Director, Physician Executive, Pain Management Services

NorthBay Healthcare Corporation•Fairfield, CA

8d•$215 - $225

About The Position

At NorthBay Health, the Physician Executive, Pain Management Service Line provides strategic, clinical, and operational leadership for the Pain Management program across the health system. This role is a part-time administrative leadership position held in conjunction with ongoing clinical practice responsibilities. The Physician Executive partners in a dyad leadership model with an administrative leader to advance high-quality, patient-centered, and financially sustainable pain management services. This leader is responsible for program development, care standardization, growth strategy, and alignment across sites and specialties. In collaboration with administrative leadership, the position also supports revenue management, operating expense oversight, capital planning, staffing model development, operational performance reporting, supply chain management, and other support services to ensure an integrated, high-performing cardiovascular service line that delivers exceptional patient outcomes, access, and value. Scope and Structure Geographic and Site Scope: Provides leadership across all designated sites within the Pain Management Service Line, including outpatient clinics, procedural locations, and affiliated care settings within the system’s defined service area. Dyad Leadership Model: Operates within a physician–administrator dyad model, partnering closely with the Service Line Administrative Leader. Maintains a collaborative relationship with hospital, ambulatory, and medical group leadership. Reporting Relationships: Reports clinically through the Chief Clinical Officer structure Maintains accountability to system service line leadership for performance and strategic outcomes Works in close alignment with operations, nursing, and ancillary leadership Administrative FTE Allocation: Administrative effort is defined (e.g., 0.2–0.4 FTE) with the remainder dedicated to clinical practice. Expectations include a balanced contribution to leadership responsibilities while maintaining clinical productivity. Authority and Operational Alignment Clinical Program Leadership: Provides leadership and oversight for clinical program development, including evidence-based care pathways, standardization of practice, and quality improvement initiatives. Decision-Making Authority: Holds shared authority (within the dyad model) to guide: Clinical protocols and care models Quality and safety initiatives Programmatic direction and service offerings Recruitment and Staffing: Participates in physician and APP recruitment, onboarding, and retention strategies. Helps define optimal staffing models, including integration and utilization of Advanced Practice Providers. Access and Throughput: Collaborates with operational leaders to improve patient access, scheduling efficiency, and care coordination, including procedural and OR resource planning where applicable. Strategic Alignment: Contributes to system-wide strategic planning, including service line growth, market expansion, and capital prioritization initiatives. Performance and Metrics Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Accountable for performance across the service line, including: Clinical quality and outcomes Patient access and timeliness of care Program growth and market share Financial performance and sustainability Patient experience and satisfaction Measurement and Evaluation: Performance will be evaluated through a defined scorecard with quarterly and annual review cycles. Success is measured through achievement of agreed-upon targets aligned with organizational goals. Financial and Program Development Financial Collaboration: Partners with finance and revenue cycle teams to ensure accurate coding, documentation integrity, and optimization of reimbursement. Participates in budgeting and financial performance reviews. Program Expansion: Identifies and leads opportunities to expand multidisciplinary pain services, including interventional, medical, behavioral health, and rehabilitative components. Innovation and Growth: Supports development of new care models, technologies, and treatment modalities to enhance program differentiation and patient outcomes. Long-Term Vision: Contributes to and helps execute a long-term vision for the Pain Management Service Line, including system integration, regional growth, and alignment with evolving clinical and market trends.

Requirements

MD or DO with board certification in Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Neurology, or related specialty.
Active and unrestricted medical license
Demonstrated clinical excellence in pain management.
Strong collaboration, communication, and change management skills
Strategic thinking and system-level perspective
Physician engagement and influence
Quality improvement and clinical standardization
Operational and financial acumen
Commitment to patient-centered, multidisciplinary care
Demonstrates the True North values. The True North values are a set of value-based behaviors that are to be consistently demonstrated and role modeled by all employees that work at NorthBay Health. The True North values principles consist of Nurture/Care, Own It, Respect Relationships, Build Trust and Hardwire Excellence.
Demonstrate performance by adhering to established policies and procedures and exhibiting the defined characteristics associated with attendance and punctuality.
Attendance is an essential function of the job.
This role requires effective balance of clinical and administrative responsibilities.
The Physician Executive is expected to actively engage with physicians, APPs, and care teams across the service line while maintaining a visible clinical presence.

Nice To Haves

Prior leadership experience preferred (formal or informal).
Experience working in a matrixed or dyad leadership model preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides leadership across all designated sites within the Pain Management Service Line, including outpatient clinics, procedural locations, and affiliated care settings within the system’s defined service area.
Operates within a physician–administrator dyad model, partnering closely with the Service Line Administrative Leader.
Maintains a collaborative relationship with hospital, ambulatory, and medical group leadership.
Reports clinically through the Chief Clinical Officer structure
Maintains accountability to system service line leadership for performance and strategic outcomes
Works in close alignment with operations, nursing, and ancillary leadership
Provides leadership and oversight for clinical program development, including evidence-based care pathways, standardization of practice, and quality improvement initiatives.
Participates in physician and APP recruitment, onboarding, and retention strategies.
Helps define optimal staffing models, including integration and utilization of Advanced Practice Providers.
Collaborates with operational leaders to improve patient access, scheduling efficiency, and care coordination, including procedural and OR resource planning where applicable.
Contributes to system-wide strategic planning, including service line growth, market expansion, and capital prioritization initiatives.
Partners with finance and revenue cycle teams to ensure accurate coding, documentation integrity, and optimization of reimbursement.
Participates in budgeting and financial performance reviews.
Identifies and leads opportunities to expand multidisciplinary pain services, including interventional, medical, behavioral health, and rehabilitative components.
Supports development of new care models, technologies, and treatment modalities to enhance program differentiation and patient outcomes.
Contributes to and helps execute a long-term vision for the Pain Management Service Line, including system integration, regional growth, and alignment with evolving clinical and market trends.