Site Medical Director Child Abuse Svcs

Company: Legacy Health
Location: Vancouver
Posted on: May 1, 2025

Job Description:

Site Medical Director Child Abuse Svcs



US-WA-VANCOUVER

Job ID: 25-42609
Type: Regular Full-Time
Salmon Creek Medical Ctr campus

Overview

Seeking 1.0 FTE (M-F 40 hours a week) Outpatient Child Abuse Physician Specialist/potential Site Medical Director for Legacy Salmon Creek Child Abuse Assessment Team in Vancouver, WA. www.legacyhealth.org Career Portal, Requisitions ID: 24-36184 and 24-39315 Legacy is committed to delivering comprehensive family-centered care with compassion and excellence in a culture that values diversity.Clinical Role includes:

• Outpatient medical evaluations of children for suspected abuse and neglect.
• Taking histories, performing physical examinations, obtaining physical findings photographs, ordering needed cultures, lab tests, and imaging studies.
• Performing overall health screenings with follow-up referrals.
• Entering detailed, legally acceptable timely reports into EMR of medical evaluations with sign-off, charge entry and accurate coding with inclusion of diagnostic findings and treatment recommendations.
• Contacting internal and outside agencies to ensure understanding of relevant information with timely debrief to develop cooperative follow-up plan.
• Participating in peer review and quality assurance.
• Requesting peer review on cases that pose diagnostic problems.
• Telephone consultations on medical aspects of suspected abuse.
• Triage and engagement with five county multi-disciplinary teams for coordinated child abuse response.
• Expert testimony when subpoenaed to depositions or trials with integration of current research and be a resource for staff preparing for court.
• Attending child abuse professional training for medical providers.
• Inpatient work, if of interest, can be discussed.CAAT Site Medical Director role includes:
  • Maintaining state of the art program.
  • Collaborating to develop policies, procedures, and approaches to clinical care with CARES NW, albeit allowing for differences given different State regulations/systems.
  • Participating in marketing/outreach/philanthropy efforts.
  • Serving on Legacy Health committees.
  • Participating in local and state organizations and activities requiring child abuse physician specialist medical representation.
  • Providing supervision for CAAT examiners as needed.
  • Multidisciplinary Team participation for 3 to 5 counties.
  • DCYF consultations through Seattle Children's Med Con program.
  • Promoting community partnerships, program development, and awareness regarding child abuse.
  • Outreach/education to law enforcement, CPS, and medical.QUALIFICATIONS:As a condition of hire and throughout employment, the role requires child abuse background checks through the DHS Child Abuse registry check. If a record exists, findings will be reported back to CAAT and addressed in accordance with program policies. For Site Medical Director role consideration, applicant must have prior experience in Child Abuse administration. Equal Opportunity Employer/Vets/Disabled. Unable to offer J1 or H-1B visa opportunities. For inquiries about the role, please contact Hiring Manager Lisa Lyons, PhD, at LLYONS@LHS.ORG For application information, please apply or contact Recruiter Forrest Brown at FoBrown@lhs.org
    
    
    Compensation details: 101-235 Hourly Wage
    
    
    
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