WHO YOU ARE
You are devoted, compassionate, and enjoy being on the front lines of healthcare, changing the lives of people living with kidney disease. You’re excited about being part of a team that is building a healthcare delivery model that ensures the highest possible quality of life and best outcomes for those in our care. You believe people living with kidney disease deserve the best person-centered, holistic, comprehensive care and want to influence the healthcare system to drive towards that. You are passionate about value-based care and understand its importance in improving outcomes and reducing health care costs. You thrive in innovative and evolving environments with high rates of change. Does this sound like you? If so, we should talk.
WHO WE ARE
Evergreen Nephrology partners with nephrologists and other providers to transform kidney care through a value-based, person-centered, holistic, and comprehensive approach to kidney care. We believe people living with kidney disease deserve the best care. We are committed to improving patient outcomes and quality of life by delaying disease progression, engaging patients in their own care, optimizing care delivery and transitions, and accelerating kidney transplants through partnerships with our nephrologists and other providers, best-in-class interdisciplinary clinical resources, and technology and analytics platform that enables optimized insights and care.
YOUR ROLE
As the Chief Clinical Officer with Evergreen Nephrology, you lead, influence, and ensure proactive clinical care and optimal clinical quality for our patients. The Chief Clinical Officer will serve as a key member of the clinical management team and report directly to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to drive Evergreen Nephrology’s clinical success.
The Chief Clinical Officer will work closely with the CMO and have the responsibility to provide clinical and strategic direction and oversight of Evergreen’s clinical model and initiatives to ensure high quality patient care while meeting financial, operational, and clinical quality metrics.
PRIMARY FUNCTIONS
- Provide clinical oversight and supervision to Evergreen Advanced Practice Providers caring for aligned patients
- Serve as Medical Director for the Evergreen Aligned (EGA) patient population focusing on value-based initiatives to improve quality while reducing cost of care, clinical innovation, performance improvement, clinical transformation.
- Ensure a comprehensive medical and behavioral approach to clinical program design across multiple disease states including diabetes, hypertension and other chronic diseases that lead to kidney disease progression, in collaboration with the CMO, SVP of Clinical Operations and COO
- Oversee operational effectiveness and quality performance of the Quality Incentive Program (QPIP) partner practices to ensure optimal performance in achieving the contracted metrics and accomplishing program goals.
- Assist the CMO in the development kidney care clinical programs focused on delaying progression of CKD, increasing adoption of home dialysis and kidney transplantation, and ensuring proper goal setting and shared decision-making regarding potential kidney replacement therapies.
- Assist the CMO in equipping and overseeing JV Partner Medical Directors as they lead their JV practice towards the realization of quality, cost-effective health care services that accomplish Evergreen’s value based care goals.
- Participate in the Evergreen Physician Leadership Council meetings as assigned.
- Other duties as assigned.
HOW YOU QUALIFY
- You reviewed the Who You Are section of this job posting and immediately felt the need to read on. That makes you a match for our innovative culture
- You accept that things change quickly in an early-stage environment and are willing to pivot rapidly on priorities
- You can navigate ambiguity in an environment where full scope of information might not be available or might be delayed in coming
- You align with Evergreen’s purpose, principles, and practices, encapsulated in our Culture Code
- You have the tenacity required to drive initiatives forward, overcome obstacles, and achieve goals despite challenges
- You have completed an accredited residency in Family or Internal Medicine (fellowship training in nephrology or another specialty is optional).
- You hold an unrestricted medical doctor state license and are board certified by an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) approved certifying agency.
- You have 5+ years of clinical practice experience
- You have a minimum of ten (10) years leading people and organizations to success.
- You have proven experience leading significant improvements in clinical quality and outcomes for care delivery and/or managed care organizations
- You have strong comprehension of clinical standards of care and are focused on quality of life for your patients
- Bonus points: You have a master’s degree or higher related to quality, public health, administration, health services research or a related field
- You may also have experience or be certified in one or more of the following areas:
- Specialist in Clinical Hypertension
- Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine
- Kidney Transplantation
- Intermediate skills with MS Office Suite of products including Outlook and Teams
- You have the ability to work effectively in a primarily remote environment
- At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wired to the house internet (Cable, Fiber, or DSL) and hardwired to the internet device is recommended
- Evergreen will provide Remote or Hybrid Home/Office employees with telephony applications and equipment to meet the business requirements for their position/job
- Team Members must work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information
Pay range for this role is $315,000 to $340,000, with exact pay determined based on experience, education, demand for role, geographic location and other role-specific criteria.
HOW YOU’RE SUPPORTED
- You will benefit from Evergreen Nephrology’s exceptional total rewards package, including competitive base pay with bonuses, paid time off starting at four weeks for full-time employees, 12 paid holidays per year, reimbursement for continuing medical education, 401k with match, health, dental, and vision insurance, as well as paid parental leave.
- We commit to a robust training and development program that starts with onboarding and continues throughout your career with Evergreen Nephrology.
- As an inclusive and diverse team, you will collaborate with like-minded healthcare professionals who, like you, understand the importance and value of Evergreen Nephrology’s high-quality, value-based care model.
Evergreen Nephrology is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.
Evergreen Nephrology will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants.
Evergreen Nephrology is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should email us for assistance. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Common characteristics of the people who comprise Evergreen Nephrology:
Smart, detail-oriented, mission-driven, entrepreneurial, and operates with urgency
