Pediatrics - Physician - Medical Director - Mount Sinai Adolescent School Based Health Center - Manh

The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center seeks a Medical Director for its School Based Health Centers.

Description Job Title: Medical Director School Based Health Centers

Grade: Faculty

Reports to: Deputy Medical Director of Primary Care, Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center

Primary Purpose:

The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center ("MSAHC" or the "Center") works to break down racial, social and economic barriers to health care and wellness for young people by providing vital services - high quality, comprehensive, integrated and confidential - for all who come to the Center or school based health facilities, at no cost to them. The MSAHC advances adolescent and young adult health as a national imperative by serving as a leading center of clinical care, specialized training, innovative research and advocacy.

The School Based Health Center ("SBHC") Medical Director is responsible for overseeing the operations of the School-Based Health Center program and works collaboratively with MSAHC Deputy Medical Directors to ensure that medical services at the MSAHC School Based Health Centers are developed and managed in accordance with MSAHC's mission, strategic direction and business position.

The School Based Health Medical Director will direct activities of the medical and mental health staff and ensure that services are delivered in accordance with Mount Sinai's policies and procedures, New York State regulations and guidelines, funder guidelines, and established best practices in adolescent medicine. In conjunction with the Deputy Medical Directors of the MSAHC the SBHC Medical Director will establish, approve, and implement policies related to the provision of medical services within the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center School Based Health Centers.

Illustrative Job Responsibilities:

1. Direct Patient Care

2. Direct Outpatient Care at SBHC's and MSAHC and inpatient coverage at Mount Sinai;

3. Provide coverage of school-based health center physicians and mid-level practitioners in the event of staff absence.

4. Administrative Duties

In collaboration with the MSAHC Deputy Medical Directors ensure that the MSAHC SBHC's operate effectively and efficiently and that interdisciplinary services become well-integrated. Help to ensure a patient-centric culture in which students in need of service are provided competent, caring and integrated care and where staff feel supported, appreciated, respected and can do their best work, and know how their specific work and the work of others contributes to success.

1. Supervision, Evaluation and Collaboration

2. Supervise the overall development, management and evaluation of the SBHC medical practice including the following key positions:

3. MSAHC SBHC physicians and mid-level practitioners

4. SBHC practice manager - and perform duties of SBHC practice manager if the position is vacant

5. Evaluate provider's performance no less than annually, perform an OPPE semiannually for all clinical staff and conduct informal performance evaluation and review of charts on a regular basis;

6. In concert with the Deputy Medical Directors at the MSAHC develop and implement changes as needed to existing medical care protocols consistent with established adolescent health medical practice standards;

7. Implement quality assurance mechanisms and monitor the quality of medical care services;

8. Represent SBHC providers' perspectives in the areas of program development, policies and procedures, staff development and address difficulties that may arise in providers' efforts to perform their job responsibilities;

9. Implement and monitor systems to track timeliness and communication of all MSAHC specialty referrals;

10. Work collaboratively with:

11. MSAHC social work supervisor to optimize provision of mental health services in the school-based health center;

12. MSAHC research team to evaluate and disseminate practice-based outcomes, and program evaluation initiatives;

13. MSAHC Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program Director in the provision of teaching and academic mentoring to faculty, fellows, residents and staff both at the SBHC as well as the MSAHC;

14. The NYC DOH and NYC DOHMH in the evaluation and management of program activities.

Minimum Requirements:

Education: MD Degree with Board Certification in Pediatrics

Experience: Minimum of 5 years of combined clinical/administrative experience

Experience:

• Commitment to MSAHC's mission, vision and approach in order to ensure a patient-centric culture which is collaborative and multidisciplinary;

• A commitment to working with young people and a work ethic in which a commitment to understanding and solving the needs of each patient is a priority;

• A demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging;

• A proactive, hands-on thinker whose priority is to be a partner with the MSAHC Medical Director;

• Working knowledge and understanding of managed care and healthcare financing;

• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, empathy, compassion and patience;

• Exceptional management skills. Strong commitment to mentoring, recruiting and retaining a diverse team in a multi-cultural environment;

• An accessible, visible and flexible management style that inspires trust and confidence in staff to work hard and well together;

• A multi-tasker with the ability to respond to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment;

• Keen problem solving skills which enable sound decision making and support long-term solutions; demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities and guiding investment in people and systems.

• Compensation range from 175K to 190K (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)

Salary Disclosure Information:

Mount Sinai Health System provides a salary range to comply with the New York City law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialties, historical productivity, historical collections, and hospital/community need. As such, an actual salary may fall closer to one or the other end of the range, and in certain circumstances, may wind up being outside of the listed salary range. The salary range listed is for full-time employment and does not include bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits.

Please specify Job Title of interest and send CV with Cover Letter to:

Alex Cano

Executive Director Physician Recruitment

Mount Sinai Health System

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Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.

• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.

• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to professional advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's "The World's Best Smart Hospitals" ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism."

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Requisition ID : 3006262