State of Maryland

A Physician Program Manager IV is Physician work at the managerial level.  Employees in this classification primarily function as Superintendents of residential institutions or facilities located in the Maryland Department of Health.  Employees in this classification supervise or oversee the supervision of all assigned professional, technical and support staff employees through Physician Supervisors and other subordinate supervisors.

Employees in this classification receive managerial supervision from a higher-level administrator or an Executive.

Positions in this classification are evaluated by using the classification job evaluation methodology.  The use of this method involves comparing assigned duties and responsibilities of a position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work Sections of the class specification.

The Physician Program Manager IV is differentiated from the Physician Program Manager III in that the Physician Program Manager IV is Superintendent of residential institutions or facilities while the Physician Program Manager III is Clinical Director of residential institutions and facilities.

Develops and implements medical guidelines, procedures, standards and controls;

Evaluates implementation of programs and coordinates with public and private agencies providing similar services;

Plans, organizes and supervises the work of assigned subordinate personnel;

Formulates policy and coordinates the activities for various services within the program;

Collaborates and consults with physicians in preparation of activity plans and short and long range planning;

Addresses professional and lay groups;

May preside at ward, diagnostic and clinical conferences on appropriate treatment required for specific cases;

May review clinical records of patients to assure their adequacy and proper administration;

May provide consultation and review of the clinical appropriateness of prescribed medications and laboratory tests;

May provide hands-on patient and clinical services;

May provide consultative services in an area of medical specialization;

Performs other related duties.

Specific educational and experience requirements are set by the agency based on the essential job functions assigned to the position.

Note: Applicants for this classification must be licensed and currently registered with the Maryland Board of Physicians to practice medicine under Maryland State Law. A copy of the current registration must be attached to the application.

Class Descriptions are broad descriptions covering groups of positions used by various State departments and agencies.  Position descriptions maintained by the using department or agency specifically address the essential job functions of each position. 

Class Descriptions provide information about the Nature of Work, Examples of Work, General Requirements and Acknowledgements.  The Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities; Minimum Education and Experience Requirements; Special Requirements; and recruitment and testing procedures are set by the using agency.

This is a Management Service classification in the State Personnel Management System.  All positions in this classification are Management Service positions.

This classification is not assigned to a bargaining unit, as indicated by the designation of S (Supervisor), M (Manager), T (Agency Head), U (Board or Commission Member), W (Student), X (Used by Agency or Excluded by Executive Order), or Z (Confidential).  As provided by State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 3-102, special appointment, temporary, contractual, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees are excluded collective bargaining.  Additionally, certain executive branch agencies are exempt from collective bargaining and all positions in those agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.