Quality Assistant Medical Director - Emergency Medicine

MedAmerica•Visalia, CA

9h•$275,000 - $900,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Vituity is a 100% physician-owned partnership led by frontline physicians who are equitable owners. This ownership model provides financial transparency, a comprehensive benefits package including profit distribution, and multiple career development opportunities. The leadership understands practice needs and offers autonomy and local control, backed by a healthcare team and peer support from 9,000 clinicians. Vituity has opportunities at 900 practices nationwide, serving over 14.5 million patients annually. This role involves acting as the Quality Medical Director locally and interfacing between Vituity and Kaweah Health Medical Center. The position requires involvement with Vituity's Quality team, staying updated on CMS quality metrics, reinforcing compliance, and serving as the ED Sepsis Champion and ED Trauma Liaison. Collaboration with various hospital departments and committees is essential for optimizing care, ensuring compliance, and maintaining trauma center certification.

Requirements

Medical Director experience
Emergency Medicine experience
Experience with quality metrics and compliance
Familiarity with CMS requirements
Experience in sepsis care protocols
Experience in trauma care protocols
Ability to liaise between different departments and providers
Chart and case review skills
PIPS and PEER review experience

Nice To Haves

Experience in a Level III Trauma Center
Experience with ACGME accredited residency and fellowship programs

Responsibilities

Act as the Quality Medical Director locally and interface between Vituity and Kaweah.
Become heavily involved with Vituity's Quality team, including quarterly virtual workshops, annual in-person workshops, and semi-annual and annual Quality Data audits.
Stay up to date with CMS' evolving quality metrics and requirements and learn how to reinforce compliance within Vituity and within the site's local operations.
Act as the ED Sepsis Champion within Kaweah's Sepsis team.
Work closely with Kaweah Sepsis Team, Quality Officer, Department Chairs, IT, and lab directors.
Act as the liaison between Kaweah and the ED providers for all matters sepsis related.
Develop, monitor, and revise policies and processes to optimize sepsis care within the ED and maximize compliance with CMS requirements.
Attend quarterly and monthly meetings (generally virtual).
Act as the ED Trauma Liaison on the Kaweah Trauma Committee.
Interface between ED and Surgical providers on acute issues or policy optimization.
Work closely with Trauma Manager and Trauma Director to optimize site's trauma performance, remediate issues, and ensure ongoing site certification as a trauma center by the American College of Surgeons.
Conduct chart and case review, including Trauma PIPS and PEER review.
Attend monthly meetings for Trauma Operations and Trauma PIPS/PEER review (hybrid model).