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, [email protected] or

Phillip Wallace, Baptist Health Senior Physician recruiter, [email protected]