PROGRAM MEDICAL DIRECTOR - MVH NORTH

Premier Health•Dayton, OH

About The Position

The Program Medical Director oversees the Hospitalist Program at the assigned site and has direct oversight of its hospitalist physicians and APPs. The role is accountable for the program’s quality outcomes and clinical performance, and reports directly to the VP of Hospital Medicine. In collaboration with the MVHN Chief Medical Officer and Associate Chief Nursing Officer, the director leads initiatives to deliver patient-centered, high-quality, equitable, and cost-effective care. The director manages the program’s staffing, operations, financial and quality performance, and strategic planning. This includes supporting recruitment and hiring, mentoring and holding providers accountable to contracts and performance goals, maintaining appropriate staffing, overseeing compensation and incentive programs, and evaluating technology that supports clinical excellence. The director also partners with leadership on budgeting, fiscal accountability, and revenue-cycle optimization. The role establishes and monitors goals for quality, safety, patient satisfaction, provider satisfaction, clinical outcomes, and hospital throughput. It develops and operationalizes standardized hospitalist services across the Premier Health System, promotes evidence-based care and continuous process improvement, and works with hospital site senior leaders to align program goals with hospital quality objectives.

Requirements

MD or DO degree.
Board certification in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine.
Unrestricted Ohio license.
Experience in Quality Improvement.
Fundamental knowledge of financial decision-making.
Privileged or actively pursuing privileges at all MVH sites.

Nice To Haves

Previous leadership and management experience.

Responsibilities

Oversee the Hospitalist Program and directly supervise its hospitalist physicians and APPs.
Manage the program’s financial and quality performance, operations, staffing, human resources, budgeting, clinical performance, marketing, strategic planning, and recruitment.
Mentor hospitalists and APPs and hold them accountable for their contracts and department and hospital performance goals.
Develop strategic plans to implement clinical initiatives, including committee involvement, education and training, care standards and processes, and patient-flow guidelines.
Ensure adequate and fiscally responsible shift staffing while maintaining patient safety and budget requirements.
Participate in hiring hospitalist staff and providers; monitor compensation and incentive programs; establish equitable processes and staffing model guidelines.
Participate in implementing and monitoring physician compensation and bonus plans that support care improvement, clinical outcomes, efficiency, fiscal accountability, and talent recruitment and retention.
Evaluate and lead adoption of technology to support clinical excellence and program performance.
Recommend annual operating budgets with leadership, monitor actual performance against budget, maintain fiscal accountability, and recommend significant budget adjustments.
Ensure revenue-cycle optimization through appropriate billing, coding, documentation, and length-of-stay practices.
Support finance leadership in establishing the financial infrastructure and budget for the supervised site’s hospitalist program.
Recommend and maintain accountability for quality, safety, and satisfaction goals that improve patient experience and outcomes and support evidence-based, safe, cost-effective care.
Develop and operationalize standardized hospitalist services across the Premier Health System based on evidence-based medicine and best practices.
Monitor and implement continuous process-improvement initiatives focused on QEP metrics, clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, and hospital throughput.
Develop plans to achieve patient-experience service and provider-satisfaction goals.
Build rapport and credibility with hospital site senior leaders to align program goals with the hospital’s clinical quality goals.