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Overview

This FQHC is committed to supporting the well-being of our communities by advancing equitable access to high-quality healthcare and wellness services. Guided by a culture of innovation, collaboration, and compassion, we create environments that empower our providers to focus on delivering exceptional patient care.

Position Summary

The Family Medicine Regional Medical Director provides clinical leadership across Region #3 while maintaining an active Family Medicine practice at the main location. This position serves as the primary point of clinical accountability between frontline providers and organizational leadership. The Regional Medical Director works closely with the Chief Medical Officer, regional operations and nursing leadership, Specialty Medical Directors, Human Resources, and clinical teams to advance quality, patient safety, provider engagement, access to care, and operational excellence. The Regional Medical Director also serves as a voting member of the Clinical Leadership Council. Regular travel throughout the assigned region is required.

Job Requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Provide clinical leadership across the assigned Region
  • Maintain an active Family Medicine clinical practice
  • Monitor regional clinical quality measures and lead improvement efforts to meet or exceed national FQHC benchmarks.
  • Lead clinical peer review, chart audits, patient-safety initiatives, and sentinel-event reviews.
  • Support Joint Commission survey readiness and regulatory compliance.
  • Meet regularly with physicians and advanced practice providers to support engagement, development, and retention.
  • Partner with Human Resources and clinical recruitment leadership on provider recruitment, onboarding, and workforce planning.
  • Collaborate with regional operations and nursing leadership to improve patient access, clinical workflows, and patient experience.
  • Champion team-based care and Patient-Centered Medical Home models.
  • Manage provider empanelment and support appropriate credentialing and privileging.
  • Participate in site leadership meetings and regional planning activities.
  • Strengthen connections between regional providers and Specialty Medical Directors.
  • Identify service gaps and contribute to regional growth plans, grant-funded programs, and community health needs assessments.
  • Attend monthly Clinical Leadership Council meetings and contribute to organizational clinical policies.
  • Complete at least eight hours of leadership development annually.

Required Qualifications

  • Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from an accredited medical school.
  • Successful completion of an accredited Family Medicine residency program.
  • Active and unrestricted Illinois medical license.
  • Current and unrestricted DEA registration.
  • Board certification in Family Medicine.
  • At least two years of clinical experience with this CHC or a comparable Federally Qualified Health Center or community health organization.
  • Demonstrated commitment to health equity and medically underserved communities.
  • Ability to maintain an active clinical practice while fulfilling regional leadership responsibilities.
  • Ability and willingness to travel regularly throughout the assigned region.
  • No active disciplinary actions or unresolved peer-review findings.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience leading physicians, advanced practice providers, or multidisciplinary clinical teams across multiple locations.
  • Experience with clinical quality improvement, peer review, and patient-safety programs.
  • Familiarity with HRSA requirements, UDS and HEDIS measures, 340B, and Joint Commission standards.
  • Experience with Patient-Centered Medical Home and team-based care models.
  • Graduate education in public health or healthcare administration, such as an MPH or MHA.
  • Experience recruiting, mentoring, developing, and retaining clinical providers.

Misc Benefits

Compensation and Benefits

This CHC offers a competitive compensation package and comprehensive provider benefits, including:

  • FTCA malpractice coverage with no tail obligation
  • Loan repayment program eligibility
  • Three weeks of paid vacation to start, increasing to four weeks after four years of employment
  • Three paid summer days
  • One paid Wellness Day annually
  • Five paid sick days
  • Eleven paid holidays
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Critical illness, cancer, and accident coverage
  • AD&D, supplemental life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • 403(b) retirement plan with employer contribution
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Employee discount programs

Client Description

Our Mission:

We boldly commit to supporting the well-being of our communities, ensuring equity in access and delivering exceptional care inspired by a culture of innovation.

Our Vision:

Strong, healthy communities, where everyone has access to high quality health and wellness care, leading to better social and emotional health.

Our Core Values:

We are committed to social justice, health equity, and access to quality services for all.

We engage a patient centered approach that empowers all to live healthy lives.

We celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion in all that we do.

We support the transformation of our historically disadvantaged communities to strength and wellness through our trauma informed care.

We are fearless, optimistic, and innovative in our approaches and believe that we can overcome even the most severe barriers.

We invest in our employees, providing them with the tools they need to grow and do their best work.

We seek opportunities to grow our impact through strategic collaborations that embodies our vision and values.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:

We are committed to social justice, health equity, and access to quality services for all. We work in spaces formed and maintained by systematic oppression, impacting our employees and those we serve. We strive to end, repair, and fight against these inequities and injustices by challenging the systems, laws, policies and key stakeholders in the health and human services industries which threaten diversity dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, language, age, abilities, caregiver status, poverty, health access and literacy, religion, citizenship status, and veteran status.

Community Description

Chicago Heights is located about 30 miles from the city of Chicago and about six miles from the Indiana border, at the crossroads of Lincoln Highway (Route 30) and Dixie Highway (Hubbard's Trail).

Chicago Heights is home to opportunities for sightseeing, shopping, and sporting events, just a short drive from the major metropolitan opportunities of Chicago. 

Student Loan Forgiveness

National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Eligible