Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Program Director

POSITION TITLE:  Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Program Director (IDD Program Director)

REPORTS TO (TITLE): Medical Director-Dutton Campus for clinical care; CMO for Developmental Disabilities program

Administration

PHYSICIAN SALARY RANGE: $224,360 - $271,051 DOE

NP SALARY RANGE: $134,440 - $187,760 DOE

Job Summary: The Physician Lead for Developmental Disabilities works closely with SRCHC Medical Directors, Site Directors, and the Clinical Leadership Team to ensure effective and efficient clinic operations of the multi-disciplinary program to care for adult patients with developmental disabilities. In collaboration with the SRCHC Clinical Leadership Team, the Physician Lead develops clinical standards, referral workflows, clinic workflows, and a set of core commitments for patient care related to the care of patients with developmental disabilities for all SRCHC sites.  The Physician Lead will partner with clinicians and support staff to represent the needs of this patient population in the SRCHC Strategic Plan and Quality Plan, to implement clinical standards of care and a culturally mindful clinic experience across the health centers, to develop policies and procedures to implement sound operational practice, and honor the commitment to providing high quality patient care for patients with developmental disabilities as they are integrated into the clinical environment. This position would be located primarily at the Dutton Campus for providing clinical services to patients and to have oversight of the team of multi-disciplinary providers and staff based at that site.

Specific Tasks/Duties Include:

Clinical

• Provides specialty care to patients with developmental disabilities and primary care services
• Supervise the medical care provided to select care homes.

  Oversight for the Clinical Quality and Operational Effectiveness of Services for patients with Developmental Disabilities

• Improve and maintain quality of all services provided to patients
• Improve and maintain access to care and information for patients and their families or care givers
• Facilitate the building and maintenance of a highly functioning care team focused on the care for patients with intellectual disabilities
• Collaborate with local agency (regional center) in the care of this population, including monthly meetings, overseeing vendorized services provided, and troubleshooting critical cases as they arise. 
• Organize and lead team meetings and liaison important information from these meetings to the clinical leadership team
• Network and maintain relationship with IDD content experts locally and nationally (e.g. regional centers, medical school based IDD programs, AADMD) to maintain highest standard of care for patients with neurodevelopmental disabilities
• Work closely with clinic manager and site leadership teams to improve clinic systems
• Ensure that each clinician they supervise has a high quality annual review
• Review regularly and remediate individual clinicians when there are areas for improvement identified
• Supervise providers in their punctuality, attendance at office meetings , timeliness of documentation as well as and panel and practice management according to SRCHC and site standards
• Participate in ongoing training as needed for clinical and leadership development.
• Other duties as assigned

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

Minimum Qualifications: Education:

• Current board-certified Physician/NP in good standing in relevant specialty (primary care, physiatry).
• Current unrestricted California FNP/NP license
• Active California Medical License in good standing.

Experience:

• Demonstrated leadership as a clinician for 2 or more years.
• Administrative and/or supervisory experience preferred.
• Clinical experience for 2 or more years with the clinical care of patients with intellectual disability, strongly preferred.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to be sensitive with persons of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize projects, work relatively independently, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Communicates respectfully with co- workers and effectively in team settings.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Good judgment, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency with all tasks on the most current Clinical Lead competency list.
• Demonstrates knowledge of compliance issues within the community clinic environment.
• Demonstrates a willingness to report any incident that is unusual or incompatible with accepted clinic procedures.
• Complies with HIPAA policies.
• Demonstrated ability to give feedback to peers in a constructive manner.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint preferred.

SRCH is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation. 

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, this position is frequently required to do the following:

• Use standard office equipment and access, input, and retrieve information from a computer.  Use computer keyboard with manual and finger dexterity and wrist-finger speed sufficient to perform repetitive actions efficiently for extended periods of time.
• Communicate effectively in person or via telephone in a manner which can be understood by those with whom the person is speaking, including a diverse population.
• Give and follow verbal and written instructions with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Perform complex mental functions and basic arithmetic functions; interpret complex laws, regulations, and policies; collect, interpret, and/or analyze complex data and information.
• Vision: see details of objects at close range.
• Coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Reach forward, up, down, and to the side.
• Sit or stand for minimum periods of one hour at a time and come and go from the work area repeatedly throughout the day.
• Lift up to 20 pounds.

SRCH provides reasonable accommodation for individuals with a physical or mental disability to apply for jobs and to perform the essential functions of their jobs unless it would cause an undue hardship.