Medical Director - Internal Medicine - Charlotte
Company: Atrium Health
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: May 4, 2024
Job Description:
Overview Job Summary:The Specialty Medical Director - Internal
Medicine (Charlotte Market - approx. 200k patients and 160
providers)is responsible for providing leadership in support of the
site-based medical directors and the sites within their specialty.
There are3 primary components to this role:
- Provide direct support and mentorship and are accountable for
the performance of Assistant Specialty Medial Directors and/or
Site-Based Medical Directors (and associated sites) that are
located within their specialty. They are accountable for the
overall performance of those designated sites, as well as the
communication and deployment of all quality, safety & patient
experience initiatives, Integrated System of Care initiatives,
Strategic Growth initiatives, as well as other operational,
financial and patient care redesigns. This work will require
communication and coordination with colleagues in services such as
Quality, Performance Excellence, Health Informatics, Patient
Experience, and Operations.
- Support the Assistant Specialty Medical Directors and/or
Site-Based Medical Directors in achieving seamless coordination and
integration of care within their division and/or sites. This aspect
of their work will focus on the vertical integration of care within
their defined scope care and care transitions across the continuum
including hospital, ambulatory practices and other continuing care
sites, as well as home health care, where applicable.
- Work collaboratively with their administrative counterpart to
ensure divisional goals are aligned with the system goals,
operational issues/concerns are addressed in a timely manner, and
that strategy and tactics are executed collaboratively.Medical
Director roles that work within hospitals are also expected to
interface effectively with hospital leadership and participate in
all meetings and activities as requested by hospital leadership, as
well as be the communication link between the service line/care
division and the hospital.Essential
Responsibilities/Functions:Deployment & Supervision of Performance
(Quality, Safety, Performance Enhancement, Patient Experience,
Utilization & Cost Effectiveness, Integration of Care, and
Strategic Growth) within their Specialty for all practices.
- The Specialty Medical Director is accountable for the
achievement of all performance goals in their specialty
- Responsible for supervising, mentoring & supporting the
Assistant Specialty Medical Directors and/or Site-Based Medical
Directors in their specialty.
- Responsible for communicating relevant information regarding
strategic and tactical initiatives, as well as all other relevant
information to the leaders in the specialty in coordination with
their co-leader (AVP or Director)
- Responsible for identifying any problems and communicating them
to the Senior Medical Director and/or administrative co-leader, as
appropriate
- Visits each assigned site within their specialty at regular
intervals as needed to meet directly with the site-based medical
director, the site-based administrators, as well as the clinicians
and teammates in that site. This will require on-site observation
and interaction. It is recommended that the Specialty Medical
Director directly observe the flow of the practice for their areas
of responsibility.
- Review of all performance standards, goals & metrics with
Assistant Specialty Medical Director and/or assigned Site-Based
Medical Directors on at least a quarterly basis more frequently if
a specific site is not meeting expected performance or is
experiencing other challenges.
- Monitor review & support the achievement of other goals such as
the deployment of quality or clinical operational initiatives,
meaningful use, quality improvement, etc., Coordinating and
Integrating Care across the Continuum within that specialty
- As stated above, the Specialty Medical Director will support
his/her team in achieving seamless coordination of vertical care
within their area of responsibility. This includes issues such as
readmission rates, quality goals, utilization goals, patient
experience goals & and other goals attached to the Care
Division/Service Line, and/or Atrium Health
- Participates in strategic planning meetings, as needed,
including the designated specialty-based meetings, the Care
Division/Service Line meetings, and other designated Atrium Health
leadership meetings.
- Assists in local clinical program development including
evaluation and review of outcomes; and in the development &
deployment of local resource/market allocations identifying &
resolving the needs or gaps in care within that specialty, as well
as deficiencies in care coordination.Physician Recruitment and
Orientation
- Participates in the general physician/APP orientation programs
as needed.
- Participate in individual physician/APP recruiting within their
specialty, on the front end of the recruiting process in
introducing the candidates to the organization.
- Serves as a resource for practice affiliation discussions and
assists in assimilating physicians into Atrium HealthCommunications
- Receives, communicates and reinforces messages (on at least a
quarterly basis) from the senior leadership team of the division to
specialty site-based leaders.
- Reports any challenges, problems or anticipated issues to their
Senior Medical Director.Physician Leadership and Professionalism
- Models Atrium Health values and leads by example to improve
physician/APP relations within the specialty, division, medical
group and system
- When necessary, assists Assistant Specialty Medical Directors
and/or Site Based Medical Directors in their role as arbitrator for
physician/APP concerns including serving as a mediator between
peers, staff and administration
- Responsible for the supervision and the annual self-assessment
process for Assistant Specialty Medical Directors and/or Site-Based
Medical Directors in their specialty and within their care
division/service line.
- Assist medical directors in strategic planning and execution to
achieve organizational goalsMeeting AttendanceMeeting attendance at
all key leadership meetings (where invited) is expectedAnticipated
Time CommitmentAdministrative time is approximately 60% may not be
backfilled with clinical time (unless the site where the director
practices has an urgent need for coverage/access periodically).
Associated topics: administrative assistant, administrative
officer, administrative staff, assist, assistant, associate,
beverage, document, front desk, front office
Keywords: Atrium Health, Kannapolis , Medical Director - Internal Medicine - Charlotte, Executive , Charlotte, North Carolina
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