CAI

Medical Director

Req number:

R1741

Employment type:

Full time

Worksite flexibility:

Hybrid

Job Summary

As the Medical Director, you will be responsible for providing expert medical consultation, medical interpretations, and/or medical recommendations regarding clinical practice issues in health care facilities.

Job Description

We are looking for a Medical Director to provide expert medical consultation, medical interpretations, and/or medical recommendations regarding clinical practice issues in health care facilities. This position will be full-time and hybrid. 

What You’ll Do 

• Provides expert medical consultation, medical interpretations, and/or medical recommendations regarding clinical practice issues in health care facilities. Participates with the Secretary, deputate, bureau and division staff in quality improvement activities to define or interpret key indicators that can denote trends and measure outcomes of care quality, review and analyze data, and make recommendations to enhance the regulatory role of department surveyors
• Provides medical consultant to staff on a variety of clinical conditions, medical contraindications and adverse reactions.
• Reviews, advises, and recommends changes to statues, regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines affecting delivery of quality care in facilities to conform to current standards of medical practice
• Works collaboratively with the and QA program staff to provide scientific and clinical input for regulatory development from initiation to implementation
• Participates in intra and interdepartmental committees and work groups as requested
• Participates with other central office physicians in environmental and epidemiological investigations as they affect health care facilities regulated by the department
• If assigned, emergency assignments may be performed under adverse conditions and continue for periods ranging from a few hours to several weeks

What You'll Need 

Required: 

• Experience reviewing records to assist surveyors regarding clinical services, reviews and analyzes medical aspects of exceptions, monitors data collected by surveyors and identifies trends that should be addressed with the health care facility
• Experience reviewing potential survey deficiencies to determine if appropriate and current medical practice protocols were followed in the facility. Conducts trend analysis on deficiencies, makes recommendations on sanctions
• Experience providing witness testimony and written reports for use in litigation
• Experience providing clinical expertise when requested or necessary
• Experience providing medical advice on issues specific to special populations served by health facilities such as those in nursing care facilities or intermediate care facilities for the intellectually challenged
• Experience monitoring quality indicators in the Minimum Data Set (MDS) and Outcome and Assessment infotmation Set (OASIS) to evaluate resident/patient health status

Preferred: 

• Experience monitoring reports by health care facilities under Chapter 51 of Title 28 Health and Safety of the PA Code to identify outliers in quality care. This includes those reports under the MCARE ACT as they pertain to Chapter 51 of Title 28 Health and Safety code
• Experience providing in-service training for field and program staff on issues/programs related to health issues in facilities
• Experience demonstrating awareness of the vulnerable populations the organization serves by identifying, providing, and advocating for resources, services, communication methods, and policies that would help those populations achieve health equity

Physical Demands 

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state and local standards 
• Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings, etc. 
• Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer, utilizing a mouse, keyboard, and monitor 

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employment selection process, please direct your inquiries to application.accommodations@cai.io or (888) 824 – 8111.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement

It is the policy of CAI not to discriminate against any employee or applicant due to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or being a protected veteran. It is also the policy of CAI to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or being a protected veteran, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment. Employees and applicants of CAI will not be subject to harassment due to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or being a protected veteran. Additionally, retaliation, including intimidation, threats, or coercion, because an employee or applicant has objected to discrimination, engaged or may engage in filing a complaint, assisted in a review, investigation, or hearing or have otherwise sought to obtain their legal rights under any Federal, State, or local EEO law is prohibited.