South Texas – Regional Medical Director

Role Overview

Position: Regional Medical Director

Department: Clinical

Reports to: Regional Chief Medical Officer

Summary/Objective: The Regional Medical Director is responsible for developing and sustaining relationships and impacting clinical strategies and workflows that promote practice and patient satisfaction while improving value-based healthcare delivery. The Regional Medical Director provides direct clinical services for patients as well as clinical supervision for assigned medical staff. The Regional Medical is responsible for ensuring high quality, efficient and clinically appropriate medical services are provided.

Market:South Texas

Essential Functions:   

• Administers clinical model execution, clinical performance outcomes and clinical talent within assigned region and in close collaboration with Medical Directors and Hospital Administrators.
• Aid in the oversight of medical services for his/her assigned markets and potentially individual facilities within a market’s region.
• Partner with clinical leaders to define care model components, including customization/tailoring specifically for the region’s markets, success metrics and key opportunities for clinical value.
• Design, develop, review and execute clinical protocols, performance objectives, productivity benchmarks, compliance measures, provider workflow planning and provider scheduling across designated regional markets in close collaboration with Regional CMO and Chief Quality Officer.
• Identify key quality improvement opportunities and implement highly effective workflows and processes to achieve better clinical and operational outcomes.
• Lead regional clinical improvement initiatives with the aim of improving quality and patient health outcomes.
• Oversee clinical operations of medical management and case management departments.
• Attend and participate in executive, regional and market leadership, financial and strategic planning and Talent Acquisition meetings.
• Focus on high level medical, compliance, regulatory, quality assurance measures and best practices within his/her market and participate in NorthStar national quality initiatives.
• Participate in various committees to include Continuous Quality Improvement and Infection Prevention.
• Participate in the hiring, evaluation, counselling and termination of clinical team members (including Physicians, CRNAs, RNs and more) as may be requested by NorthStar or hospital administration.
• Serve as a coach/mentor/trainer to market clinical leaders and staff providers, giving guidance in best clinical and operational practices.
• Promote participation in multi-disciplinary continuous quality improvement in an effort to comply with The Joint Commission guidelines.
• Promote NorthStar Anesthesia’s core values.

Key Deliverables: 

• Collaborate with all functional areas of the business to ensure clinical alignment and scope of practice based on the current best medical evidence and current best practice guidelines.
• Support and lead the vision, mission and values of NorthStar.
• Work in collaboration with anesthesiologists, CRNAs, AAs, surgeons and other physicians and medical professionals to deliver anesthesia for medical and surgical procedures.
• Care for patients before, during and after a medical procedure or surgery by performing a patient assessment, prepares the patient for anesthesia, administers and maintains anesthesia to ensure proper sedation and pain management, oversees patient recovery from anesthesia and cares for the patient’s immediate post-operative needs.
• Administer anesthetics in accordance with clinical privileges; performs medical non-surgical procedures, i.e., IV insertion, intubation, induction of anesthesia, emergence of general anesthesia; placement of arterial and central venous access lines, administers various types of anesthetic blocks, maintains hemodynamic and electrolyte balance, administers epidurals/SABs and secures airways in routine and acute medical situations.
• Work in the operating room, labor suites and other procedural locations and can perform local, regional, and neuraxial anesthesia, and the full range of sedation, and general anesthesia for patients, including patients who are undergoing surgery or other procedures.
• The anesthesiologist may have complete responsibility or may share responsibility with CRNAs/AAs in a medically directed or supervised model.
• Work in all areas of anesthesiology, from general surgery to the delivery room. Prepares patients; takes a medical history; explains procedures; administers anesthetics; actively manages the patient during surgery and keeps a record of the course of anesthesia, within the scope of the anesthesiologist’s credentials/privileges.  Responds to critical situations arising during treatment and works with a healthcare team to ensure patient safety.
• Prepares drugs, maintains accounting of controlled substances; maintains and evaluates anesthesia equipment to ensure safe operating conditions. May also prescribe drugs in accordance with hospital guidelines.
• Assist in assurance that patient care requirements are met.
• Perform all acts reasonably necessary to maintain and improve Physician’s professional skills.
• Promote, to the extent permitted by law and the applicable canons of professional ethics, the professional practice of the Company.
• Participate in the department Quality Management functions.

