Medical Director - Health Services Clinics (#PT5 )

$140.16-$162.30 hourly / $24,293.93-$28,131.46 monthly / $291,532.80-$337,584.00 yearly

• Serve as Medical Director of Health Services Agency medical clinics engaged in prevention, education, diagnosing and treating a wide variety of complex acute and chronic medical conditions;
• Provide medical supervision and direction to staff and contract physicians;
• Develop protocols and standardized procedures;
• Conduct medical and physical examinations;
• Make diagnosis and prescribe medical and rehabilitative treatment;
• Supervise and direct the medical aspects of treatments;
• Provide night, weekend, and holiday medical triage and treatment authorizations via the telephone;
• Prescribe medications;
• Provide medical supervision to mid-level practitioners;
• Act as physician member of a multi-disciplinary patient care team;
• Confer with staff and patients and their families regarding diagnosis and treatment;
• Recommend hospitalization or other indicated services;
• Make referrals to specialists as appropriate;
• May provide medical direction for detention facility clinics;
• May serve as the Health Officer in the latter's absence;
• Plan and prepare standardized procedures and protocols;
• Conduct in-service training;
• Assure that medical care meets quality assurance standards;
• May supervise resident physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioner students;
• Assure that quality primary outpatient medical care is provided for high-risk patients at the lowest cost;
• Perform outpatient surgical procedures;
• Read X-rays, order laboratory tests and evaluate results;
• Assure that patients’ medical charts and records are accurate and meet legal and medical requirements;
• May provide medical consultation to private physicians, health care professionals and community groups on public health matters;
• Prepare records and reports;
• Input, access and analyze data using a computer;
• Attend/facilitate meetings.

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS

Knowledge of:

Thorough knowledge of:

• Current principles and practices of medicine;
• Accepted medical practices in the prevention and control of communicable diseases.

Working knowledge of:

• Principles of supervision and training.

Some knowledge of:

• Functions and services of local public health agencies;
• Laws and regulations governing local public health agencies;
• General functions of the State Department of Health Services;
• Principles of public health administration.

Ability to:

• Provide medical direction to and supervise subordinate staff;
• Perform medical diagnosis and treatment;
• Evaluate and review the work of medical practitioners for appropriate diagnosis, treatment and chart documentation;
• Plan and prepare protocols and standardized procedures;
• Coordinate and evaluate the work of contract and staff physicians;
• Work effectively with departmental staff, private physicians, clients and others contracted in the course of work;
• Participate in the analysis, evaluation and planning of public health programs;
• Prepare clear and concise written and oral reports;
• Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action;
• Conduct in-service training programs;
• Secure State certification to supervise and direct mid-level practitioners;
• Learn to input, access and analyze data using a computer terminal.

Education and Experience:

Any combination of education and experience that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying, unless otherwise specified. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

License/Certificate Requirements: Possession of a valid Physicians and Surgeon's Certificate issued by the State of California; possession of a State and/or Federal narcotic license for administration of narcotics to inmates and patients; possession of a valid California class C driver license;

Four years of general medical clinic experience as a practicing physician. Certification by an American Specialty Board in a specialty closely related to clinical health care provided by the County of Santa Cruz may be substituted for two years of experience.

Special Requirements/Conditions:

Background Investigation: Ability to pass a background investigation, and fingerprinting is required.
Special Working Conditions: Exposure to: Odors such as vomitus, feces, urine and draining abscesses; fumes from cleaning supplies and solvents; and infections which might cause chronic disease or death.

EST: 4/88 REV: 6/07, 4/96, 2/93 Analyst: CJS, DTW, JS, KT

PREVIOUS CLASS TITLES: None
Bargaining Unit: 13
EEOC Job Category: 02
Occupational Grouping: 61
Workers' Comp Code: 0290
Analyst: KT/JS/DTW/CJS
Revised Date (s): 2/93, 4/96