Clinical Site Lead- MD/DO (VERMONT LOCATION) in Los Angeles, California at University Muslim Medic

SUMMARY

Provides primary care medical services to the patients of UMMA. The Clinical Site Lead is a practicing primary care physician who also helps shape how UMMA delivers primary care to adults and families. Working in close partnership with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Medical Directors, the CSL brings frontline clinical insight to organization-wide decisions on care models, clinical standards, quality and access.

The role is roughly two parts:

A substantial direct patient care panel at the Vermont site, and protected time for clinical leadership, program development and mentoring. This role models compassionate, evidence-based, whole-person care that reflects the needs of the communities UMMA serves, including attention to social determinants of health.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Clinical:

• Maintains an active primary care panel of adults and families and sets the standard for clinical excellence at the site.

• Provides thorough, compassionate, evidence-based care across the lifespan, consistent with UMMA's clinical standards.
• Reviews the patient record, including allergies, problem list, medications and immunization status; elicits and documents medical and social history, including social determinants of health.
• Examines patients; orders and interprets only clinically necessary laboratory, pathology and imaging studies; develops and executes treatment plans.
• Prescribes medications, treatments and vaccinations using evidence-based guidelines, and counsels patients on benefits and side effects.
• Provides preventive care and counseling (nutrition, physical activity, behavioral health, primary and secondary prevention) in line with HEDIS and national evidence-based standards; addresses care gaps at every visit.
• Coordinates referrals to specialists, behavioral health and community resources, and follows up on high-risk patients and abnormal results.
• May provide prenatal and postnatal care to mothers and infants, and minor procedures, based on privileges granted.
• Delivers family planning services in compliance with Title X rules, regulations and protocols.
• Performs school, employment and insurance-eligibility physical examinations.
• Completes accurate, timely SOAP documentation that supports appropriate billing levels, and manages inbox messages, results and refills promptly.
• Participates in UMMA's coverage and on-call schedule; works one Saturday per month when needed.

Essential duties: primary care leadership

• Care model: Advises on the design and continuous improvement of team-based, patient-centered primary care, including panel management, visit types, access and continuity.
• Clinical standards: Helps develop, review and implement clinical guidelines, protocols and standing orders for common adult and family conditions (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, preventive screening, immunizations, behavioral health integration).
• Quality and safety: Takes an active role in the Quality Improvement Program and Peer Review; helps interpret quality data (HEDIS, UDS and payer measures), identify gaps and lead improvement projects.
• Population health: Contributes to strategies for high-risk and chronically ill patients, care-gap closure and outreach, with attention to health equity and social determinants of health.
• Provider voice: Serves as a bridge between frontline clinicians and leadership, raising workflow, EHR and staffing concerns and helping roll out new initiatives.
• Growth: Supports the expansion of UMMA services throughout Southern California, including input on clinical staffing, new service lines and site readiness.
• Meetings and committees: Participates in provider, clinical and leadership meetings and in committees as assigned by the CMO.

Supervision, teaching and team leadership

• Supervises and collaborates with nurse practitioners and physician assistants per California scope-of-practice requirements and UMMA policy.
• Mentors and supports newer physicians and advanced practice clinicians, including onboarding and clinical consultation.
• Precepts medical students and other learners, and helps strengthen UMMA's teaching programs.
• Provides day-to-day clinical leadership to the site care team (MAs, nurses, behavioral health and support staff), fostering a collaborative, respectful team culture.
• Supports UMMA's fundraising and community engagement objectives as a clinical ambassador.

Reporting and time allocation

• Reports to: Chief Medical Officer, with day-to-day collaboration with Regional/Site Medical Directors.
• Time allocation: Approximately 80% direct patient care and 20% protected clinical leadership time.
• Supervisory scope: Clinical supervision of NPs/PAs and learners. The role does not carry formal HR supervisory responsibility (hiring, discipline, performance reviews) unless delegated by the CMO.

Key qualities sought: clinical credibility with peers, systems thinking, comfort with data, clear communication and a collaborative, equity-minded approach to change.

• Supports UMMA objectives.
• Provides leadership support to clinical staff members if needed.
• Support with expansion of UMMA services throughout Southern California.

The incumbent in this position does not have formal supervisory responsibilities. However, as a senior professional, he or she is expected to provide leadership and mentoring to less experienced staff members, medical students, as well as volunteers.

QUALIFICATIONS/ POSITION REQUIREMENTS

These specifications are general guidelines based on the minimum experience normally considered essential to the satisfactory performance of this job. Individual abilities may result in some deviation from these guidelines.

• Successful completion and acceptable results of post offer physical examination, drug screening, and criminal background check
• Healthcare Personnel Requirements for vaccinations and preventative testing: Hep B, Influenza, MMR, TDAP, and TB

EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE:

To perform effectively in this position, the incumbent must have:

• Experience and training as a physician.
• Physician with an active unrestrictive CA license to practice medicine by the Medical Board of
• California.

EDUCATION:

• Education and training necessary to obtain a medical degree. Requires valid license to practice medicine in the State of California. Board Certified or Board Eligible in specialty preferred.
  • MD or DO from an accredited medical school, and completion of an accredited residency in Internal Medicine, Med+Peds, or Family Medicine.
• Active, unrestricted license to practice medicine issued by the Medical Board of California (or Osteopathic Medical Board of California); current DEA registration.
• Board certified or board eligible in Internal Medicine, Medicine+Pediatrics or Family Medicine.
• Meets the underwriting requirements for inclusion under UMMA's malpractice insurance coverage.

Preferred

• At least 3 years of post-residency primary care experience, ideally in a community health center, FQHC or other safety-net setting.
• Experience leading quality improvement, clinical protocol development or care model redesign.
• Experience supervising NPs/PAs and teaching medical students or residents.
• Familiarity with HEDIS, UDS and value-based care measures.
• Bilingual in English and a language spoken by UMMA's patient population.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

While performing this work, the incumbent:

• Will spend substantial time standing, sitting, speaking and listening
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Is expected to travel via personal vehicle throughout the community on a frequent basis

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE OPERATION

The incumbent in this position may operate any/all of the following equipment:

Telephone, cell phone, fax

• Computer, printer and related equipment
• Copy machine
• Audio-visual equipment
• Personal automobile

Computer software may include any or all of the following:

• ECW (eClincal Works EMR)
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Access
• Design / Publishing software
• Internet Explorer
• Donor Software