Medical Director | 20 hours per week | Emergency Department

Minimum Hiring Wage:

From $159,567.69 a year

Job Details:

The Emergency Department (ED) Medical Director provides clinical and administrative leadership for emergency services across Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center campuses in West Burlington and Fort Madison and Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant. This role is responsible for ensuring high-quality, patient-centered emergency care, optimizing operational performance, and fostering a collaborative, accountable medical staff environment.

A Brief Overview

The Emergency Department (ED) Medical Director provides clinical and administrative leadership for emergency services across Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center campuses in West Burlington and Fort Madison and Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant. This role is responsible for ensuring high-quality, patient-centered emergency care, optimizing operational performance, and fostering a collaborative, accountable medical staff environment.

What you will do

• Provide leadership and oversight for all ED physicians and advanced practice providers across all campuses
• Work to maintain high standards of clinical quality, patient safety, and regulatory compliance (e.g., CMS, CIHQ etc.) and professionalism within the departments
• Collaborate with hospital leadership on strategic planning, throughput improvement, and patient experience initiatives
• Develop, implement, and monitor clinical protocols, policies, and evidence-based practices
• Lead quality improvement programs, including peer review, performance metrics, and ongoing professional practice evaluation
• Support recruitment, onboarding, mentoring, and retention of ED providers
• Partner with nursing leadership and ancillary departments to ensure efficient and coordinated care delivery
• Participate in hospital committees
• Contribute to system-wide initiatives including integration of services among all three campuses

Qualifications

• MD MD or DO with board certification in Emergency Medicine (ABEM/ABOEM) or equivalent Required
• 4-6 years Emergency medicine clinical experience Required
• 1-3 years Prior leadership experience Preferred
• Strong leadership, communication, and team-building skills
• Demonstrated experience in quality improvement and operational performance management

This position spans two hospitals and three campuses, offering a mix of patient acuity and practice settings, with an emphasis on collaboration, innovation, and delivering high-quality emergency care to the region.

Benefits:

We are excited to offer an aggressive compensation and benefits package for qualifying positions, which includes:

• Competitive base pay

• Matching retirement programs

• Health, Dental and Vision plans

• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts

• Employee discounts including car rental, cell-phone plans

• Employer-paid, Long-Term Disability, Life, and AD&D

• Paid time off (PTO)

• Education Assistance Program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Employee Referral Bonus Program

• Discounted cafeteria meals

• Paid Parental Leave

• Employee Service Recognition program  

• Voluntary plans including: Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity

 

Great River Health and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.