Associate Medical Director, Pediatrics

About Elica Health Centers:

Join Elica’s mission and become a part of a team where every day is an opportunity to make a positive impact in your community!

At Elica Health Centers, we share a common goal: provide the best possible patient care to our growing community! Our passion extends throughout Elica, from the exceptional healthcare services we provide to our underserved patients at our Community Health Clinics and state-of-the-art mobile medicine program: Health on Wheels, to our Resource Center where we empower patients and members of the community to connect with resources to help them build healthy and full lives.

What You Will Do: 

The successful candidate will be willing and able to: 

Medical Management

• Be highly knowledgeable in Pediatrics by maintaining high level of clinical expertise, utilizing the most current sources and guidelines, and being familiar with changing standards of practice.
• Regularly monitor and oversee the performance of Elica’s clinicians practicing Pediatrics with respect to established performance indicators, including peer review. Assist Chief Medical Officer in annual performance appraisals of clinicians within Pediatrics.
• Develop strategies to improve the performance of clinicians or sites lagging in any performance indicators.
• Help in reviewing, modifying, and developing Elica’s Policies and Procedures and clinic workflows as relevant to Pediatrics.
• Develop optimal templates, accelerators, and other workflows in Pediatrics for the Electronic Health Record.
• Monitor resource and referral utilization within Pediatrics and assist in identifying additional resources to improve provider and patient access to specialty care. Help to create standards and standard procedures for the most common referrals.
• Meet regularly with the Chief Medical Officer to review clinical issues, clinician performance, and strategic initiatives and priorities.
• Attend and participate in meetings as required or requested.
• Comply with all laws and regulations regarding corporate integrity and security obligations; report unethical, fraudulent or unlawful behavior or activity.
• Foster an environment that promotes trust, cooperation, and accountability among all Center staff.

Clinical Services

• Provide comprehensive medical services to patients at a high level of care and quality consistent with Pediatric scope of practice in a community clinic environment, including taking appropriate health history, performing physical examination, completing medical work-up, performing or ordering appropriate lab, imaging, and other tests, prescribing, ordering referrals, and implementing appropriate therapy according to standard medical practice. Address urgent, chronic, and preventive medical needs on an ongoing basis.
• Obtain appropriate consults when problems presented are outside the scope of practice or when unfamiliar with a particular aspect of the client’s care.
• Facilitate transfer of care to other clinicians when religious or personal beliefs interfere with the clinician’s ability to offer full care options.
• Provide health education to Center clients and their families and answer questions, and work closely with other clinic staff to recruit and retain the appropriate care managers that provide these services; expand and grow the overall provision of appropriate education and information, including follow-up, for patients.
• Provide patient-centered, compassionate, culturally sensitive care that addresses the full scope of patients’ health needs.
• Maintain overall efficiency of care delivery standards at or above the practice goal in order to sustain fiscal viability while maintaining high quality medical care as well as to demonstrate for the rest of the medical staff that the practice goal is reasonable and attainable with the support provided by the non-medical staff.
• Answer messages and sign off on clinical reports (consults, lab, x-rays, etc.) in a timely manner.
• Complete medical records in a timely manner on a daily basis with an appropriate level of documentation to support clinical care, coding and billing, compliance, and risk management.
• Complete and submit all billing in an agreed upon timely manner.
• Attend continuing education programs and provide evidence of necessary education completion to upgrade medical skills and maintain licensing requirements.

Benefits: 

Elica Health Centers offers a competitive, comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and work-life balance. Highlights include:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance – Choice of PPO medical plans through Anthem Blue Cross, including a Premier PPO option with $0 in-network out-of-pocket costs, plus dental and vision coverage. Health Plans include care navigation and provider support resources to help with finding care, understanding benefits, and billing questions. Coverage options are available for individual and family tiers. 
• Retirement – 403(b) plan with up to 4% employer match and immediate vesting
• Paid Time Off – Up to 4 weeks of vacation in the first year based on hours worked, plus 7 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday
• Ancillary & Voluntary Benefits – Employer-paid life insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care & Dependent Care), and optional supplemental benefits
• Annual CME Benefit - Reimbursement to pay for CME, licensing, and certifications required for the position, plus up to one (1) week of paid time off based on your weekly schedule. See offer letter for details. 
• Tuition Reimbursement - Up to $3,000 per calendar year after one (1) year of service 
• Malpractice/Tail Insurance - Provided at no cost to the employee.

Eligibility: Benefits are available to employees working 30+ hours per week, effective the first of the month following 30 days of employment.

• At least three years of recent experience in outpatient primary care practice.
• Previous management or leadership experience.
• Completion of a M.D. or D.O. degree from an U.S. accredited medical school, school of osteopathy medicine, or FMG with ECFMG or Fifth pathway certification, with completion of a US accredited residency program in Pediatrics, OR
• Completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program
• Current Board Certification in Pediatrics.
• Current, valid and unrestricted State of California medical licensure.
• Unrestricted ability to obtain Medicare, Medi-Cal, and other payor credentialing.
• Current BLS certification.
• PALS certification desirable.

Additional Requirements

• Must have a current and valid California driver’s license and the ability to provide proof of personal auto insurance on the vehicle driven during working hours.
• If selected for an employment opportunity with Elica Health Centers, external hires must provide proof of immunizations (Hepatitis B, MMR, Varicella & Tetanus), tuberculosis clearance, and proof of COVID-19 vaccination status* prior to their scheduled start date. Please be advised that this position is subject to criminal background investigation and drug screen.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment:

The work environment is characteristic of a medical clinic environment. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to handle or feel. The employee is also required to stand; walk; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must also possess hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the phone. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

The employee may be in contact with individuals and families in crisis who may be ill, using substances and/or not attentive to personal health and safety for themselves or their homes. The employee may experience a number of unpleasant sensory demands associated with the client’s use of alcohol and drugs, and the lack of personal care. The employee may also be exposed to bodily fluids (blood, urine) and hazardous chemicals.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.