About The Facility

Qualifications:                                            

• Current state licensure as a medical doctor in the state (where employed by the Company) and complies with the applicable statutory and regulatory requirements of the State Medical Board for the state of employment.
• Is Board Certified or eligible for board certification in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology/American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology
• Graduate of an accredited medical program
• Will maintain the necessary clinical privileges to provide anesthesiology services at the Company’s locations.
• Insurable by an appropriate medical malpractice insurer for the limits required by the group, institution, or state.
• Demonstrate current competency in those clinical responsibilities for which the candidate applies.
• Maintain educational requirements for licensure and certification.
• Anesthesiologist may also be required to hold additional licensures, certifications and/or education as required by facility and/or state for which they are assigned.
• A minimum of 4+ years of clinical experience.
• A minimum of 2 years of leadership experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proficiency in using MS Office.
• Current, relevant and substantial knowledge of area related to health center licensing and operations, e.g., legal/regulatory, administrative, policy, protocols and other clinical issues.
• High business acumen and insight.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to provide leadership to staff and build the trust and respect of patients, family members, staff, colleagues, external contacts and others.
• Ability to motivate staff and promote team building.
• Possess an attitude that fosters a professional, respectful, non-threatening workplace environment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, including creativity, resourcefulness, timeliness, and technical knowledge related to analyzing and resolving medical/ administrative problems.
• Sensitivity to needs of culturally and linguistically diverse patient and employee populations.
• Is compassionate in dealing with others.
• Maintains high levels of professionalism and communication skills and the willingness to work as a team.
• Ability to relocate to a different city, market, State or region if necessary, to align with the overall strategic outlook of the business.
• Ability and willingness to travel locally and regionally up to 60% of the time.
• Ability to work some evenings and weekends, as needed.
• Exceptional emotional coping skills, adequate to confront difficult emotional situations and emotional situations and emotional responses of others.
• Familiarity with healthcare network strategy, including network development, value based, integrated health care and care deeply about brining best- in- class care modules to serve families and communities with complex health and social needs.
• Role models a positive and welcoming approach to patient care.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Competencies:

• Customer Service/Client Focus
• Communications (Verbal and written)
• Individual Leadership/Influencing
• Teamwork
• Work Management
• Attention to Detail

• Insurable by an appropriate medical malpractice insurer for the limits required by the group, institution, or state.
• Knowledge of anesthesia principles, techniques and procedures and the ability to apply that knowledge to the clinical care of the patients.
• Advanced knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology and the ability to apply this knowledge on a case-to-case basis.
• Possess an attitude that fosters a respectful, non-threatening workplace environment.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk and hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand for extended periods of time and tolerate unpredictable work hours. The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands and fingers to feel, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must frequently lift and or move up to 30 pounds, stretch and perform other physical exertion in order to transfer patients to and from the operating table and move equipment.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to focus.  Employee must be able mentally and physically provide safe anesthetic care.

The employee must be able to perform fine manipulation, simple grasping, firm grasping and have a steady hand to intubate patients and perform medical non-surgical procedures, such as IV insertion, intubation, induction of anesthesia, emergence of general anesthesia, placement of arterial and central venous access lines, administer anesthetics and various types of anesthetic blocks, maintain fluid and electrolyte balance, administer epidurals and secure airways in routine and emergency situations.

Mental Requirements:

The mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job; work and deadlines may impose pressure on a routine and frequent basis, substantive contacts with people in stressful situations, delicacy and unpredictability of contacts routinely may create significant/constant stress. 

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.  This Job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time with or without notice. 

Adherence to Company Policies and Rules:

All employees are expected to adhere to company’s Code of Conduct and Ethics, policies and procedures as outlined in the company’s handbook.  All employees are expected to provide services in a manner consistent with the established and accepted standards of the profession and with the laws and regulations that govern its practice and endorsed by the assigned facilities.

Diversity:

Employees are required to sensitive to cultural values, beliefs and diversity, accepting that the opinions and values of others are as valid as my own. Employees will exemplify and exercise integrity, honesty, and due diligence while carrying out obligations to patients, co-workers, and customers.

AAP/EEO Statement:

NorthStar Anesthesia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status or other protected classifications as deemed by law. 

About NorthStar

As one of the largest and fastest-growing providers of anesthesia services in the U.S., NorthStar is proud to care for millions of patients each year through the expertise of our 4,000+ clinicians. We are a mission-driven team united by our commitment to innovation, collaboration, and the highest standards in patient care.

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