Medical Director

ABOUT THE RHRC: Since its inception, the Rural Health Redesign Center (RHRC) has been providing tailored technical assistance to rural healthcare providers and communities, leveraging industry-leading expertise and skills. Dedicated to preserving and enhancing access to care in rural areas, the RHRC helps rural providers not only strengthen competencies, but also rethink and transform healthcare delivery through innovative, financially viable solutions.

Mission Statement: To protect and promote access to high-quality health care for rural residents of the Commonwealth of PA, and nationally, through innovation.

Vision Statement: Helping rural communities thrive through improved health.

Guiding Principles:

• Service: We serve providers and communities who need rural-relevant expertise.
• Excellence: We perform our work with the highest degree of integrity and ethical standards.
• Responsive: We respond rapidly to all our partners, acknowledging outreach and making a commitment to meet needs in a timely way.
• Visionary: We provide innovative and transformative healthcare solutions.
• Every Partner, Every Community: We make this same commitment to all of our partners and communities.

WORK LOCATION:

• Predominantly remote (travel no more than 20% of the time)
• Must be willing to travel to onsite team meetings, support RHRC speaking engagements, RHRC-hosted events, or other meetings as needed and upon request.
• Must be willing to travel to RHRC meetings in Harrisburg, PA as scheduled.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Osteopathic Medicine (DO), an active, unrestricted state medical license.
• Minimum of 5 years of clinical experience, preferably within a rural setting.
• Strong knowledge of population health and value-based care initiatives.
• Knowledge of patient-centered medical home and primary care-based value-based care programs
• Knowledge of alternative payment models that drive better clinical outcomes.
• Demonstrated knowledge in clinical best practices, and driving standardization across the healthcare delivery system.
• Experience in medical leadership, clinical administration, or oversight of multidisciplinary care teams
• Demonstrated ability in developing and implementing clinical policies, procedures, and quality improvement initiatives
• A results driven Medical Director who excels in both hands-on clinical and operational execution and strategic leadership– comfortable doing day to day work to drive meaningful change as well as lead teams.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.
• Experience working with remote teams. Provides ongoing mentorship and clinical guidance to team members, fostering professional growth, and increased knowledge of best-practice standards
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Knowledge of a variety of electronic medical record (EMR) systems and standard medical documentation platforms preferred.
• Must be fluent in English, both written and verbal
• Must have reliable internet for telehealth, virtual meetings, and remote clinical oversight activities.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Medical Director provides strategic oversight and clinical leadership across all RHRC programs to advance clinical transformation within the rural communities it supports. The Medical Director works collaboratively with organizational leadership, program leaders, and rural health providers to develop pragmatic clinical strategies that support delivery system transformation in rural communities. The Medical Director also provides oversight into quality improvement efforts across RHRC programs and clinical quality reporting that may be required to meet contractual obligations.

Clinical Leadership & Oversight:

• Provides physician leadership across programs as a senior clinical authority for safe, evidence-based patient-centered care across inpatient and outpatient clinical services.
• Serves as the chief strategist to support RHRC clinical strategy advancement, including the development of planning documents.
• Provides subject matter expertise in aligning quality improvement and population health efforts within alternative payment frameworks.
• Guides clinical service line development based on community needs and access gaps (i.e. primary care, behavioral health, telehealth, obstetrics).
• Monitor clinical performance, analyze quality metrics, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Serve as a member of program teams.
• Support value-based care readiness and population health initiatives.

Clinical Staff Management:

• Helps establish direction for the RHRC clinical teams and staff.
• Collaborate with RHRC and administrative teams to identify clinical staffing models optimized for rural healthcare providers (e.g., low-volume environments,
• Support the establishment of provider productivity benchmarks that align with population health efforts within alternative frameworks that take into consideration rural realities.
• Supports the completion of day-to-day activities and tasks as needed to ensure the clinical program meets objectives.
• Provides functional management to the team.

Program & Operational Collaboration:

• Provide clinical input into program development, community health initiatives, and grant-funded services, while fostering a culture of clinical excellence
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to identify training needs and provide education on clinical best practices, as needed.
• Develop materials as may be needed to assist RHRC rural clients
• Support and assist with REH clinical action planning
• Support and assist with transformation plan development within APM frameworks.

REPORTS TO: Chief Administrative Officer with dotted line to Chief Executive Officer

WORK STATUS:

• Full-time, 37.5-hour workweek. This is a fully remote position.
• The organization will also consider candidates seeking a reduced schedule of 0.6-0.8 FTE (approximately 22.5 - 30 hours)

SALARY RANGE:

• $215,000 – $228,000 annually.
• Compensation for reduced FTE is prorated based on hours worked.

RHRC RECRUITMENT PROCESS:

• Apply for this position
• Selected applicants can anticipate two rounds of interviews covering technical, behavior, and personality-based questions.
• Being team-oriented, our interviews are conducted by panels of peers.
• The provision of three professional references is required if selected for 2nd rounds.
• Typically, decisions are made upon the completion of 2nd rounds, however we reserve the right to request additional conversations to address any outstanding questions.

Thank you for your interest in joining the RHRC team.
To learn more about the RHRC visit www.rhrco.org.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $215,000.00 - $228,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 22.5 – 37.5 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Application Question(s):

• Do you hold a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Osteopathic Medicine (DO)?

License/Certification:

• Active, unrestricted state medical license (Required)

Work Location: Remote