What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Director, Infectious Diseases Inpatient Services (Cedar Hill) position at MFA Co?
Position Summary
The Medical Director leads, supervises, and supports the medical staff in delivering patient-centered care. They will be tasked with developing and implementing clinical protocols and guidelines to ensure best practices across all clinical service lines. provides nursing and clinical direction and oversight for a group of nurses within the organization to ensure quality patient care. The Medical Director will be a key figure in creating collaborative partnerships with and between physicians, administrative leadership, and staff, in support of the patient care experience. This will include, but is not limited to, participating in patient rounds, case reviews, and interdisciplinary team meetings.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.
The Medical Director will monitor and evaluate the quality of care provided within each of the clinical service lines indicated below. This includes but is not limited to supervision, oversight and medical direction to the following service lines :
- Provide oversight and direction to clinical and ancillary staff
- Implement quality improvement initiatives and ensure compliance with regulatory standards
- Analyze clinical data and outcomes to identify areas for improvement.
- Conduct regular audits and reviews to maintain high standards of care.
- Foster collaboration among different departments to ensure seamless patient care.
- Coordinate with other medical directors, Chairs and department heads to integrate services.
- Develop and maintain relationships with external healthcare providers and organizations.
- Facilitate communication and information sharing among healthcare teams.
- Lead and participate in educational and training programs for medical staff.
- Contribute to the development of departmental budgets and resource allocation.
- Represent the department in hospital committees and leadership meetings.
- Address patient concerns and complaints, ensuring effective resolution.
- Stay updated on the latest medical research and advancements in the field.
- Ensure accurate and timely documentation of services performed by all providers in care
- Provide leadership and oversight to the inpatient Infectious Diseases consultative services, including providing hospital inpatient infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship medical directorship services.
Minimum Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education
Experience
Physical Requirements
About GW MFA
MFA physicians provide comprehensive patient care, offering one practice for the whole person with 52 medical and surgical specialties. As members of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences faculty, MFA providers are teachers and mentors for medical students, residents, fellows, and researchers preserving the rich tradition of academics, research, and healing. In addition to maintaining a closely integrated alliance with The George Washington University and The George Washington University Hospital (GWUH) which is separately owned and operated by Universal Health Services (UHS), the GW MFA has active referring relationships with 12 area hospitals.
The GW MFA’s leading healthcare presence in the DC metro region is complemented by a network of community-based practices in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Given its geographic location in central NW Washington, DC, and proximity to more than 175 resident embassies, the MFA continues to evolve its international clinical outreach.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
