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Associate Medical Director (AMD) of UNC Health's Advanced Care at Home (ACH) program is a dynamic, experienced physician leader who is passionate about transforming the future of healthcare. This physician leader is a visible ambassador for the ACH Program and is critical to optimize and scale clinical operations across the program.
Responsibilities: AMD Responsibilities:
- Supports internal operations of the Hospital at Home ACH department, in close partnership with the ACH Medical Director, Director, Clinical Manager, and Network Manager regarding admission, eligibility, and escalation decisions.
- Leads internal operations for the Outpatient ACH department (post-discharge), in close partnership with the ACH Medical Director, Director, Clinical Manager, and Network Manager regarding admission, eligibility, and triage decisions.
- Engages in workflow optimization projects across ACH service lines.
- Serves as primary contact for provider on-boarding and APP independence workflow, in close partnership with the ACH Medical Director, Director, and Administrative Coordinator.
Shared Responsibilities with Medical Director:
- Performs all clinical and administrative duties expected by a medical provider.
- Supports physician-driven demand generation with the ACH Medical Director.
- Messages ACH activities and initiatives to non-ACH partners, stakeholders, and community agencies, as needed.
- Attends staff and leadership meetings, including all-staff meetings, provider meetings, and others as necessary, including clinical operations committee, quality and safety committee, leadership team meetings, etc.
- Introduces, updates, and champions clinical guidelines and standards of care within the internal ACH provider team.
- Ensures CMS waiver compliance, escalation and mortality review, and monthly CMS safety and quality reporting
Qualifications: - BC/BE Internal Medicine/Family Medicine/Geriatrics with at least 3 years of experience.
- Experience at UNC REX Hospitals (REX/Holly Springs) preferred
- Experience in virtual medicine desired but not required.
- Demonstrates exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills.
- Experience with change management
- Demonstrated ability to lead multi-disciplinary team. Handles conflict with fairness, honesty, empathy, and confidence.
- Flexibility to evolve job responsibilities if/as the program evolves.
Contact Information: Sheila Barnes, Senior Physician Recruiter
Other InformationJob DetailsLegal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: UNC Health Medical Group
Organization Unit: Acute Care at Home
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.
