Clinical Site Director- Venice Family Clinic - Inglewood
UCLA
Application
Details
Posted: 08-Sep-24
Location: Inglewood, California
Salary: Open
Categories:
Physicians/Surgeons
Internal Number: 142197365
Description
Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality primary health care to people in need with compassion, dignity and respect. In November 2021, Venice Family Clinic merged with South Bay Family Health Care, uniting more than a century of experience helping patients regardless of their income, insurance or immigration status. The organization now has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people from the Santa Monica Mountains through the South Bay. We have 17 locations plus 2 mobile clinics and an expansive street medicine program for people experiencing homelessness. Read more about us at venicefamilyclinic.org. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are core values of the Venice Family Clinic. We believe the professional and clinical environments are enhanced when diverse groups of people with diverse ideas come together.
The Venice Family Clinic is a community health center that provides quality health care to people in need. Our physicians are committed to the populations we serve and to the mission of the clinic. Under the leadership of the Chief Medical Officer, the Inglewood Site Clinical Director provides the majority of their primary care sessions at the Inglewood Health and Wellness Center, evaluating, treating, and making appropriate diagnostic and specialty referrals for our patients. The Inglewood site Clinical Director is an integral part of the clinic staff, providing leadership and expertise on medical questions and solving issues related to operational and clinical services.In addition to staff physician duties, the position will involve leadership of the site’s clinical staff, including direct supervision of some of the physicians and mid-level providers who practice primarily at the Inglewood site.Included in the leadership position includes attending coordinating team meeting, running site meetings, facilitating change and innovation projects at the site, and helping the staff resolve patient complaints. Because the Venice Family Clinic has robust volunteer and medical training programs, the Inglewood Clinical Director has a unique role as a liaison to the affiliated residency programs, and providing support to volunteer medical providers. This responsibility includes providing a positive role model, ensuring that volunteers understand Venice Family Clinic procedures and providing continuity of care for patients. The Inglewood Clinical Director works cooperatively with all clinic departments including nursing, pharmacy, clinic coordinators, health education and behavioral health staff. The position requires flexibility in days and hours for clinical care. This is a career position. The Clinical Site Director position is an 80-100% FTE position, depending on the candidate.
As part of a
multidisciplinary team, the clinical site director will serve as the clinical
lead for two sites in a dyad relationship with the site manager. They work
cooperatively with clinicians, nursing staff, and site leadership on medical
management issues, changes in medical practice and procedures, and evaluations
and design of more effective and efficient service delivery systems within
their site. The site director reports to the Associate Medical Director,
and interacts on a regular basis and supervises the clinicians at the site to
provide leadership and expertise on all clinical and patient care issues.
Because the VFC is a voluntary organization, the sr. physician has a unique
role in orienting and providing technical support to the volunteer medical
providers. They are also integral in working as a role model to ensure that
clinicians understand VFC procedures, provide quality, comprehensive care for
patients. The position requires flexibility in days and hours for clinical
care, as some evening and weekend shifts are included in the weekly schedule.
Target Salary Range: $258,000-292,000
Qualifications* Possession of active California Medical License
* Board eligible physician in Family Medicine, Med/Peds, or Internal Medicine
* Knowledge of medical problems of minority, medically underserved populations, and the homeless
* Ability to speak Spanish such that an interpreter is not routinely needed during medical exams. (Preferred)
* Skill in providing general adult and pediatric medical care in a high-volume clinic setting
* Ability to manage a wide range of chronic illnesses especially diabetes and obesity
* Ability to teach and supervise residents and medical students
*Minimum of two years in a leadership position (Preferred)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are core values of the Venice Family Clinic. We believe the professional and clinical environments are enhanced when diverse groups of people with diverse ideas come together.
At UCLA Health, you can help heal humankind, one patient at a time by improving health, alleviating suffering and delivering acts of kindness. As you do, you’ll achieve great things in your life and your career. We’re a world-class health organization with four hospitals consistently recognized among the nation’s very best as well as an internationally-renowned medical school, primary and specialty care clinics and much more. Within our dynamic, innovative and growing organization, you’ll find exceptional opportunities to make the most of your abilities in a supportive, empowering and inclusive environment. If you embrace our values of Integrity, Compassion, Respect, Teamwork, Excellence and Discovery we invite you to see all you can accomplish at UCLA Health.