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