Extended Job Title
Correctional Unit Medical Director
Position Description
Lead Healthcare That Makes a Difference
Join a mission-driven team at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Managed Care where your clinical expertise and leadership have a direct impact on patient outcomes. As the Correctional Unit Medical Director, you will oversee the delivery of comprehensive healthcare services within a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) facility, ensuring timely, high-quality, and accessible care for an underserved patient population. Working with significant autonomy, you will provide medical oversight, exercise independent clinical judgment, and ensure compliance with TTUHSC Correctional Health Services policies, TDCJ regulations, and National Commission on Correctional Health Care standards.
In addition to providing patient care, you will lead and mentor a team of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, fostering a culture of clinical excellence and collaboration. Reporting to the Regional Medical Director, this role offers a unique opportunity to combine hands-on medicine with leadership while partnering with TTUHSC faculty, healthcare professionals, and correctional leadership to improve health outcomes and advance correctional healthcare.
Requisition ID
45959BR
Travel Required
Up to 25%
Pay Grade Maximum
$315,000
Major/Essential Functions
Provides Clinical Leadership & Medical Oversight:
Correctional Unit Medical Director
Position Description
Lead Healthcare That Makes a Difference
Join a mission-driven team at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Managed Care where your clinical expertise and leadership have a direct impact on patient outcomes. As the Correctional Unit Medical Director, you will oversee the delivery of comprehensive healthcare services within a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) facility, ensuring timely, high-quality, and accessible care for an underserved patient population. Working with significant autonomy, you will provide medical oversight, exercise independent clinical judgment, and ensure compliance with TTUHSC Correctional Health Services policies, TDCJ regulations, and National Commission on Correctional Health Care standards.
In addition to providing patient care, you will lead and mentor a team of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, fostering a culture of clinical excellence and collaboration. Reporting to the Regional Medical Director, this role offers a unique opportunity to combine hands-on medicine with leadership while partnering with TTUHSC faculty, healthcare professionals, and correctional leadership to improve health outcomes and advance correctional healthcare.
Requisition ID
45959BR
Travel Required
Up to 25%
Pay Grade Maximum
$315,000
Major/Essential Functions
Provides Clinical Leadership & Medical Oversight:
- Serves as the Unit Health Authority, ensuring the delivery of quality healthcare services and compliance with organizational, regulatory, and accreditation standards.
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