Medical Director Adult Medicine- Community Health

Join a Team That Makes a Difference at Optimus Health Care!

Are you passionate about providing high-quality, patient-centered care? Optimus Health Care—the largest provider of primary health care services in Fairfield County—is looking for dedicated professionals to join our team! With multiple locations in Bridgeport, Stratford, and Stamford, our mission is to be a lifelong health care partner, dedicated to achieving optimal wellness for the communities we serve.

Optimus Healthcare is looking for an Adult Medicine Medical Director with three to five years of clinical management experience. This role is 40% administration with the additional 60% devoted to direct patient care.

Under the guidance and supervision of the Chief Medical Officer, or designee, the Medical Director works closely with Operations and Nursing to support the clinicians and clinical teams and site leadership/management team (i.e., Nurse Manager, Practice Manager) in overseeing the day‑to‑day administration and delivery of patient care at all Optimus sites providing Adult Medicine services.

Together with the Nursing Management and Operations, the Medical Director will provide guidance to the clinicians and clinical staff at one or more assigned locations. In this capacity, and in partnership with the Practice Manager and Nurse Manager at that location, the Medical Director will set the tone for clinical practice and operations, modeling the delivery of team‑based integrated care both clinically and administratively to ensure the smooth delivery of care to meet clinical, quality, financial and operational goals.

The Medical Director will support the Chief Quality & Transformation Officer in ensuring quality and comprehensive medical care delivery and development for health care plan and programs across Optimus including Peer Review activities and assist with patient billing when appropriate. In the absence of the Chief Medical Officer, the Medical Director will serve as the senior clinical authority for the organization providing clinical guidance and support to clinical staff at all Optimus locations and remotely (e.g., during on‑call hours) as needed.

The administrative work allocation defined above for the position will be carried out at the discretion of the Medical Director while ensuring there is engagement with the clinical teams. All clinical and administrative allocations are subject to change based on the needs of the organization.

In addition to direct patient care responsibilities, the Medical Director will be directly responsible for the following functional areas:

• Clinical Informatics: in collaboration with the Clinical Informatics Manager, participate in the development/optimization of EPIC workflows for patient documentation, completion of in‑basket tasks and WIPs.
• Clinician Staffing/Coverage:
  In collaboration with Nursing Management and Practice Manager, ensuring adequate clinician staffing at all clinical sites; this may include moving staff where needed and/or providing additional direct patient care.
• Monitors clinician clinical performance: in collaboration with Quality Department, ensures completion of Peer Review activities for clinicians providing care in the discipline(s) under their supervision.
• Note:
  
  Adult Medicine Medical Directors will review one chart per month for all Family Medicine practitioners to ensure practice alignment is in keeping with the organization’s Peer Review requirement.
• Monitoring Clinician productivity and scheduling work with Practice Managers to review clinician schedules, establish and confirm productivity targets, identify barriers to success, and provide support as needed to facilitate adherence to these targets.
• Regularly review…