Medical Director, House Calls Program - PHILDELPHIA

Chicago, IL, United States

Company: Oak Street Health

Title: Medical Director, At Home Program

Oak Street Health is a rapidly growing, innovative company of community-based healthcare centers delivering higher quality health and wellness care that improves outcomes, manages medical costs and provides an unmatched experience for adults on Medicare in medically underserved communities. By providing holistic, comprehensive and integrated care right in our patients' communities, we can help keep them healthy and reinvest cost savings in further care for those same communities and others. Since 2013, Oak Street Health has brought its singular approach to tens of thousands of people across the nation. With an ambitious growth trajectory, Oak Street Health is attracting and cultivating team members who embody Oak Street values and are passionate about our mission to rebuild healthcare as it should be.

For more information, visit www.oakstreethealth.com.

Role Description:

The Medical Director will be joining Oak Street Health at a critical time in the history of our companyand of primary care. The opportunity for impact is large and growing as Oak Street is leading the transition from fee-for-service to value based-based care. The Medical Director will be responsible for leading, as a dyad partner with the Mobile Practice Manager, the in-home primary care provider teams in the specified geography.

The Oak Street Health At Home division is an interdisciplinary team that focuses on primary care and transitional care support for our highest-need patientsin their homes. The primary responsibility for the Medical Director is direct management, oversight, and coaching of the local team, and is part of the At Home division's leadership team which helps develop programs (i.e., complex care coordination, chronic disease management, psychosocial support, etc.) throughout the division. This entails collaboration with the clinical teams in the center, medical directors, and other partners outside of Oak Street Health. The Medical Director will see patients in their homes up to 3 days a week alongside their provider colleagues. Additionally, we see this leader being a key thought partner in providing feedback on our clinical model especially as it pertains to the At Home Program.

Core Responsibilities:

The Medical Director's primary duties are focused on the management of their teams. Key responsibilities include:

Leading At Home providers and ensuring their priorities and outcomes are in line with those of the organization

Providing timely and constructive feedback to providers so the medical group continues toimprove performance for patients and colleagues

Helping providers master the data-driven tools and practices required to keep patients welland out of the hospital, when avoidable

Reviewing regular quality dashboards with providers, coaching on tools to improve qualityoutcomes

Coach providers on appropriate coding and documentation

Provide managed care experience/teaching to providers

Additionally, the Medical Director will be part of the At Home leadership team that will have strategic input into a variety of divisional projects that support theenhancement of the care model, including:

Medical management, care management, utilization management, and quality improvement tools and processes

Development of clinical compliance policies and guidelines

Representing Oak Street to external partners (e.g., vendors, payers, providers) andcreating relationships and partnerships that support our mission and our value-based model

Additional responsibilities include:

Understanding and communicating provider performance/compensation plans and beingable to answer questions and deliver results to direct reports

Serving as formal manager doing regular performance reviews andcheck-ins, approving paid-time-off requests, and managing miscellaneous human resource topics for providers in the market

Drive Culture: At Oak Street, we foster a culture of innovation and open dialogue, and wework with urgency. This requires passion and enthusiasm, active listening skills, and comfort with and commitment to regular change. Our Medical Directors are expected to support this culture and set an example for others to follow.

Other duties, as assigned

What are we looking for?

We're looking for motivated, experienced Primary Care Providers with:

A passion for the geriatric population and amotivation to be a part of a fast-growing organization

Geriatric certification and/or other professional degrees (e.g., M.B.A, J.D., M.P.H) welcomebut certainly not required

Experience with managed care and/or value-based practice

Experience using a metrics-driven approach to analyze cost, quality, and satisfaction data todrive clinical strategy and program redesign

An excitement for developing and implementing new processes

An understanding of the basics of managed care and a recognition that population healthand a focus on the smart allocation of scarce resources can lead to high-value care (better care, lower cost)

An ability to remain calm in stressful situations

A commitment to older adults and to low-income patients

Comfort with ambiguity and passion for problem-solving

US work authorization

Someone who embodies being 'Oaky'

What does being 'Oaky' look like?

Radiating positive energy

Assuming good intentions

Creating an unmatched patient experience

Driving clinical excellence

Taking ownership and delivering results

Being scrappy

Why Oak Street?

Oak Street Health offers our coworkers the opportunity to be at the forefront of a revolution in healthcare, as well as:

Collaborative and energetic culture

Fast-paced and innovative environment

Competitive benefits including paid vacation and sick time, generous 401K match with immediate vesting, and health benefits

Oak Street Health is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and encourage all interested readers to apply to oakstreethealth.com/careers.

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