Medical Director of Respite Centers

Summary of Position:

The Medical Director of Respite Centers is part of a dynamic team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about providing high quality, integrated care for patients who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

The Medical Director of Respite Centers provides patient care and has direct supervisory responsibilities for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants who provide care in Circle the City’s Respite Centers.

Essential duties:

Duties include, but are not limited to:
· Develops unique ways to deliver health care in a compassionate, expedited, and patient-centered manner in a Medical Respite Center setting.
· Assesses patient health by interviewing patients, performing examinations, obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
· Generates differential diagnoses for acute, chronic and/or undifferentiated illnesses and formulates management plans that address these illnesses.
· Assumes direct leadership of the professional medical team.
· Acts as consultant to the care team regarding coordination of care.
· Acts as a representative of Circle the City Respite Centers among peers in the health care community.
· Develops and implements medical policy, including that pertaining to clinical practice guidelines and care delivery for a unique population.
· Identifies opportunities to promote and maintain wellness in patients utilizing screening and prevention guidelines and understands barriers in achieving wellness in people experiencing homelessness and work to address those barriers.
· Utilizes critical thinking and decision making when independently developing treatment plans for patients experiencing homelessness.
· Documents patient care and clinical decision making accurately and efficiently in the agency’s Electronic Medical Record and meets agency requirements regarding timeliness of chart completion and productivity expectations.
· Coordinates patient-centered care of individuals experiencing homelessness using a multidisciplinary team and community resources. Can navigate the complex care requirements necessary for effectively caring for those experiencing homelessness.
· Apply evidence-based care principles in treatment of patients experiencing homelessness, integrating patient preferences in care plans.
· Appropriately utilizes healthcare resources in the management of patients experiencing homelessness (specialist referrals, ED referrals, lab utilization and medication management) with a goal of decreased fragmentation of healthcare.
· Maintains positive therapeutic relationships with patients, using language and nonverbal behavior to demonstrate respect and establish rapport.
· Collaborates and effectively seeks consultation with physicians and other care providers as needed in the provision of care and the formulation of treatment plans.
· Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans and care transitions.
· Assesses patient health learning levels to provide medical information and health education in culturally and linguistically appropriate communication techniques.
· Assists patients in identifying barriers to care and social determinants of health and appropriately refers patients to community resources as needed.
· Maintains an updated list of community resources, continues, and expands community partnerships to benefit patients’ services.
· Assists in developing a monthly schedule which may require working occasional evenings and weekends.
· Contributes to the integrated care team’s activities around process improvement, workflow design and training.
· Participates in organizational Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement and Risk Management programs, including Peer Review.
· Uses data systems to monitor…