Attending Physician - Henry Ford Health

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab•Detroit, MI

2d•$250,000 - $350,000

About The Position

The Alliance Attending Physician provides high-quality care to assigned inpatients and outpatients and rotates among Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Alliance Sites of Care. The physician supports the organization’s vision, mission, and core values, demonstrating excellence, collaboration, respect, and compassion toward patients, families, colleagues, and others. The role is accountable for clinical quality, patient safety, outcomes, and satisfaction, and maintains compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements. The physician promotes continuous improvement using Continuous Quality Improvement and Lean principles, participates in marketing and referral-source development, and supports the organization’s scientific and academic mission through lifelong learning and collaboration with academic initiatives. Working with leaders and staff at host hospitals and across the SRAlab system, the physician provides medical leadership to the interdisciplinary team, ensures treatment plans are appropriate and effective, and coordinates physicians, nursing, and allied health staff to address complex medical problems. The physician also participates in assigned host-hospital medical staff committees as appropriate and performs other duties assigned in the best interest of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.

Requirements

Licensed to practice medicine.
Successful completion of a residency program in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Board certified or Board Eligible.
Excellent communication and interdisciplinary skills.
Proven ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, referring parties, RIC, and other internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Support and communicate the institutional and program vision.
Assume responsibility for patients’ clinical quality, safety, outcomes, and satisfaction.
Maintain compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements.
Promote continuous improvement using Continuous Quality Improvement and Lean principles.
Participate in marketing efforts and develop and maintain referral sources.
Advocate for a scientific approach to patient care and advance the organization’s academic mission.
Foster lifelong learning and a collaborative, professional environment that encourages inquiry, the scientific method, and continuous improvement.
Collaborate with leaders and staff at host hospitals and across the SRAlab system to help achieve overall goals.
Provide medical leadership to the interdisciplinary team as a practicing physician.
Ensure treatment plans are appropriate and effective.
Oversee and coordinate physicians, nursing, and allied health staff to resolve complex medical problems.
Participate in assigned host-hospital medical staff committees as appropriate.
Perform other duties assigned in the best interest of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.