Medical Director

Nebraska Family Planning
Headquarters: Omaha, Nebraska

ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND

Founded in 2019, Nebraska Family Planning (NEFP) ensures access to equitable, rights-based reproductive health care services and education while championing all Nebraskans in determining their reproductive destiny. This Midwestern organization focuses particularly on people from low-income families, adolescents, people of color, rural communities, immigrants, and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty, inequality, and limited access to care. The organization believes that family planning is a fundamental human right essential for the well-being of all individuals.

As Nebraska’s grantee for Title X services, NEFP’s 12 sub-recipients, located in both urban and rural settings, provide comprehensive, client-centered, equitable, inclusive, and trauma-informed reproductive and sexual health services and methods. In 2020, the organization and its sub-recipients served 19,775 unduplicated patients across Nebraska.

NEFP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with an operating budget of ~$3.4M. It is guided by a 5-member Board of Directors and a year-round staff of 10. To learn more about NEFP, please visit https://nefamilyplanning.org/

POSITION SUMMARY

Role:Medical Director

Position: Contract, part time

Rate of pay: Maximum of $250/hour, dependent on experience

Hours Per Month: Varies, typically 2-4 hours per month, with a ceiling of 48 hours a year

 

Overview: Nebraska Family Planning (NEFP) is seeking a seasoned family planning physician to serve as Medical Director for the organization. The Medical Director serves as the top advisor to NEFP on clinical best practices and standards of care. The Medical Director works collaboratively with NEFP staff and subrecipient agencies to drive forwards NEFP’s goals of access, quality, equity, and person-centered reproductive care in Nebraska.

Position will work primarily remote and from NEFP office, as needed.

Essential Functions:

  • Serve as the Medical Director for the Nebraska Title X Statewide Network in accordance with Organization’s duties under the Title X federal family planning program;
  • Serve as the key resource for the Nebraska Title X Clinical team;
  • Review and approve the FPCNE Title X Policies and Procedures annually;
  • Review and approve trainings developed by FPCNE as required and described in the Subrecipient Grant Agreement, as needed; and
  • Provide training or technical assistance to the Medical Directors and Family Planning providers of the subrecipients as needed and/or as required and described in the Subrecipient Grant Agreement, as needed;
  • Participate in a clinical advisory committee.

 

Qualities:

  • Candidate must have minimal 10 years special training or experience in family planning services (e.g., OB-GYN)
  • Must be a practicing physician (M.D.), licensed in the state of Nebraska
  • Expertise in culturally-responsive & person-centered care required, alongside commitment to promoting access, equity, and quality care in clinics across the state
  • Informed and connected to national clinical best practices, research, and organizations (i.e. ACOG, QFP, ASTCCP)
  • Position does not adhere to a set schedule and requires flexibility to meet deadlines that fluctuate throughout the year
  • Collaborative
  • Proactive and responsive communication style

                                                                               

Interested applicants are invited to send a brief cover letter and résumé or CV to Mariel Harding, Reproductive and Sexual Health Clinical Educator, at mariel@nefamilyplanning.org

 

Nebraska Family Planning is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate in its employment practices, volunteer opportunities, or the delivery of programs and services, on the basis of race, color, religion, gender/gender identity, national origin, age, disability, medical condition, handicap, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law.