Medical Director (GMD) has been a practicing nephrologist with experience as a dialysis medical director. The GMD will work closely with the National Group Medical Director operational Group Vice President and the OPUS (Senior Director of Clinical Services) team.

Reporting Structure: The GMDs report in a solid line fashion to the National GMD and in a dotted line to the Operating Group Vice Presidents they support.

Responsibilities: The GMD should meet all of the requirements of DaVita employment including but not limited to regular compliance HIPAA and other workplace training. As a member of DaVita the GMD must adhere to the values of DaVita.

The GMD has four sets of specific duties:

Physician/Medical Director Support

  • Serve as a subject matter expert and as a resource for physicians and medical directors
  • Navigate the complexities of a large corporation to help take advantage of all available resources
  • Maintain open lines of communication
  • Mentor medical directors
  • Participate in Peer Review/Governing Body when needed
  • Assist with new medical director onboarding

Field Support

  • Work closely with Senior Director of Clinical Services as well as DCS/CSS teams
  • Drive clinical outcomes such as Clinical Leaderboard Dashboard and DaVita Quality Index (DQI) results Publicly Reported Data (PRD) patient safety etc.
  • Provide teammate and physician education
  • Work with disruptive physicians to improve behavior
  • Actively support the admissions process and be directly involved in medical director admission denials

Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO) Support

  • Assist with development and of clinical initiatives including workgroups for various clinical metrics
  • Drive responsible resource utilization (e.g. Anemia mineral bone disease tPA etc.
  • Work with Patient and Physician Experience teams
  • Participate actively at regional/national meetings (e.g. PLM NQM ASN etc.
  • Help execute new initiatives and pilots
  • Provide realworld feedback to national teams
  • Support Integrated Kidney Care (IKC) initiatives

Palmer GVP and DVP Support

  • Serve as a physician voice to business leaders
  • Advocate for physician and patient experience
  • Assist with Palmer strategy and growth
  • Participate in internal and external stakeholder meetings including business development
  • Help drive key Palmerspecific initiatives
  • Participate in teammate training

Relationships: The GMD should strive to develop professional relationships across the organization to facilitate care delivery and to help drive DaVitas strategic goals. Key relationships for the GMD include:

Senior Director of Clinical Services: The GMD and SCDS should have mutual access to one another with regular touch points (weekly or more frequently). The GMD should also develop strong working relationships with the DCS team.

Palmer leadership: At the Palmer GVPs discretion the GMD may serve on Palmer senior leadership team. The GMD should also develop professional relationships with the DVPs Home leads and to the extent possible the RODs they serve.

  • National GMD: Serves as manager resource and oversees GMD professional development
  • OCMO: The GMD is a part of OCMO and is expected to build professional relationships with other members of OCMO. The GMD should also develop a professional working relationship with the staff and members of the Credentialing and Peer Review Committee (CPRC).
  • Team Pegasus: The business development arm of DaVita will work closely with the GMD in situations where physician leadership benefits key relationships with DaVita stakeholders
  • Clinical and Home leadership: The clinical and home teams develop policies and procedures to improve the clinical care that DaVita provides.
  • Medical directors: The GMD should strive to develop professional relationships with key medical directors who can subsequently influence care delivery in their geographies. The GMD should develop strategic partnerships with influential physicians.

Time allocation: The GMD will allocate approximately 0.4 FTE to each Palmer that they support. The remaining time may be allocated as follows:

OCMO/Clinical work Supporting another strategic business initiative (e.g. Skilled Nursing Facility dialysis) May provide clinical care up to 8 hours per week 0.2 FTE). This time would be carved out from DaVita employment and must not interfere with responsibilities associated with DaVita employment Otherat the direction of the Chief Medical Officer

Travel: In an effort to build relationships participate in internal and external meetings evaluate clinical care firsthand and assist in training the GMD is expected to travel up to 2 or more days per week (average).

Evaluation and Bonus Structure: Each GMD will be evaluated at least annually including by 360degree evaluation process. The annual bonus structure will be based on performance on key metrics to be defined.

Other responsibilities: The GMD must be flexible as the role is not limited to the above description. The GMD may also serve as a friendly PC for DaVita provider businesses

OPEN TO REMOTE CANDIDATE ON WEST COAST

What Well Provide:

More than just pay our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings.

  • Comprehensive benefits:Medical dental vision 401(k) match paid time off PTO cash out
  • Support for you and your family:Family resources EAP counseling sessions accessHeadspace backup child and elder care maternity/paternity leave and more
  • Professional development programs:DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers ondemand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVitas online training platform StarLearning.

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At DaVita we strive to be a community first and a company second. We want all teammates to experience DaVita as a place where I belong. Our goal is to embed belonging into everything we do in our Village so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited hired assigned and promoted without regard to race national origin religion age color sex sexual orientation gender identity disability protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic.

This position will be open for a minimum of three days.

Salary/ Wage Range

$236000.00$358000.00 / year

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors including a candidates qualifications skills competencies and experience. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package which includes a 401k match healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at

Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek ageidentifying information such as age date of birth or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.


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Employment Type

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