Physician Medical Director - Competitive Salary

Job Description

Join a team that shares your calling

At MultiCare, you’re more than just a job title — you’re part of a team built on trust that cares for each other, our patients and our communities. Belonging here means living our mission and values every day. If your purpose and passions align with ours, you’ll find a place to grow, do meaningful work and build a career you love in a community that feels like home.

0.5 FTE

Position Summary

The Med/Surg Medical Director is responsible for the clinical, administrative, and operational oversight of the medical/surgical units. This position ensures the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care while supporting hospital and system-wide quality initiatives, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency. The Medical Director collaborates with hospital and system leadership, physicians, and clinical teams to enhance patient outcomes, evidence-based practices and foster a culture of improvement and teamwork, as well as highly reliable organization principles.

Responsibilities

• Clinical leadership: Provide medical oversight for the medical/surgical units, ensuring the delivery of evidence-based, patient-centered care.
• Quality Improvement: Develop, implement, and monitor quality improvement initiatives in conjunction with system processes to enhance patient safety, clinical outcomes, and operational efficiency.
• Staff Oversight: Collaborate with physician and nursing leadership to ensure appropriate staffing, competency and performance.
• Provider Oversight: Collaborate with MultiCare Medical Partners (MMP) medical leadership to ensure adherence to provider staffing, competency and performance management.
• Protocol Management: in conjunction with system processes, design and maintain clinical protocols, guidelines and best practices consistent with national standards.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Facilitate collaboration between critical care, emergency medicine, and other specialties to ensure seamless patient care.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure medical/surgical operations meet local, state and federal regulations, including Joint Commission standards.
• Resource Allocation: Advise on equipment, technology, and resource needs to maintain standard medical/surgical care services
• Credentialing: participate with medical staff services to ensure privilege and credentialing requirements are up to date and the providers are appropriately credentialed.
• Conflict Resolution: Address patient, staff, and provider concerns in a timely and professional manner while working with applicable hospital parties.
• Policy Development: Establish and review medical/surgical policies and procedures to ensure compliance with evolving clinical standards.
• System Integration: attend and engage with system clinical councils with leadership in local implementation, education and performance improvement.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited medical school (MD or DO)

• Licensure to practice medicine in the state of Washington as a physician
• Board certification in one of the following: Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or Emergency Medicine

• 3-5 years of clinical experience in a hospital setting, ideally with significant time spent on medical/surgical and/or critical care.
• Leadership experience in a clinical or administrative role.

About Yakima Memorial Hospital

MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital has served the Yakima Valley since 1950. This 226-bed, not-for-profit hospital features a multispecialty team across 20+ primary and specialty care locations, providing cardiac care, cancer care, pediatric trauma care, hospice and advanced care for children with special health needs. Clinicians here care for a diverse patient population and make a meaningful impact in a collaborative, supportive environment where teams are valued and patients are grateful.

About the Yakima Community

Yakima enjoys 300 days of sunshine a year and a valley setting surrounded by desert hills and mountains. The area offers endless outdoor activities, from hiking, mountain biking and fishing to skiing, rafting and camping. Residents also enjoy rivers, lakes and scenic trails just minutes from home, along with a lower cost of living and a welcoming community — perfect for those who love an active outdoor lifestyle.

Why MultiCare?

Rooted in the local community

Partnering with patients, families and neighbors across the Pacific Northwest for more than 140 years.

Growth and education

Competitive tuition assistance, award-winning residencies, fellowships and career development to invest in you.

Well-being and support

Generous PTO, Code Lavender and Employee Assistance Programs to help you maintain balance and feel cared in your work and life.

Living our values

Respect, integrity, kindness and collaboration guide how we care for patients, communities and each other.

Belonging for all

Resource Groups and outreach programs help ensure every team member feels safe, seen, heard and valued.

Pacific Northwest lifestyle

Work and live where natural beauty, adventure and strong community connections are part of everyday life.

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $295,360.00 - $359,840.00 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.

Associated benefit information can be viewed here.