Company Overview
Vida is dedicated to improving individual health and transforming the healthcare system.
We offer expert, personalized, and on-demand health coaching and programs through a network of experienced healthcare professionals, including dietitians, therapists, and health coaches. This is all delivered through a user-friendly app featuring award-winning content.
Our focus is on chronic conditions, such as diabetes, obesity, depression, and hypertension, which represent 80% of the $3 trillion spent annually on healthcare in the United States.
By integrating advanced technology with highly qualified healthcare providers, Vida is removing traditional barriers to accessing quality care. Our cloud-based platform collects real-time data from over 100 devices and apps, providing AI-powered insights to employers, health plans, and providers to enhance care. Vida is a trusted partner for Fortune 1000 companies, major national payers, and large providers, empowering their members and employees to achieve optimal health.
Responsibilities:
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Direct Patient Care (80%):
- Provide comprehensive patient care, including prescribing, developing, monitoring, and supporting treatment plans in accordance with regulations and protocols.
- Issue medication prescriptions following established treatment guidelines.
- Order, interpret, and explain laboratory test results to patients.
- Educate patients about medications, risks, benefits, and realistic outcome expectations.
- Communicate with patients and provide necessary follow-up care.
- Refer patients requiring specialized care based on established screening guidelines to ensure quality of care and optimal outcomes.
- Maintain accurate medical records and high-quality clinical documentation.
- Deliver empathetic and non-judgmental medical care, patient education, and medication prescribing/management.
- Cover critical outreach shifts for remote patient monitoring up to three days per week (including two shift hours on weekends) and some one-hour shifts at 7 am or 7 pm.
- Contact members identified through remote monitoring protocols and, if necessary, prescribe rescue medications or direct them to community medicine/emergency services.
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Training, Clinical Oversight, and Mentorship (20%):
- Provide training, clinical oversight, and mentorship to NPs, PAs, and/or MAs.
- Support the interviewing and hiring of new clinical staff.
- Develop and deliver training materials.
- Shadow frontline staff providing patient care and offer clinical feedback.
- Conduct clinical audits and meet with staff according to regulatory guidance.
- Provide real-time mentorship and answer clinical staff questions during working hours.
- Ensure compliance with Vida and client protocols and programs.
Qualifications:
- Physician (MD or DO) with an active, unrestricted license in 15-20+ states (applicants close to meeting this requirement are still encouraged to apply).
- Board certification strongly preferred in internal medicine or family medicine; other specialties considered, with preference given to those who have completed a full internal medicine residency.
- Must obtain board certification in obesity management from the American Board of Obesity Medicine as soon as reasonably practicable, at the company’s expense.
- Availability to cover at least three critical outreach shifts per week, including weekend shifts, early mornings (7 am), or evenings (7 pm).
- Experience supervising and mentoring clinical staff.
- Experience treating CHF, COPD, diabetes, and/or obesity preferred.
- Experience working with patients, clients, and other clinical providers in an integrated setting.
- Meticulous organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Previous experience with quality assurance and improvement practices preferred.
- Experience with digital technology.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and accountability for specific goals/objectives.
- Demonstrated problem-solving, leadership, conflict management, and team-building skills for a productive work environment and goal achievement.
- Strong aptitude for working in a fast-paced, startup environment.
- Proficiency with EMR (electronic medical record) systems.