Ambulatory Medical Director

225 S Bluff St, Winnebago, NE 68071, USA

Posted Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Job Purpose &

Position Overview:

The primary purpose is to create and sustain the healthiest Indigenous community through integrated, patient centered, primary care. Provide supervision of assigned Primary Care Medical Staff, seamless coordination with non-medical clinic providers, and patient centered collaboration with other essential ambulatory care staff. Provides full primary care and urgent health care services to patients who present to WCHS Primary Care and other ambulatory clinics.

Seek to create systems and processes that encourage staff to function at the top of their license, make decisions based on the greatest value, and include both individual and population wide metrics in accomplishing our mission, vision, and goals.

Specific Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate the WCHS core mission, vision, and values.
• As the supervising staff physician, incumbent performs and provides the diagnosis, care, and treatment of primary care patients. Provides clinical and administrative supervision of all the medical staff, including contract medical staff. Make appropriate medical referrals to the private sector hospitals and specialists for clinic patients.
• Ensure that the Clinic is always staffed adequately to meet the medical care needs of the patients. Ensures all new providers have received proper orientation. Ensures that all medical staff are credentialed prior to reporting for duty at Clinic.
• Ensure that all medical staff are properly onboarded and trained and that all licenses and necessary certifications are always current. Ensures that the Clinic follows all applicable CMS Conditions of Participation and other accrediting organizations as they relate to the Primary Care Clinic environment.
• Seamlessly coordinate patient centered integrated care with provider and essential services providers and staff including dietary, behavioral, case management, and others.
• Work closely with the CMO, CNO, and Quality staff to ensure quality and safety is provided, continuously improved, and value informed.
• Stay proficient in electronic medical records. Ensures that all documentation is complete and acceptable for his/her staff.
• Work closely with private sector hospitals, physicians, and referral centers to ensure a comprehensive medical referral process is in place.
• Participate in all medical staff and quality management functions including professional peer review, OPPE and FPPE.
• Provide preceptorship and support for family practice residency program.
• Ensure that the Clinic has the necessary medical equipment in place to provide appropriate medical care.
• Make decisions in matters of significance as related to Primary Care and other ambulatory care clinics.
• Ensure collaboration and joint decision making with team members, Clinic staff and leadership.
• Approves vacation requests from Ambulatory providers.
• Other duties as needed/assigned by Chief Medical Officer

Required Qualifications /

Skills:

• Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy from a United States or Canadian medical school approved by a recognized accrediting body in the year of applicant’s graduation. Or a Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a medical school not of the USA or Canada that provided education and medical knowledge equivalent to accredited schools in the United States, as demonstrated by permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), or Fifth Pathway Certificate.
• Completed a Residency Program in Family Medicine, BLS, ACLS, PALS certified.
• Has a record of satisfactory performance in all prior and current employment as evidenced by positive employment references from previous and current employers.
• Experience with integrated, patient focused primary care teams and workflows.
• Understanding of the principles of population health and value-based care.

Physical Requirements:

• Normal to light office work which includes the ability to lift to 10 lbs.
• Regularly required to walk, stand, and sit for extended periods of time and use hands to operate computer keyboard, phone, and various office equipment.
• While performing daily duties, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen.

Cognitive Requirements:

• Reading, writing, calculating.
• Reasoning/Analysis
• Works with minimal to no supervision

Language Requirements:

• Must possess the ability to read, write, and speak the English language fluently.
• Must be able to employ professional verbal and written communications skills continually and effectively.

Certificates, Licenses &Registrations:

• All applicants will comply with 45 CFR 1301, Subpart D, Section 1301.31, C and D, which require all prospective employees to sign a declaration prior to employment regarding all arrests and convictions of child abuse or violent felonies and to comply with PL 101-630 and PL 101-637 regarding criminal records check.

WCHS is an equal opportunity employer. Employment practices are free of…