Medical Director

Application Deadline: 12/31/2024

Medical Director

Peoria Clinic

Join Us in Making a Difference at STRIDE Community Health Center!

At STRIDE Community Health Center, we are more than a healthcare provider – we are a community-driven force, passionately serving individuals with a 30-year legacy of excellence. As a 501(c)(3) Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), STRIDE is deeply rooted in responding to the primary healthcare needs of the medically indigent population in suburban Denver.

About Us:

• Founded in 1989
• One of the Largest FQHC in Colorado
• Comprehensive healthcare services aligned with our mission.

We're expanding our team and are looking for dedicated professionals to join us in our mission to provide exceptional healthcare services. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact, consider a career with us.

General Purpose: The Medical Director is a combination clinical care (70%) and administrative/leadership position (30%). This is a 1.0 FTE full time position. The Medical Director is a healthcare provider who serves as:

• A supervisor and clinical mentor to medical providers working in the health center(s) assigned to them.
• A medical counterpart to Nursing and Operations leadership, helping to balance the delivery of quality integrated healthcare with creating and maintaining a productive and meaningful work environment.
• Quality champion for the clinic through implementing new and updated clinical policies and procedures and adhering to the goals of the annual Clinical Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement Plan.
• A liaison between clinical/medical leadership, executive leadership, and STRIDE’s healthcare providers in the field.
• A STRIDE clinical care delivery expert who engages in and brings this perspective into projects and agency initiatives that impact or involve STRIDE’s health care services.
• This position is assigned 0.3 Admin FTE (12h/week). This admin time can be modified in discussion with leadership as appropriate for the balance of leadership for the role and patient care.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Promotes team-based integrated clinical care across our healthcare delivery system.
• Collaborates with all departments in support of the organizational mission, vision, and strategic plan.
• Understands the need to balance mission, margin, quality, wellness, and productivity within our healthcare delivery system.
• Provides strong local leadership, mentoring, coaching, and support to all direct reports and internal partners.
• Understands HIPAA and when to share and release information to health center and non-leadership staff and discloses information accordingly.
• With the area Nursing and Operations leaders (triad) and with central STRIDE leadership, accountable for the clinic budget for visit productivity, labor productivity and revenue cycle.
• Other duties as assigned.

Patient Care

• Provides direct health care services to patients, as per specific job description for specialty.
• Acts as a model clinical provider.
  • Provides highly efficient and high-quality clinical care, meeting or exceeding STRIDE’s productivity and quality targets.
  • Is highly efficient with STRIDE’s EHR system.

Leadership Responsibilities:

• Provides supervision and guidance to medical providers, providing clinical direction to those within specialty.
• Motivates and coaches’ medical providers to provide attentive, efficient patient care and customer service, assessing employee performance and offering concrete feedback, leadership development, and goal setting for improvement as needed.
• Regularly meets with providers and clinical staff to provide support. Maintains an open-door policy for logistical issues or concerns.
• Completes provider/supervisor evaluations.
• Attract, develop, motivate, and retain an outstanding, diverse, high-performing workforce through effective leadership, recruitment, training, development, and succession planning.
• Drives strategic medical provider hiring at health care center(s), and coordinates onboarding and clinical ramp-up with Medical Administrative Coordinator.
• As a member of local health center leadership, collaborates closely with Operations, Nursing, Behavioral Health, and Dental teams daily to evaluate and balance health center clinical and support staff needs and helps to assure successful day to day clinical functions and quality care.
• Maintain clear lines of communication with local clinic operations, with direct reports, and with medical leadership.
• Drives initiatives for process and quality improvement at the health center(s).
• Assesses and reports progress in meeting health center(s) objectives.
• Establishes appropriate goals and analyzes, appraises, and interprets performance.
• Knowledgeable about standards of care and ensures STRIDE’s clinical practice meets those.
• Participates in continuing healthcare education seminars, workshops, and research literature review.
• Attends appropriate staff meetings and all other meetings as assigned. Provides framework and participates, as necessary, in meetings led by direct reports.

Education and Experience

• Training from accredited educational institution or school as CNM/NP/PA.
• Board certification in primary care specialty, as applicable.
• Previous experience working as a primary care provider in a clinical setting is required.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience in area of specialty desired.
• Must hold an FTE of 1.0
• BLS Certification

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Miscellaneous Requirements

1. COVID-19 Vaccination
2. Annual Influenza Vaccination

A successful candidate will live STRIDE ICARE values:

Integrity doing the right thing even when no one is watching.

Compassion meeting the patient where they're at with empathy.

Accountability doing what we say were going to do.

Respect showing attention to human dignity.

Excellence having a growth mindset; striving to learn more and practice continuous improvement.

Join the STRIDE Community Health Center Team!

At STRIDE, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that supports your professional growth, well-being, and financial security.

Competitive Compensation:

We offer a salary range of $108,000 to $130,000, depending on years of experience since board certification. In addition, this position includes a $15,000 leadership stipend.

Please note, the pay range listed for this position is a scale. Pay will be calculated based on years of experience since licensing and/or related to the specific qualifications of the role.

Schedule: Full-time position (1.0 FTE); accepting less than 1.0 FTE applications but looking for a 1.0 FTE at this time.

• 5 days per week, 8 hours per day
• Monday-Friday

Comprehensive Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Telehealth services
• Life, AD&D, Supplemental, and Disability insurance
• 401K with employer match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays
• Travel and accident insurance, identity theft protection
• Fertility plan coverage
• EAP - Employee Assistance Program
• Pet insurance

Professional Perks

• AI Scribe: Reduces documentation time, enabling more patient interaction.
• Malpractice coverage through FTCA
• Licensed Providers: $3,500 in Continuing Medical Education (CME) with 40 hours off to complete continuing education. $1,750 of CME can be used towards tuition reimbursement.
• Eligible to Apply for National and Colorado Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Programs (NHSC & CHSC)
• STRIDE-paid professional memberships, medical licenses, and DEA registration.
• On-call flexibility with PTO accrual for each call shift.

Flexible Schedule

Tailor your schedule with our Chief Medical Officer—whether 8 or 10-hour days, telehealth options, or customizable admin time.

Integrated Care Model

Work alongside a multidisciplinary team with robust provider support, including a 1.5 MA-to-provider ratio.

Teaching Opportunities & Leadership Support

Join a community-centric healthcare team and thrive in an environment that values your contributions and supports your career aspirations.

Join Us. Together We Improve lives.

STRIDE conducts a background check, including criminal history, education, license, and certification.

STRIDE recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our organization. STRIDE is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, creed, color, religion, gender, national origin or ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or veteran status. STRIDE does not discriminate against any "qualified applicant with a disability" as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations when they do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.

In an aim to help keep our patients, staff, and communities safe, STRIDE requires that all hired employees be fully COVID-19 vaccinated and to obtain an annual flu shot. STRIDE CHC employees are also required to be screened for tuberculosis and to complete a PPD test.