South Texas – Regional Medical Director

NorthStar Anesthesia•Houston, TX

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About The Position

The Regional Medical Director develops and sustains relationships and advances clinical strategies and workflows to promote practice and patient satisfaction while improving value-based healthcare delivery. The role provides direct clinical services to patients and clinical supervision for assigned medical staff, ensuring high-quality, efficient, and clinically appropriate medical services across the South Texas region. The position reports to the Regional Chief Medical Officer. The Regional Medical Director administers clinical model execution, performance outcomes, and clinical talent across assigned markets in collaboration with Medical Directors and Hospital Administrators. The role partners with clinical leaders to tailor care models, set success metrics, develop clinical protocols and performance objectives, and implement quality and operational improvements. It oversees medical management and case management operations, contributes to leadership and planning meetings, participates in quality and infection-prevention committees, and supports hiring, evaluation, coaching, and development of clinical staff. The position also provides anesthesiology care within the physician’s credentials and privileges. This includes assessing and preparing patients, administering and managing anesthesia and sedation, overseeing recovery and immediate postoperative needs, responding to critical situations, and collaborating with anesthesiologists, CRNAs, AAs, surgeons, and other professionals. Clinical work may take place in operating rooms, labor suites, and other procedural locations and may include general, local, regional, and neuraxial anesthesia; airway management; vascular access; anesthetic blocks; and related procedures. The physician prepares and accounts for medications, evaluates anesthesia equipment, contributes to quality management, and maintains professional skills and required privileges. The role requires local and regional travel up to 60% and may require relocation to another city, market, state, or region to support business needs. Some evening and weekend work may be needed. The position involves extended standing, walking, handling equipment and instruments, frequently lifting or moving up to 30 pounds, and providing safe anesthetic care amid unpredictable hours and stressful situations.

Requirements

Current medical doctor license in the state of employment and compliance with applicable State Medical Board requirements.
Board certified or eligible for board certification in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology or American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology.
Graduate of an accredited medical program.
Maintain necessary clinical privileges to provide anesthesiology services at Company locations.
Insurable by an appropriate medical malpractice insurer for limits required by the group, institution, or state.
Current competency in the clinical responsibilities for which the candidate applies.
Maintain educational requirements for licensure and certification.
Additional licenses, certifications, or education may be required by assigned facilities or the state.
At least 4 years of clinical experience.
At least 2 years of leadership experience.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Current, relevant, substantial knowledge of health center licensing and operations, including legal and regulatory, administrative, policy, protocol, and clinical matters.
High business acumen and insight.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to lead staff and build trust and respect with patients, family members, staff, colleagues, external contacts, and others.
Ability to motivate staff and promote team building.
Ability to foster a professional, respectful, and non-threatening workplace.
Excellent problem-solving skills, including creativity, resourcefulness, timeliness, and technical knowledge for analyzing and resolving medical and administrative problems.
Sensitivity to culturally and linguistically diverse patient and employee populations; compassion in dealing with others.
Professional communication skills and willingness to work as part of a team.
Ability to relocate to another city, market, state, or region if necessary to meet business needs.
Ability and willingness to travel locally and regionally up to 60% of the time.
Ability to work some evenings and weekends as needed.
Emotional coping skills adequate to handle difficult situations and the emotional responses of others.
Familiarity with healthcare network strategy, including network development, value-based and integrated healthcare, and care models serving families and communities with complex health and social needs.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Knowledge of anesthesia principles, techniques, and procedures and the ability to apply them to patient care.
Advanced knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology and the ability to apply this knowledge to individual cases.
Ability to perform fine manipulation and simple and firm grasping, and to maintain a steady hand for intubation and other medical procedures.
Ability to stand for extended periods, tolerate unpredictable work hours, walk, handle and operate objects, tools, or controls, reach, and frequently lift or move up to 30 pounds.
Ability to safely transfer patients to and from operating tables and move equipment.
Close vision and ability to focus.
Mental and physical ability to provide safe anesthetic care and manage routine work pressure, deadlines, and stressful or unpredictable contacts.

Responsibilities

Administer clinical model execution, clinical performance outcomes, and clinical talent within the assigned region in collaboration with Medical Directors and Hospital Administrators.
Aid in oversight of medical services for assigned markets and potentially individual facilities.
Partner with clinical leaders to define and tailor regional care model components, success metrics, and opportunities for clinical value.
Design, develop, review, and execute clinical protocols, performance objectives, productivity benchmarks, compliance measures, provider workflow plans, and provider schedules in collaboration with the Regional CMO and Chief Quality Officer.
Identify quality improvement opportunities and implement workflows and processes to improve clinical and operational outcomes.
Lead regional clinical improvement initiatives to improve quality and patient health outcomes.
Oversee clinical operations of medical management and case management departments.
Attend executive, regional, and market leadership, financial, strategic planning, and Talent Acquisition meetings.
Focus on medical, compliance, regulatory, quality assurance measures, and best practices within the market, and participate in NorthStar national quality initiatives.
Participate in Continuous Quality Improvement, Infection Prevention, and other committees.
Participate in hiring, evaluation, counseling, and termination of clinical team members as requested by NorthStar or hospital administration.
Coach, mentor, and train market clinical leaders and staff providers in clinical and operational best practices.
Promote multidisciplinary continuous quality improvement and compliance with The Joint Commission guidelines.
Promote NorthStar Anesthesia’s core values and support the organization’s vision, mission, and values.
Collaborate with business functions to align clinical work and scope of practice with current medical evidence and best-practice guidelines.
Collaborate with anesthesiologists, CRNAs, AAs, surgeons, and other medical professionals to provide anesthesia for medical and surgical procedures.
Assess and prepare patients for procedures; take medical histories; explain procedures; administer and maintain anesthesia; manage sedation and pain; oversee recovery; and provide immediate postoperative care.
Administer anesthetics and perform medical procedures within clinical privileges, including IV insertion, intubation, anesthesia induction and emergence, arterial and central venous access, anesthetic blocks, epidurals, and airway management.
Provide local, regional, neuraxial, sedation, and general anesthesia in operating rooms, labor suites, and other procedural locations, including routine and acute situations.
Manage patients during surgery, document the course of anesthesia, and respond to critical situations in coordination with the healthcare team.
Prepare drugs, maintain controlled-substance accounting, and maintain and evaluate anesthesia equipment for safe operation; prescribe drugs when permitted by hospital guidelines.
Assist in ensuring patient-care requirements are met and participate in department Quality Management functions.
Perform acts reasonably necessary to maintain and improve professional skills and promote the Company’s professional practice as permitted by law and professional ethics.
Adhere to company policies, the Code of Conduct and Ethics, professional standards, and applicable laws and facility regulations.
Provide culturally sensitive, compassionate, confidential, and professional care and workplace interactions.