Medical Director - Anesthesiology - St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital

Vituity • Lavonia, GA

87d • Hybrid

About The Position

Vituity, a 100% physician-owned partnership, is seeking an experienced Anesthesiology Medical Director for St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia/Greensboro, GA. This role offers autonomy, local control, and a national system of support, allowing physicians to focus on patient care. As an equitable owner, you will benefit from financial transparency, a comprehensive benefits package including profit distribution, and career development opportunities. Vituity's leadership understands practice needs and empowers physicians to provide care effectively. You will be supported by a corporate healthcare team and a network of 6,000 clinicians. Vituity has opportunities at 890 practices nationwide, serving 14.5 million patients annually, with the flexibility to transfer positions if relocation is needed.

Requirements

• Licensed physician as a Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree from an accredited medical school.
• Completion of residency through an accredited residency program.
• Maintain membership and privileges on Hospital’s medical staff and comply with and abide by the bylaws, rules and regulations, and the policies and procedures of Hospital’s medical staff where services are being provided.
• Physician Partnership status.
• Five (5) years or more experience in a leadership role.
• Travel to both hospitals is required.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Superior clinical skills.
• Interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to motivate a team.
• Project Management.
• Effectively collaborate with diverse individuals and multiple locations.
• Relationship building.
• Technical skills.
• Strong accounting and finance understanding.

Nice To Haves

• Candidates wanting to work in an academic setting with current residents desired.

Responsibilities

• Communicate and champion Vituity’s purpose, mission, vision, values, culture of brilliance, and strategy.
• Provide medical direction of CRNAs, with comfort in regional anesthesia for upper and lower extremities surgeries.
• Assure compliance with all Vituity requirements and policies and communicate those requirements to all Vituity providers.
• Monitor current and future healthcare and economic trends and assess their potential impact on the practice and local geographic region.
• Strategize and execute a comprehensive annual practice management plan with clear goals and objectives.
• Spearhead the local site's administrative management team, selecting team members and aligning responsibilities.
• Demonstrate mastery of Vituity policies and fiduciary obligations, ensuring strict adherence from all providers.
• Exemplify Vituity's Partnership Principles by fostering open communication and transparent decision-making.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of hospital expectations and rigorously uphold compliance with all contract terms.
• Monitor operational and quality metrics and implement Vituity initiatives to improve performance.
• Continuously assess and improve operational processes, leveraging technology and best practices.
• Monitor site financial performance and identify and create new areas for growth and revenue.
• Develop an expertise in the yearly budget, financial performance measures, and billing and reimbursement issues.
• Improve patient census and billing practice statistics to optimize reimbursement.
• Maintain awareness and interactions with payers such as significant IPA’s, Medical Groups, Foundations, ACO’s associated with the hospital / health system.
• Execute efficient recruitment, onboarding, and training processes for new providers.
• Provide learning and development opportunities and mentoring to providers and staff.
• Evaluate the performance of physicians and PA / NPs in compliance with Vituity policies and guidelines.
• Monitor physician competencies with progressive improvement using appropriate metrics.
• Counsel, suspend, or remove staff from the schedule as necessary in compliance with Vituity polices / guidelines.
• Actively participate in contract negotiations in conjunction with the Regional Director.
• Develop, foster, and maintain productive and collaborative working relationships with hospital leadership, nursing staff and other healthcare team members.
• Ensure practice is appropriately represented and demonstrates their value through leadership roles and/or participation with hospital management, medical staff leadership, Medical Executive, Medical Staff and other hospital committees, and within the local community.

Benefits

• Superior Health Plan Options.
• Dental, Vision, HSA, life and AD&D coverage, and more.
• Partnership models allows a K-1 status pay structure, allowing high tax deductions.
• Extraordinary 401K Plan with high tax reduction and faster balance growth.
• Eligible to receive an Annual Profit Distribution/yearly cash bonus.
• EAP and travel assistance included.
• Student loan refinancing discounts.
• Purpose-driven culture focused on improving the lives of our patients, communities, and employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree