Regional Medical Director, Primary Care

Valley Medical Group, part of the Valley Health System in Paramus, New Jersey, is seeking a full-time Regional Medical Director to join our growing Primary Care Service Line.

The Director works collaboratively in a Dyad relationship with the practice managers, service line director and supervisors to provide physician leadership for the clinical and support staff of the assigned offices under the Primary Care Service Line. This position helps facilitate delivery of safe, accessible, high-quality patient centered medical care by ensuring implementation of sound practices and procedures to provide optimal patient and staff experience.

Provider will spend 80% of time performing clinical responsibilities and 20% of time performing administrative responsibilities.

Primary Clinical Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides direct medical care to primary care patients in an office-based setting.
• Always demonstrates and models service excellence behavior. Responds with concern, cooperation, and respect. Establishes cooperative working relationships with all individuals with whom contact is made.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Utilizes appropriate and effective patient care plans. Completes documentation concurrently as patients are seen.

Primary Administrative Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assists in the oversight of operational functions at the applicable office/s in collaboration with the Service Line leadership.
• Demonstrates an understanding that the goal is to best serve the patient and assure delivery of high-quality care and services.

• Makes recommendations to service line leadership for changes to medical protocols.
• Leads the development and implementation of PDSA’s and/or workflows for quality improvement initiatives in collaboration with the quality team and service line leadership.

• Leads regularly scheduled or ad hoc provider and/or staff meetings in collaboration with practice manager/ supervisor to address the below mentioned duties and escalates to the service line chair as appropriate

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability, 401k, 457b
• Paid holidays, PTO
• CME allowance and time
• Malpractice coverage
• Salary range of $265,000 - $275,000
• Competitive compensation models include generous wRVU productivity incentive with the opportunity to grow, uncapped
• Relocation allowance
• Non-Profit Health System, eligibility for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness

Qualifications:

• An MD or DO
• Board eligible or certification in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine
• Previous leadership experience required
• Existing or Eligibility for New Jersey Medical License, DEA and CDS required

Job Location

Shift

Benefits

• Medical/Prescription, Dental & Vision Discount Program (Full Time/Part Time Employees)
• Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D(Full Time Employees)
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter Benefit Plans
• Supplemental Voluntary Benefits ( e.g. Short-term and Long-term Disability, Whole Life Insurance, Legal Support, etc.)
• 6 Paid Holidays, Paid Time Off (varies), Wellness Time Off, Extended Illness
• Retirement Plan
• Tuition Assistance 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Valley Health LifeStyles Fitness Center Membership Discount
• Day Care Discounts for Various Daycare Facilities

EEO Statement

Valley Health System does not discriminate on the basis of ancestry, age, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, civil union status, color, creed, disability, domestic partnership, gender, gender identity or expression, familial status, genetic information, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, marital status, medical condition or illness, mental or physical handicap, national origin, nationality, perceived disability, pregnancy, race, refusal to submit to genetic testing or make available results of such tests, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran’s status or any other protected basis, in accordance with all applicable Federal, State and Local laws. This applies to all areas of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, transfer, termination, layoff, compensation, benefits, social and recreational programs, and all other conditions and privileges of employment.