Arkansas Health Group/Baptist Health Hospitalist Medical Director

**Arkansas Health Group/Baptist Health Hospitalist Medical Director**

Baptist Health in Arkansas is the largest health system in the state with 14 hospitals. AHG currently employees a team of approximately 60 hospitalists who staff 8 of these hospitals. We seek to employ a Medical Director to practice as a hospitalist and oversee the hospitalist teams to establish consistent provision of care. We seek a seasoned hospitalists with experience within a system that promotes geographic provision of care within the hospital with inclusion of bedside nursing and other team members in team rounding, and utilization of evidence-based medical care.

** _Responsibilities_**
**Leadership:**

* Provide leadership for the hospitalist teams while balancing administrative leadership with clinical care to achieve operational efficiency, staff engagement, and high-quality provision of team oriented patient care resulting in high quality patient outcomes and patient experience scores.
* Serve as a member of the AHG Physician Leadership Team.
* 40-50% protected administrative time.

**Clinical:**
* Work as a practicing hospitalist 50-60% of the time.
* Clinical time at each of our largest hospitals (Little Rock, North Little Rock and Conway) to gain insight regarding each setting and team.
* Lead by example with provision of excellent, evidence-based clinical care.

**Strategy:**
* Develop and implement the strategic vision for the System hospitalist program and at each hospital that aligns with the System and Hospital Strategy for hospitalist care.
* Promote an organized geographic patient assignment and rounding structure within each hospital to promote team-oriented rounding and patient care.

**Operational Management:**
* Work with team leaders at each hospital to oversee daily operations and staffing to ensure high quality of care and efficient patient throughput.
* Develop team schedules specific to each hospital that provides best care 24 hours per day.

**Quality and Safety:**
* Promote the use of diagnosis specific, evidence-based standardized care with the development and utilization of order sets and care models.
* Lead quality improvement initiatives and safety protocols.
* Participate in development of annual hospitalist quality improvement plan and quality goals.

**Compliance:**
* Ensure compliant documentation and billing practices by hospitalists.
* Serve as team representative for interaction with Compliance, Utilization, and Risk Management Teams.

**Physician Mentorship:**
* Evaluate and mentor individual hospitalist team members.
* Serve as first line interaction for corrective communication and counseling with team members.

**Collaboration:**
* Work with Hospital CMOs, CNOs, Quality and Safety teams and Administration to promote multidisciplinary, team focused patient care.
* Oversee cross coverage by hospitalists at each hospital as indicated.

**Recruitment:**
* Make recommendations for team staffing as indicated.
* Participate in interviews and recruitment of potential additions to the team(s).

**Clinical Liaison:**
* Partner with Command Center, Emergency Department and Nursing Leadership to improve patient acceptance and transfer process, and patient care transitions.

**_Required Qualifications
_**
**Education:**
* MD or DO degree.
* Completion of residency in Internal Medicine.
* Board Certification in Internal Medicine.
* Enhanced consideration of candidates who have completed a fellowship in Hospital Medicine or a Master’s in Hospital Administration or Health Science.

**Experience:**
* 5-10 years as a practicing hospitalist in a large tertiary hospital or system.
* Leadership training. o Hospitalist leadership experience is preferred.

**Skills:**
* Excellent clinician.
* Strong communication skills.
* Experience in conflict resolution.
* Ability to foster collaboration and multidisciplinary team care.

**For more information or to apply for this position send your CV to Dana Heifner, Baptist Health Physician Recruiter, dana.heifner@baptist-health.org or**

**Phillip Wallace, Baptist Health Senior Physician recruiter, phillip.wallace@baptist-health.org**