MEDICAL DIRECTOR - LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL AND REHABILITATION CENTER
Appointment Type: Permanent Exempt; Reports to and serves at the pleasure of the Executive Administrator of Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center. This position currently has a salary range of $148,772 to $189,878 annually.
Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center:
Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, a General Acute Care hospital with distinct-part Skilled Nursing, owned and operated by the City and County of San Francisco, is accepting applications for a new Medical Director.
The organization is seeking a creative and visionary leader who has a collaborative work style and a commitment to innovative programming.
Located on 62-acres of parkland west of San Francisco’s Twin Peaks, Laguna Honda is the country’s largest skilled nursing facility. It is a civic icon founded in 1866 to serve one of the first generations of San Franciscans, the Gold Rush pioneers, and has a strong civic presence. It is the cornerstone of a continuum of long term care services under the umbrella of the city’s Department of Public Health.
In the spring of 2010 the hospital will move from its 1920s-era Spanish Revival buildings into a new, technologically advanced 780-resident facility that incorporates standards of evidence-based design to meet the needs of a safety-net population. As one of the largest and most modern SNF in the country, the new Laguna Honda will be a flagship long term care and rehabilitation facility.
Laguna Honda’s leadership is committed to a social wellness model of resident-centered programming that will establish the organization as a center of excellence. The hospital’s new Medical Director will be a creative thinker and experienced manager eager to help lay a foundation for renewal at a transitional moment in an historic organization.
Duties of the Medical Director:
The Medical Director will work with the Executive Administrator, the Chief of Nursing, the Director of Quality Management and other clinical and administrative team leaders to develop and implement a two-part model of care focused on (1) successful rehabilitation and community reintegration and (2) long term care for residents whose needs cannot adequately be provided for in a community setting.
Programs that will require the clinical and managerial expertise of the Medical Director include:
¨ The Diversion and Community Integration Program, which seeks community placement and wrap-around services for residents and potential residents who are appropriate candidates for community living
¨ Complex care for residents with multiple diagnoses
¨ A growing program of rehabilitative and therapeutic services
¨ Specialized dementia and Alzheimer’s programming
¨ The Bay Area’s only HIV/AIDS skilled nursing program
¨ Monolingual services for speakers of Spanish and Chinese
¨ A palliative care program that includes a hospice
Major Responsibilities of the Medical Director:
Strategic Planning and Executive Leadership
1. Formulates the mission statement, goals and objectives for medical and rehabilitation services, based upon those of the Department of Public Health in consultation with the LHH Executive Administrator.
2. Participates with LHH Executive Committee and department managers in major decision making processes of the hospital including program development, budget planning and expenditures, and capital projects.
3. Develops and administers professional contracts.
4. Develops, implements and evaluates the hospital’s plan for provision of medical and rehabilitative care.
5. Advises the Executive Administrator on matters pertaining to the medical staff; reports on infractions of medical staff bylaws, rules, regulations, hospital policies and established professional standards.
6. Develops, monitors, and manages a budget for each department in collaboration with the LHH Executive Administrator.
7. Assists the Executive Administrator in developing, implementing and monitoring the annual departmental budget for personnel, equipment and supplies.
Medical Staff Management
8. Selects, supervises and evaluates medical staff directly and through subordinate personnel as assigned; develops and enforces standards for the selection, appointment and retention of medical staff, including maintaining a formal program of continued medical education.
9. Plans, organizes and directs the professional and administrative activities of the LHH medical staff of approximately 120 employees.
10. Plans and directs medical staff development and in-service training activities at the facility, division, or program; conducts staff meetings and conferences.
11. Appoints the Department Chiefs of Service in the Medical Division and provides oversight in the operation of the services.
12. Coordinates medical activities with other hospital services such as laboratories, pharmacy and radiology; represents the department in contacts with representatives of governmental and community agencies.
13. Collaborates with Human Resources on the preparation of job descriptions for all levels of medical personnel within the changing context of resident care objectives.
14. Directs and delegates management of professional and ancillary personnel.
15. Provides support and direction for academic rotations and staff development programs, creating and maintaining a learning environment providing appropriate educational experiences and opportunities.
16. Establishes staffing patterns, which provide sufficient and appropriate personnel to deliver safe and therapeutically effective medical care.
17. Establishes a climate of trust and support where creative thinking and planning can be accomplished by the staff.
18. Participates and collaborates with the LHH Executive Committee to develop mechanisms for promoting teamwork, shared governance, resident-centered care, education and advancement of staff members.
19. Encourages active collaborative problem solving among medical staff, nursing staff and other staff.
Quality Management
20. Plans, organizes and directs the professional and administrative activities of the medical staff; ensures effective delivery of medical services in compliance with applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations, including medical staff bylaws, established professional standards, N.C.Q.I., and Title 22 of the California Administrative Code; monitors quality assurance and utilization review programs.
21. Establishes standards of care, standards of practice and standards of performance with which to measure effectiveness and efficiency of medical service personnel and activities consistent with CHN Quality Management policies and procedures.
22. Interprets, develops and enforces policies in accordance with the California Department of Public Health’s regulatory requirements, Title XXII and other regulations and professional standards.
23. Implements effective programming to monitor, evaluate and improve the quality of medical care to residents.
24. Develops, plans, and directs programs and policies for integrating medical services for the hospital.
25. Performs other related duties as assigned by the LHH Executive Administrator.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A current valid medical license from the Medical Board of California, AND
- Board certification in internal medicine or family practice, AND
- Certification of added qualifications in geriatrics from the American Board of Internal Medicine or the American Board of Family Practice preferred, AND
- Four (4) years of recent administrative experience in planning, organizing, managing, and evaluating medical services in a hospital setting.
Desired Qualification:
- A California Nursing Home Administrator’s license.
Selection Procedure:
Applicants’ qualifications will be reviewed to determine qualifying experience. Additional screening mechanisms may be implemented in the selection process. Selected applicants will be interviewed and meeting the minimum qualifications does not guarantee an interview. Verification of education and work experience may be required at a later date.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates meeting the minimum qualifications must submit an online application as soon as possible with the following attachments
- A letter of interest and
- A resume
Faxed copies of attachments will not be accepted.
The position will be open until filled; Qualified applicants are encouraged to file immediately as receipt of applications will be suspended when adequate qualified applications have been received.
If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact Rowena E. Tran, MPH, Director of Administrative Operations at (415) 759-3399, or via email at Rowena.tran@sfdph.org
Qualified applicants with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodation in the application or selection process must contact this office by phone at (415) 759-3399 or in writing.
Micki Callahan
Human Resources Director
Department of Human Resources
Issued: February 6, 2009
Announcement No.: PEXE-0943-055356
Team DPH/LL (415) 206-5417
