Greater Boston – Associate Medical Director - Department of Performance Excellence

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Greater Boston – Associate Medical Director- Department of Performance Excellence

Under the Director of the Senior Medical Director of Quality and Safety, the Associate Medical Director is a physician leader whose primary responsibilities include leading grant funded projects as primary or co-investigator to improve quality and safety initiatives at Atrius Health.  With support from Atrius Health’s Academic Institute, this position is responsible for grant writing and securing funding from external sources such as NIH, AHRQ and CRICO.  Additionally, this position helps design, develop and execute portions of a larger portfolio of initiatives to improve patient healthcare quality and outcomes.

Atrius Health is a well-established, physician led, independent, academically affiliated, nonprofit healthcare organization and for over 50 years, we have been nationally recognized for transforming healthcare through clinical innovations and quality improvement.   Our organization recognizes the importance of primary care and it has been in the forefront of our mission; prominent in all of our strategic initiatives.

The Associate Medical Director has both administrative and clinical (primary care) responsibilities.  The ideal candidate will be:

• A team player who can foster a collaborative learning culture
• A well respected clinician who possesses excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Board Certified in Internal/Family Medicine or Med/Peds
• Experienced in writing and obtaining external grants
• Experienced in leading quality improvement initiatives in a healthcare organization
• MPH or fellowship training in health services (strongly preferred)   

This full-time position offers excellent personal/professional growth for the right candidate and we can be flexible regarding location of your clinical practice.    For those interested, we offer teaching opportunities with both medical students and residents.

At Atrius Health, you would be joining a clinical practice of well-trained colleagues who provide outstanding, evidenced based, preventive medicine in a collaborative, team environment.  Outpatient only, minimal call, 1:1 MA support, and staff embedded in our comprehensive medical home model to manage our most complex patients.

Our physicians enjoy close clinical relationships, superior staffing resources, a fully integrated EMR (Epic), excellent salaries and an exceptional benefits package. Visit our website at www.atriushealth.org, or send confidential CV to:  Laura Schofield 275 Grove Street, Suite 3-300, Newton, MA 02466-2275 E-mail: Laura_Schofield@atriushealth.org .