HEATHCARE SERVICES  
701 East Jefferson Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85007

https://corrections.az.gov

Salary:  $149,790.00 - $269,623.00

Grade: 36

Closing Date: Open Until Filled 

The Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking an experienced medical professional and compassionate leader to join our team as our Medical Director. 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 Medical Director 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 Medical Director will service inmates, including mental health, substance abuse, and physical health. They will also ensure compliance with regulations and advocate for better care.

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 are met to 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 of:

- Principles and practices of correctional healthcare management and supervision as set forth by the United States Constitution, Arizona Revised Statutes, the National Commission on Correctional Health Care
- Medical quality assurance and utilization review methodology
- Basic knowledge of fiscal management, including budget, procurement, and outside contracting
- Procedure analysis and policy development
- Research and patient assessment methodology
- Program management strategies; laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures pertaining to the assignment
- Action plan development
- Project planning, development, and implementation strategies
- Computer skills in operating system and general working knowledge of the Department's standardized databases

Skill in:

- Verbal and written communications
- Organizational, time management, and decision making
- Translating high complex concepts, results and models
- Interpersonal relations
- Research and analysis
- Delegation, leadership, motivation/mentoring, and counseling
- Interviewing
- Budgeting/expenditures
- Synthesizing and presenting information in support of project objectives
- Interpreting contractual language
- Data gathering
- Public relations
- Computer

Ability to:

- Effectively evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of medical programs and services
- Study and analyze policies, procedures, contracts, and reports and recommend effective means of implementing goals and objectives.
- Analyze the appropriateness of clinical services
- Compose correspondence and reports
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external entities.
- Compile information and reports
- Make decisions
- Meet deadlines

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

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

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.) R2-10-207.11).

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: Driver’s License Requirements.

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

We offer an excellent and affordable comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees:
- Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
- Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
- Exceptional retirement program
- Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
- An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

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.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 255-2430. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.