Medical Director

POSITION SUMMARY

The Medical Director provides leadership and oversight of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, clinical quality, provider education, and professional practice across PPGNY. This role is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, person-centered, evidence-based care through standardized clinical practices, provider competency, and continuous quality improvement. The Medical Director provides affiliate-wide clinical leadership for Advanced Practice Clinicians (APCs) and Patient Care Associates (PCAs), establishing standards for clinical practice, education, competency/privileging, and professional development while partnering with the Regional Directors of Clinical Services (RDCSs), Clinical Operations and Medical Leadership to ensure consistent implementation across the organization.

Within the assigned region, the Medical Director provides direct clinical leadership and supervision for APCs and oversees the clinical practice of PCAs. As a member of the Medical Leadership Team, the Medical Director collaborates with the Chief Medical Officer and Regional Medical Directors to advance clinical policies, quality, patient safety and equitable care across the affiliate while maintaining a direct patient care practice.

This full-time position is based in Region 1 or Region 2 South and requires up to 20% travel.

• Provides direct clinical services as needed including but not limited to:
• Procedural abortion to 14 0/7 weeks’ gestation or greater
• Ultrasonography
• Sexual and reproductive health care including gender affirming care
• Develops new areas of competence and expertise, as needed and requested, including procedural abortion to 20 weeks gestation or greater and vasectomy.

• Provides affiliate-wide clinical leadership for Advanced Practice Clinicians (APC) and Patient Care Associates (PCA); establishes and oversees affiliate-wide systems to ensure APCs and PCAs receive the supervision and professional development necessary to deliver consistently high-quality and person-centered care.
• Develops and implements systems, processes and performance measures to set practice standards for and to support standardized quality improvement and professional development of APCs and PCAs affiliate-wide.
• Supervises, mentors and develops the Regional Directors of Clinical Services (RDCS); serves as primary liaison between these managers and leaders in Medical Services and Clinical Operations.
• Leads the development, implementation and evaluation of affiliate-wide systems for APC and PCA onboarding, training and performance monitoring; leads, oversees and collaborates with RDCSs in affiliate-wide APC training, proctoring and privileging, continuing education and clinical mentorship; provides clinical leadership for affiliate-wide PCA training, competency assessment, and clinical supervision of PCAs in partnership with Clinical Operations and RDCSs.
• Provides clinical oversight of APC practice, including privileging, competency assessment, performance evaluation and corrective action planning, partnering with RDCSs on day-to-day management and performance issues as appropriate.
• Oversees and leads the recruitment and onboarding of APCs; partners with Clinical Operations and Human Resources in the recruitment and onboarding of PCAs; develops and implements strategies to recruit, engage, develop and retain high-performing APCs and PCAs in collaboration with RDCSs, Clinical Operations, Human Resources and Medical Leadership.
• Collaborates with Medical Leadership and Clinical Operations on the development and implementation of clinical services, competency standards, provider…