Responsible for the medical care of Lone Star Circle of Care (LSCC) patients by providing comprehensive out-patient primary care.  Under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), delivers primary care commensurate with training to patients of LSCC.  Delivers care appropriate for an out-patient, primary care community health center with multicultural, multilingual patient population.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Administrative (Leadership/Training):

• Assure provision of routine and urgent OB/Gyn services, including maintaining outpatient clinical practice and full active hospital privileges, participating in call coverage as required
• Provide leadership for achieving programmatic clinical quality objectives
• Assure high quality educational experience for medical students, residents and other individuals in a training role working in LSCC OB/Gyn services
• Work with Human Resources and Operations Team to recruit, hire and train appropriate OB/Gyn provider staff
• Provide resolution to department complaints made by patients, patient family members, other health care professionals or other LSCC employees
• Supervise all LSCC OB/Gyn practitioners; specific duties include periodic written performance reviews (at least annually), approving time off requests/leave, managing staff conflicts in accordance to LSCC policies and procedures
• Provide supervision to advanced practice nurses in accordance with the LSCC Delegation Protocol/Collaborative Practice Agreement as needed
• Annual evaluations of all OB/Gyn providers utilizing the LSCC provider evaluation tool
• Meet regularly (at least monthly) with staff and the CMO to monitor status and report developments
• All other duties or responsibilities as assigned by CMO

Operations:

• Collaborate with other LSCC medical directors and providers to optimally integrate OB/Gyn care with Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, mental health, and specialty service lines
• Develop and implement adherence to clinical protocols, accepted standards of clinical care and LSCC quality initiatives
• Work collaboratively with appropriate community partners to enhance and expand OB/Gyn services including, but not limited to hospital and hospital clinic partners in the LSCC market
• Work closely with the CMO and senior management staff to determine direction and strategies for OB/Gyn services
• Communicate frequently with the CMO and senior management staff the status of current OB/Gyn services and perceived opportunities and challenges
• Reviews and approves all service line related templates and forms that are used in the medical record
• Actively monitor and manage OB/Gyn service line productivity
• Establish and implement departmental policies and procedures
• Fulfills established guidelines set in place for provider encounter levels
• Work closely with Site Managers and Practice Administrators to optimize clinical flow and patient care
• Annually present a list of programmatic objectives to the CMO

Compliance:

• Achieves and maintains LSCC Core Clinical Competencies
• Annually prepare clinical quality targets in line with the LSCC Clinical Plan, in order to measure LSCC and individual provider performance against that target
• Regularly report clinical quality results to the CMO to be reported to the LSCC Board Quality Assurance (QA) Committee, per QA Committee requirements

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Thorough knowledge of the principles and practices of medicine and allied services commensurate with his/her training
• Demonstrates a special interest in the area of community medicine
• Ability to relate to culturally diverse patients and community
• Ability to effectively promote the mission, vision, and goals of LSCC and to readily serve its patient population
• Ability to collaborate and interact with a diverse group of clinical and administrative health care professionals, both within and outside LSCC
• Ability to recognize and understand the public health, social, and economic factors which impact the overall health of LSCC patients
• Ability to organize and prioritize work appropriately
• Ability to support operations while simultaneously working toward expansion of services
• Ability to support the LSCC mission and readily serve its patient population
• Maintains a professional manner and appearance that contributes to the professional image presented to individuals within and outside of LSCC
• Ability to work independently with a high level of self-motivation
• Ability to work in and support an electronic health records environment
• Ability to travel and work from various clinic locations as necessary

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, AND LICENSE:

• Must meet all required qualifications and responsibilities of an OB/Gyn Physician (whichever is applicable to licensure and credentials)
• Current valid unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Texas
• Current DEA certificate
• MD with board certification in Obstetrics & Gynecology (ABOG or ACOOG required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA)

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, AND LICENSE:

• Proficiency with EMR system
• Bilingual English/Spanish language skills are a definite plus

All LSCC employees function as a member of a collaborative health care team to create and maintain a Patient Centered Medical Home where emphasis is on excellent communication, support of the patient in self-management and care is provided and tracked in a culturally competent, behaviorally enhanced setting supported by information technology.

ENVIRONMENTAL & PHYSICAL DEMANDS/HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS

The requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.