CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER

Job Summary :

The Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking an experienced medical professional and compassionate leader to join our team as our Chief Medical Officer. This position is responsible for monitoring and evaluating all aspects of medical services provided to our inmate population at the Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) institutions and contracted private prisons. The Chief Medical Officer will be responsible for ensuring all clinical expertise and leadership for health care strategy development and implementation. They will serve as a thought and opinion leader to provide clinical leadership and to support internal and external strategic initiatives and work collaboratively with other Contract Healthcare Providers (CHP) and Chief Medical Officers. Within correctional healthcare, the Chief Medical Officer will service inmates, including mental health, substance abuse, and physical health. They will also ensure compliance with regulations and advocate for better care.

Job Duties :

Your primary responsibilities will include :

• Provides clinical oversight and governs accordingly by using evidence-based medicine, clinical guidelines, and best practices, while adhering to any and all local, state, federal, or global legal and regulatory requirements
• Engages in prevention, educating, diagnosing, and treating a wide variety of complex, acute, and chronic medical conditions
• Assures patient medical charts and records are accurate and meet legal and medical requirements
• Gathers, analyzes, and reports health statistics and forecasts budgetary needs
• Provides medical supervision and direction of staff and contracted healthcare providers, may include resident physicians, physician’s assistants, and nurse practitioner students
• Develops, plans, and prepares protocols and standardizes procedures
• Provides clinical guidance and support to initiatives that address public health issues
• Supervises and directs the medical aspects of treatments
• Acts as a physician member of a multi-disciplinary patient care teams
• Confers with staff and patients regarding diagnosis and treatments
• Recommends hospitalization or other indicated services and reviews referrals to specialists as appropriate
• Conducts in-service training and attends and facilitates meetings
• Leads the development, implementation and evaluation of healthcare policies and procedures for the correctional healthcare system
• Reviews contracts, writes memorandums of understanding for services
• Manages and undertakes process improvement for the internal communication on timelines, evidentiary review and deliverables
• Develop and nurture working relationships with clinical partners and other Medical Directors
• Leads focus groups for a variety of projects
• Performs clinical investigations and research
• Implements transgender policies and acts as liaison to transgender inmates
• Manages utilization review process and assists in development and implementation of monitoring programs, compliance review, corrective action plans and policy development
• Prepares required reports and recommendations for mortality reviews, approves special diets, and finalizes and submits clemency applications

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs) :

Knowledge of :

Skill in :

Ability to :

Selective Preference(s) :

Board-certified in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine

Experience providing medical services in a correctional setting and / or correctional healthcare administration

Certified Correctional Health Professional (CCHP) may be obtained after hire.

Pre-Employment Requirements :

Must possess a valid, unrestricted Arizona Medical license.

In an effort to maintain a safe environment, all employees are required to take a Tuberculosis (TB) test during their New Employee Orientation and every year thereafter.

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) ).

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply :

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

Benefits :

We offer an excellent and affordable comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees :

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Retirement :

Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS).

Current ADCRR Employees : Consult with your respective Human Resources Liaison if you are in a different retirement plan than the one indicated above.