Clinical Director

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*Position contingent upon successful contract award.

Location

TBD

Clearance Level

T2 – Moderate Risk Public Trust (MRPT) 

Primary Function

A Clinical Director oversees and manages the day-to-day operations of a healthcare facility or clinical department, focusing on patient care, staff supervision, and regulatory compliance.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical support, evaluate and treat complex patient cases, and ensure adherence to clinical best practices.
• Supervise and mentor clinical staff, conduct performance reviews, and foster a positive and productive work environment.
• Manage clinic budgets, resources, and daily operations, including payroll and programs.
• Ensure the facility adheres to all relevant healthcare laws, regulations, and ethical standards, such as HIPAA.
• Act as a liaison between staff, patients, families, and administration, ensuring clear communication and effective collaboration.
• Systematically assesses the urgent or emergent health needs of patients, analyzes data, and formulates a plan of care, with other members of the medical team, which is realistic in relation to the employee's capabilities and job requirements.
• Recognizes and treats illnesses and injuries according to established operating instructions within the scope of licensure and regulations of state employment or practice.
• Responsible for ensuring integrity and security of all privacy laws.
• Responds to a variety of inquiries of varying complexity by using knowledge and an understanding of established policies, procedures, and practices for safeguarding information (HIPAA, PHI, PII), including maintaining confidentiality of all company proprietary information. 
• Relies on research, cognitive reasoning and follow-up skills to complete tasks, fact-checking information to verify and document information, ensuring applicability, feasibility, and data integrity.
• Proactively multi-tasks on a variety of assignments; provides thorough work while maintaining a sense of urgency based on program needs.
• Maintains professionalism, ethical standards, discretion, candor, privacy and confidentiality of all company proprietary information, meetings, communication, and documents, including implementation of policies and procedures consistent with those of the organization.
• Records and maintains patient information in accordance with standard protocols, and the Privacy Act.
• Thoroughly exercise skill in initiative, judgment, problem-solving and decision-making daily.
• Protects patients' privacy through confidentiality, infection control procedures, assuring consistent medication administration, and assuring proper storage and maintenance procedures for all equipment and supplies.
• Performs duties in a safe manner and follows the corporate safety policy.
• Performs other duties as assigned in accordance with contract requirements.

Job Requirements

• The Clinical Director shall have a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from a university in the United States or from a foreign medical school that provides education and medical knowledge equivalent to accredited schools in the United States as established by the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation and permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.
• Minimum of six years post residency experience providing direct patient care as a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine or Preventive Health as well as a minimum of three years’ experience in the provision of clinical supervision and leadership to other medical professionals and ancillary clinic staff.
• Maintain current, full, and unrestricted licensure to practice medicine for the entirety of the employment term in the state in which the duty station is located.
• Maintain the Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification through the American Heart Association and certifications in Family Medicine or Pediatrics by the American Board of Medical Specialties or American Osteopathic Association.
• ACLS and BLS certification.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and healthcare management systems (EHR, scheduling, inventory).
• Must be able to perform duties in a stressful and high paced environment without physical limitations.
• Must be able to multi-task, be detail-oriented, be organized, and have excellent verbal and communication skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain necessary clearances and credentials required for access to detention facilities.
• Ability to obtain and maintain favorable background investigations.
• Meet the requirements of the contract for all immunizations.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or a person lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, and must have resided in the United States for the last five years. Time spent abroad on official U.S. Government duty does not interrupt this period.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Must complete all required training.
• Ability to adapt to sudden changes and flexibility in work requirements to include potential shift changes based on operational needs and/or command priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual (English/Spanish or other relevant languages) preferred.
• Experience preferably in correctional, detention, military, or government-contracted healthcare environments.
• Knowledge of federal and state healthcare regulations, detention facility healthcare standards, and government contracting compliance.
• Strong background in compliance, audits, and inspections (e.g., NCCHC, ACA, Joint Commission).
• Has undergone a federal investigation at the level of Tier 2 or higher; has been granted favorable suitability/eligibility and has not had a break in service for more than 24 months.
• Detention center experience.

Physical Requirements and Work Conditions

• Work is performed in a secure detention facility.
• May require evening, weekend, or on-call hours.
• Exposure to emotionally challenging situations.
• Requires physical presence and mobility throughout the facility. 
• Participate in drills and emergency responses as assigned.

Acuity International is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status.

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Acuity International, LLC