- Job Type: Full-Time
- Function: Life Sciences R&D/Engineering
- Industry: Digital Health
- Post Date: 07/15/2024
- Website: vida.com
- Company Address: 100 Montgomery St, Suite 750, San Francisco, California 94104, US
About Vida Health
VidaDelivering lasting behavior change and health outcomes to chronic conditions.
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Provide training, clinical oversight and mentorship to NPs, PAs and/or MAs.
- Support interviewing and hiring of new clinical staff.
- Create and deliver training materials.
- Shadow front line staff delivering patient care and provide clinical feedback.
- Conduct clinical audits and meet with staff in accordance to regulatory guidance.
- Be available for real-time mentorship and questions during working hours from clinical staff.
- Ensure compliance with Vida and client protocols and programs.
- Provide direct patient care- support by prescribing, creating, monitoring and supporting treatment plans in accordance with statutes, regulations and protocols.
- Issue medication prescriptions in accordance with treatment guidelines.
- Order laboratory tests, interpret and explain the test results to patients.
- Provide patient education regarding medications, risks, benefits and reasonable outcome expectations.
- Communicate with patients and engage in follow-up as necessary.
- Refer higher acuity patients to specialized care based off of a stringent screening guideline to ensure quality of care and the best outcome for patients.
- Maintain medical records and high quality of clinical documentation.
- Provide medical care, patient education and medication prescribing and management in an empathetic and judgment-free manner.
- Cover critical outreach shifts to support remote monitoring.
- Reach out to members identified by remote monitoring protocols and if needed, prescribe rescue medications or direct to community medicine/emergency services.
Requirements:
- Physician (MD or DO) with active, unrestricted license in 25+ states including PA, NY, DE, WV. (If you do not meet this requirement, but are close, please still apply).
- Board certification strongly preferred in internal medicine or family medicine- other specialties can be considered with preference for those who have completed a full internal medicine residency.
- Has or will obtain board certification in obesity management from the American Board of Obesity Medicine as soon as practicable at the company’s expense.
- Availability to cover at least three critical outreach shifts/week. Critical outreach shifts take place on weekends, early mornings(7am) or in the evenings(7pm).
- Experience supervising and mentoring clinical staff.
- Experience treating CHF, COPD, Diabetes and/or Obesity preferredDemonstrated experience working with patients, clients and other clinical providers in an integrated setting.
- Meticulous organizational and excel skills.
- Previous experience with quality assurance and improvement practices preferred.
- Experience with digital technology.
- Ability to perform independently, under minimal supervision with accountability for specific goals/objectives.
- Demonstrates problem solving, leadership, conflict management and team building skills in order to ensure a productive work environment and achievement of goals.
- Demonstrates strong aptitude to work in a rapidly changing, start-up environment.
- Proficiency with EMR (electronic medical record) systems.