What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Director - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) position at CommuniCare Health Services?
Due to current growth, we are recruiting for a Medical Director - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) to support the buildup of our practice in order to offer even more personalized care to the patients we serve.
The position of PM&R Medical Director will conceptualize how the practice will scale and the preferred candidate will be entrepreneurial minded in order to perform the administrative functions of the role. As Medical Director - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), you will be part of an exciting new model of care combining good old-fashioned bedside manner with utilizing innovative technologies to dramatically improve patients’ lives.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assume the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability of developing and implementing our PM&R program, policies, and procedures according to federal, state and local regulations; and current practice of post-acute and long-term care medicine.
- Coordinate medical care, including emergency treatment procedures, maintain effective liaison with attending physicians, and implement methods to keep the quality of care under constant surveillance.
- Provide necessary physician services for those residents within the skilled nursing facilities and/or clinic environment
Qualifications:
- M.D. or D.O. required - Physiatrist strongly preferred
- PM&R certification (ABPMR) required
- MD or DO license
- 5 years of experience working with geriatric or long-term care population preferred
- Demonstrated experience working with and educating NP’s
Preferred Qualifications:
- Health care management/leadership experience
- Familiarity with CMS, Medicare Advantage, SNP Rules and Regulations
- Inpatient/SNF utilization metrics and bed day management
- State specific collaborative practice agreements and midlevel practitioner licensing
Knowledge of EMR