Assistant medical director job description

This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Assistant medical director in details. A complete job description concludes Assistant medical director key duties/responsibilities, Assistant medical director job qualifications (knowledge, education, skills, abilities, experience…KSA model) and other ones such as daily tasks, key activities, key/core competencies, job functions/purpose…

I. List of Assistant medical director duties:

1. Advise the director in key policy decisions in the field of emergency medicine and its practice within the UPMC Health System, and aid in policy development, faculty evaluation, and staff assessment.
2. Develop and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with internal/external organizations.
3. Assists regular review and evaluation of all quality and appropriateness of patient care.
4. Prepare/assist with work schedule for physicians and midlevel providers.
5. Coordinates academic activities for the department.
6. Participate in budgetary planning and required reports.
7. Serve on committees as requested by the Medical Director.
8. Work with administration to promote and obtain adequate reimbursement for hospital and physician services from third party payers as needed.

II. List of Assistant medical director qualifications

1. CT State license
2. Board Certification in Psychiatry and Child including Adolescent Psychiatry
3. Cultural Competency to serve African American, Latino/Puerto Rican and West Indian families
4. Experience in evaluation and treatment of children in the child welfare system
5. Commitment to total quality management practices
6. Physically able to perform the essential functions of the position in a standard office

7.      Proprietary Education experience (preferred)

8.      Minimum of Associate Degree in any field required (Bachelor Degree in Health, Medical Assistant, Nursing, Public Health preferred) from an accredited institution recognized by the US Dept. of Education

9.      Minimum of 3 Years in the Medical Assistant profession (required)

10.  Minimum of 40 hours of experience in an ambulatory healthcare facility (required)

11.  Managed a team of at least 3 individuals (preferred)

12.  Teaching Experience (required)

III. Tips to write job description

1. Too-long job description:

Looking at a too-long job description can frighten the candidates off and drive the away. A job description, no matter how important the job is, should not be included in more than 3 pages. If one focuses on too many things at a time, he shall definitely lose focus on the main items and get overwhelmed by the remaining; So, keep it concisely.

2. Too-short job description:

While too-long can be a problem, too-short is more a problem. It will ruin the meaning of the job description. A too-short one means it lacks necessary details and therefore, the candidate will not be able to understand while reading it.

3. Listing unnecessary functions or job duties:

Just classifying these into the “others” category will save you a lot of effort and space. On the other hand, the job description will become more dilute and easy to be neglected.

4. Key functions

Not listing key functions as required for the job can be a fatal mistake to a job description.

5. Grammar and spelling

Poor grammar and having spelling errors can ruin the job description, too. Never think that as you are the employer, you may have the right to make grammar or spelling errors while requires other not to. A job description with such errors is easily to be mistaken as a fake or ghost ads; as a result, the candidate will turn away from it.

6. Not specific enough:

Be specific and concise; if you don’t address the specific, then what the job description is for. It is for the candidate to understand just exactly what he needs to do or needs to have. Lacking details can confuse the candidates very well.

7. Not having the job description reviewed by others:

This is also a common mistake. One may be subject to bias, but more than one, especially with the help of those external advisor, the job description can be more perfect.

8. Using buzzwords or abbreviations:

In fact, it is not necessary at all to use such in a job description.

9. Using slang or legal words:

Just use common wording to communicate with others and don’t do anything extraordinarily.

10. Not updating the job description:

The same job may require different duties and responsibilities in different times, so, you cannot use the same job description for 2 different times.