Job SummaryAbout the PositionOur
Community Medical Directors (CMD) oversee the clinical community team dedicated to serving a specific patient population. In this role, the Community Medical Director is responsible for managing, mentoring, and guiding the clinical team while delivering primary, urgent, and acute medical care to an assigned patient population.
The successful candidate will collaborate with clinicians and administrative and operational teams to achieve exceptional clinical and operational outcomes for WellBe patients and their families.
As a WellBe ambassador, the Community Medical Director will build and maintain relationships with community physicians, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and other healthcare organizations to support coordinated, high-quality care.
At WellBe, Community Medical Directors are expected to foster a culture of collaboration and innovation while making a meaningful difference in patients' lives and pursuing continued professional growth within the organization.
Job DescriptionWellBe Community Medical Director - What to Expect:
- Practices the WellBe mission: To help our patients lead healthier, meaningful lives by delivering the most Complete Care.
- Collaborates with a clinical "Community Team" consisting of interdisciplinary team in managing the health and wellbeing of patients living in their homes.
- Has a successful relationship with the Market GM, and Senior Medical Officer to achieve quality outcomes and growth in the community.
- Understanding the impact on local and national landscape involving the WellBe clinical model consisting of: Health Policy, Socioeconomics, competition, CMS, regulatory, and other clinical data relevant to quality patient care.
- Prioritizes and acts on the most promising opportunities to improve outcomes/performance of the Community metrics (i.e. clinical, cost/revenue, partnerships, and quality measures).
- Spends time fostering key relationships in the Community Network
- For Hospitals and SNFs, where WellBe is not the attending, Community Medical Director will identify Hospitalists and SNFist groups, build individual relationships where mutual patient outcomes are achieved and creating contractual relationships when additional alignment is needed
- Partner with WellBe Leadership to grow the organization, innovate the model and improve execution
- Develops constructive Cross-functional / Matrix Relationships with WellBe business partners to enable the model.
- Community Medical Director will be responsible for floating within the community physician role as needed
- Other tasks needed to accomplish team's objectives/goals
Job RequirementsMust Haves:Educational/Experience Requirements:
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO)
- Current and valid state medical license required
- 5+ years' experience managing an interdisciplinary team
- 5+ years' minimum experience as a community physician providing geriatric care.
- 3+ years' responsibility for managing a P&L
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Geriatric certified preferred
- Palliative care certified/focus preferred
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certified
- Have a valid driver's license, have access to a car and willingness to drive to patient homes/patient location as well as an active auto insurance policy
- EHR medical documentation experience
- Strong computer skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Strong verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills
- Excellent bedside manner and time management skills
Supervisory Responsibility: This position will have direct management authority.
Travel Requirements:Travel may be required up to 100% locally.
Work Conditions:Ability to lift up to 20lbs. Moving lifting or transferring of patients may involve lifting of up to 50lbs as well as assist with weights of more than 100lbs. Ability to stand for extended periods.
Ability to drive to patient locations (ie. home, hospital, SNF, etc). Fine motor skills/visual acuity
This job posting is a general description of the types of responsibilities that are required of an individual in this job. It is not intended to be a complete list of the responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required for this job.
