Chief Medical Officer for Home Therapies
Overview:
Dialysis Clinic, Inc. is recruiting top talent interested in supporting our nonprofit mission to prioritize individualized care for patients facing chronic kidney disease. Our mission states “the care of the patient is our reason for existence,” and our dedicated team embodies our sole purpose during every patient interaction.We seek motivated, compassionate individuals to provide top-notch patient care and offer paid training, competitive pay, outstanding benefits, Sundays off and a strong culture. Join DCI today to build relationships and gain fulfillment serving individuals in our comfortable clinical setting with a lower caregiver-to-patient ratio than other providers.
The Chief Medical Officer for Home Therapies provides vision and direction to DCI Home Therapies. He or she is a champion for home treatment modalities and a strong advocate for patient choice and education. He or she has experience in home modalities and has a physician license in good standing and meets eligibility requirements for DCI Medical Staff credentialing.
Responsibilities:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Works closely with individual physicians, advanced practitioners and home nurses to promote home dialysis and to provide clinical guidance while addressing challenges that home patients may face.
Educates and continually updates physicians, advanced practitioners and DCI employees in topics related to home modalities via lectures at DCI meetings, outside meetings attended by DCI physicians, academic settings, hospitals and in DCI clinics.
Actively participates in public policy, advocating for changes to increase access to home therapies.
Leads and supports Home Therapy quality improvement initiatives and improves outcomes in collaboration with Corporate Department of Education and Quality Management.
Collaborates with DCI Kidney Care leadership on efforts to increase access to home dialysis and transplantation.
Provides education to improve knowledge about home therapies within DCI Kidney Care. Collaborates to improve leadership skills of corporate home nurses.
Works with Corporate Department of Education and Quality Management on agenda, themes, and speakers for Home Therapy Meetings.
Presents at Annual Meeting and Medical Director meetings.
Collaborates with Home Therapy Workgroup.
Assists in the education of Corporate Home Therapy Nurses and supports them by working collaboratively to improve and elevate DCI’s Home Programs. Helps to improve leadership skills of corporate home nurses.
Works closely with Operations, Education and Quality Management to continually improve outcomes for patients on Home Therapies.
Supports and contributes to the continued development of the Darwin EHR as it relates to Home Therapies.
Participates in monthly Home Program Operational Review Meetings.
Assists clinics in following improvement plans and discusses these with Medical Directors and other physicians to facilitate improvement as needed.
Consults on construction plans for space that includes Home Programs.
Helps to develop processes and tools for the evaluation, monitoring, and improvement of the performance of Home Programs. Keeps DCI up to date on technology, research, and best practices in the delivery of care at home.
Serves as a subject matter expert and resource for clinical research projects related to Home Therapies.
Collaborates with Director of Communications to publish articles and press releases on DCI successes in the area of Home Therapies.
Assists Education and Quality Management Department with the development of virtual training sessions for employees, physicians and advanced practitioners in the DCI Education Module.
Works with Department of Operations, Information Technology and others, as needed, to continue to develop and refine the financial dashboard for Home Therapies.
Understands and supports DCI’s financial goals, positions and priorities related to Home Therapies and the available technologies and products.
Balances priorities of high quality and excellent patient care with financial considerations and constraints in collaboration with other individuals and departments at DCI.
Collaborates with Executive leadership team and others at DCI to ensure that activities and initiatives related to Home Therapies are aligned with overall strategic plan for DCI Kidney Care.
Keeps up with the latest technologies and newest devices that are introduced to the Home Therapies market. Has a willingness to work with startups on product design, development and testing.
Qualifications:
Experience in home modalities.
A physician license in good standing and meets eligibility requirements for DCI Medical Staff credentialing.
Competencies include: a humble leader. Collaborates with others, pauses to learn the perspective of others. Empowers those around them to enhance their positive impact concerning home therapies.
Intellectual skills/expectations include: gathers and accurately analyzes information; identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; develops alternative solutions; works well in group problem solving situations; coordinates projects; communicates changes and progress; strives to build knowledge and skills; shares expertise with others.
Interpersonal skills/expectations include: manages conflict; responds quickly to clinics and DCI needs; meets commitments; maintains confidentiality of patient, employee and DCI information; remains open and objective to others’ ideas and tries new things; balances team, individual and DCI responsibilities; keeps lines of communication open and shows respect for clinic staff, clinic management, Senior Operations Directors and Corporate Nurses
Leadership skills/expectations include: inspires trust and respect; builds commitment and overcomes resistance; prepares and supports those affected by change; accepts feedback from others and gives recognition to others; includes staff in planning, decision-making and facilitating improvements; makes self available to both clinic and corporate staff; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; demonstrates initiative; works autonomously; demonstrates flexibility and reliability.
Organization skills/expectations include: maintains and demonstrates professional ethics and relationships; works with integrity; upholds organizational goals and values; follows clinic and DCI policies and procedures; prioritizes and plans work activities; approaches others in a tactful manner; reacts well under pressure; accepts responsibility for own actions; adapts to changes in the work environment; is consistently on time; follows instructions and responds to management direction; asks for and offers help when needed; complies with regulatory requirements and agencies.
Compliance with DCI programs: All employees are accountable for adhering to the DCI Standards of Conduct. All employees are required to promptly report all known or suspected compliance-related violation or concerns.
DCI is committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status.
DCI’s Differentiator:Since opening the first clinic 50 years ago in Nashville, Tenn., our Dialysis Clinic, Inc. family has grown to be the nation’s largest nonprofit dialysis provider with more than 270 locations in 30 states, serving nearly 14,000 patients each day.
DCI invests in our care teams and funds research to further kidney care and treatment options. DCI prioritizes a holistic approach and offers hemodialysis, home dialysis and peritoneal dialysis treatment options. We empower patients to live meaningful and productive lives while also delivering high quality kidney care, saving lives and reducing hospitalizations.
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