Medical Director – Hospitalist Program in Englewood, Ohio Full-Time

Program Medical Director – Miami Valley Hospital North (MVHN) Hospitalist Program

The Program Medical Director has oversight responsibility for the Hospitalist Program at the site they direct.  The Program Medical Directors report directly to the VP of Hospital Medicine. The Program Medical Director is responsible for all Quality Outcomes and Clinical performance of their Hospitalist Program. The Program Medical Director collaborates with the MVHN Chief Medical Officer and Associate Chief Nursing Officer in meeting organizational goals. This individual will be responsible for leading and implementing initiatives to deliver patient-centered, high-quality and equitable cost-effective care to patients cared for by the hospitalist.

Nature and Scope:

The Program Medical Director is responsible for the management of the Hospitalist Program and has direct oversight of the hospitalist physicians and APPs in the program.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Staff Hospitalist and APP Oversight    

• Management of financial and quality performance of their Hospitalist Program
• Operations management, marketing, staffing, HR issues, budgeting, clinical performance, strategic planning and recruitment
• Provides mentorship and holds Hospitalists and APP staff providers accountable for meeting the terms of their individual signed contracts and performance metric goals of the Hospitalist department and hospital.
• Determines strategic plans to carry out clinical initiatives proposed by leadership related to committee involvement, education and training requirements, care standards m processes, and patient flow guidelines for the successful implementation of the plans by the Hospitalists team.
• Ensures fiscally responsible adequate staffing of shifts at all times to simultaneously ensure patient safety and budgetary requirements are maintained.
• Participates in the hiring of Hospitalists department staff and providers, monitors compensation and incentive programs, establishes processes to ensure equity among all employed/hired Hospitalists providers, and defines staffing model guidelines.
• Participates in the implementation and monitoring of physician compensation and bonus plans designed to enhance care improvement, improved clinical outcomes, promote efficiency and fiscal accountability, and recruits/retains talent.
• Participates in the evaluation and leads adoption of technology to support clinical excellence and program performance.

Financial Oversight

• In partnership with leadership recommends annual operating budgets maintains fiscal accountability through monitoring actual performance to budget and recommends any major changes or adjustments from budget to improve staffing, compensation, and capital.
• Ensures revenue cycle is optimized to achieve maximum reimbursement with appropriate billing, coding, documentation and length of stay.
• Supports finance leadership in establishing the financial infrastructure and budget for the hospitalists program at the site of supervision.

Patient Experience

• Recommends and maintains accountability to goals for quality, safety, and satisfaction that enhance value, improve patient experience and outcomes while providing evidence-based medicine to achieve the safest care and most cost-effective care.
• Develops and operationalizes the standardization of hospitalist-based services throughout the Premier Health System based on evidence-based medicine and best practices to drive quality, service and cost-effective delivery of Hospitalist care across the hospital.
• Monitors and implements continuous process improvement initiatives to improve the operational efficiency of Hospitalists medicine focusing on QEP metrics, clinical outcomes, and hospital throughput.
• Develops plans to achieve patient experience service and provider satisfaction goals.
• Establishes rapport and credibility with hospital site senior leaders to ensure alignment of goals with the clinical quality goals of the hospital.

About Premier Health:

Based in Dayton, Ohio, Premier Health (www.premierhealth.com) is committed to supporting the community through our mission: We Care. We Teach. We Innovate. We Serve.

As a private, nonprofit academic health system, Premier Health has joined forces with Wright State University and the Boonshoft School of Medicine to lead the advancement of academic medicine in Southwest Ohio. Our partnership fuels medical education, supports vital research, and drives exceptional clinical care for our communities. This collaboration ensures long-term impact on community health, economic growth, and clinical innovation.

Home to the region’s only adult Level I trauma center and the largest locally based clinical laboratory, Premier Health continues to build upon a more than 130-year legacy of providing clinical excellence and compassionate care to friends and neighbors across Southwest Ohio. The health system offers award-winning care at five hospital sites: Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton with additional inpatient sites at Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville and Miami Valley Hospital North in Englewood; Atrium Medical Center in Middletown; and Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy. In addition, Premier Health provides a comprehensive range of care choices at its emergency departments, Urgent Care locations, and more than 130 outpatient locations and affiliated primary care and specialty physician offices, as well as home health, mental health, and substance abuse services.

The hidden beauty of Southwest Ohio:

If you’re in need of a refreshing change of pace in a varied and affordable community, you’ll find it in Southwest Ohio. Located along the I-75 corridor, this multi-county area is nestled between Cincinnati and Columbus and is home to eight bustling cities filled with residents who rely on our leading medical care. Here, you can enjoy the perfect mix of small-town charm and the excitement of big-city attractions.

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