Hospitalist Medical Director

Medical Director - Miami Valley Hospital North Hospitalist Program

Specialty: Hospitalists

Status: Employed

Organization: Miami Valley Hospital North Campus

The Program Medical Director has oversight responsibility for the Hospitalist Program at the site they direct.The Program Medical Directors report directly to the VP of Hospital Medicine. The Program Medical Director is responsible for all Quality Outcomes and Clinical performance of their Hospitalist Program. The Program Medical Director collaborates with the MVHN Chief Medical Officer and Associate Chief Nursing Officer in meeting organizational goals. This individual will be responsible for leading and implementing initiatives to deliver patient-centered, high-quality and equitable cost‑effective care to patients cared for by the hospitalist.

Nature and Scope:

The Program Medical Director is responsible for the management of the Hospitalist Program and has direct oversight of the hospitalist physicians and APPs in the program.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Staff Hospitalist and APP Oversight

• Management of financial and quality performance of their Hospitalist Program
• Operations management, marketing, staffing, HR issues, budgeting, clinical performance, strategic planning and recruitment
• Provides mentorship and holds Hospitalists and APP staff providers accountable for meeting the terms of their individual signed contracts and performance metric goals of the Hospitalist department and hospital.
• Determines strategic plans to carry out clinical initiatives proposed by leadership related to committee involvement, education and training requirements, care standards m processes, and patient flow guidelines for the successful implementation of the plans by the Hospitalists team.
• Ensures fiscally responsible adequate staffing of shifts at all times to simultaneously ensure patient safety and budgetary requirements are maintained.
• Participates in the hiring of Hospitalists department staff and providers, monitors compensation and incentive programs, establishes processes to ensure equity among all employed/hired Hospitalists providers, and defines staffing model guidelines.
• Participates in the implementation and monitoring of physician compensation and bonus plans designed to enhance care improvement, improved clinical outcomes, promote efficiency and fiscal accountability, and recruits/retains talent.
• Participates in the evaluation and leads adoption of technology to support clinical excellence and program performance.
• In partnership with leadership recommends annual operating budgets maintains fiscal accountability through monitoring actual performance to budget and recommends any major changes or adjustments from budget to improve staffing, compensation, and capital.
• Ensures revenue cycle is optimized to achieve maximum reimbursement with appropriate billing, coding, documentation and length of stay.
• Supports finance leadership in establishing the financial infrastructure and budget for the hospitalists program at the site of supervision.
• Recommends and maintains accountability to goals for quality, safety, and satisfaction that enhance value, improve patient experience and outcomes while providing evidence-based medicine to achieve the safest care and most cost‑effective care.
• Develops and operationalizes the standardization of hospitalist‑based services throughout the Premier Health System based on evidence‑based medicine and best practices to drive quality, service and cost‑effective delivery of Hospitalist care across the hospital.
• Monitors and implements continuous process improvement initiatives to improve the operational efficiency of Hospitalists medicine focusing on QEP metrics, clinical outcomes, and hospital throughput.
• Develops plans to achieve patient experience service and provider satisfaction goals.
• Establishes rapport and credibility with hospital site senior leaders to ensure alignment of goals with the clinical quality goals of the hospital.

Job Requirements

• MD or DO degree
• Board certification in IM or FM
• Unrestricted OHIO license
• Previous leadership and management experience preferred
• Experience in Quality Improvement
• Fundamental knowledge of financial decision‑making
• Privileged or actively pursuing privileges at all MVH Sites.
• H1B and J1 candidates can be considered for this role

At Premier Health, we care, we teach, we innovate, and we serve.

Premier Health has grown to become one of the largest health systems in southwest Ohio. Founded in 1995, Premier Health has more than 13,000 employees and more than 1,700 physicians.

Our comprehensive health system operates five campuses including Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville, Miami Valley Hospital North in Englewood, Atrium Medical Center in Middletown and Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy and has more than 100 patient care locations.

• Air travel made easy with three major airports nearby, Dayton International Airport, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and John Glenn Columbus International Airport.
• A diverse and plentiful selection of shopping, dining, arts, sports, and recreation.
• Choose vibrant, metropolitan living in urban lofts, historic homes, and upscale neighborhoods. Or you may prefer newer, family‑friendly neighborhoods in our progressive suburban communities. Or the charm of small‑town or country living.
• Access to country clubs and YMCA’s located throughout Southwest Ohio.

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