Site Medical Director Infection Control/Infectious Disease Specialist - Mass General Brigham - Northampton, MA

Mass General Brigham•Northampton, MA

59d•$243,000 - $269,000•Onsite

About The Position

Cooley Dickinson Hospital, a member of Massachusetts General Brigham, is currently seeking a Board-Certified Infectious Disease Specialist to join our employed multispecialty group in Northampton, Massachusetts. This full-time role is divided between serving as Site Medical Director of Infection Control (approximately 0.6 FTE) and providing inpatient and outpatient Infectious Disease consultation (0.4 FTE). The position offers an exceptional opportunity to combine direct patient care with healthcare leadership, driving system-wide quality, safety, and infection prevention initiatives. The Medical Director for Infection Control, Community is a key member of the Infection Control team at Mass General Brigham. This role will report directly to the system Chief of Infection Control for Mass General Brigham. The physician in this role will be responsible for providing clinical support in the day-to-day operations of Cooley Dickinson Hospital as part of the site infection control teams. This role will support the execution of standardized, system-wide infection prevention and control strategies and processes and ensure alignment and consistency with MGB’s Infection control program. Our current team of infectious disease (ID) physicians sees both inpatients and outpatients with a variety of medical conditions including HIV, tick-borne diseases, cancer-related complications, and occasional tropical and travel-related diseases. While the practice is based out of a community hospital, we offer modern therapies such as fecal microbial transplantation. HIV care supported by a local HIV support organization with Ryan White funding. One provider on our ID team also chairs the well-regarded multi-departmental Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee, and the candidate would be expected to participate in those activities. Our ID team currently consists of one physician and two advance practitioners. We are recruiting an additional ID physician to this team. The ideal candidate will be patient-focused and have a demonstrated track record of providing compassionate and expert health care. This role would be expected to participate in on-call coverage with the ID team, to provide 24/7, 365 days/year coverage for both office and inpatient services. The current schedule includes one on-call weekend per month.

Requirements

MD or DO from an accredited institution.
Board Certified in Infectious Disease.
Eligible for medical licensure in Massachusetts.
Demonstrated expertise or interest in infection prevention, hospital epidemiology, or quality improvement.
Minimum of 3 years of relevant infection control experience.
Active membership in professional societies such as SHEA, IDSA, or APIC required.

Responsibilities

Provide essential input to the MGB Chief of Infection Control to inform the strategy, policies, and guidelines to ensure a highly reliable system and the quality of healthcare care within MGB is of the highest quality
Execute the MGB infection prevention and control strategy at the site level
Liaise and collaborate with system and site teams as needed
Understand data provided by the system team and use knowledge of local practices and culture to identify areas of opportunity for improvement as well as communicate to the system areas which are at risk
Provide strong bi-directional communication between the system and the site(s), with accountability for distribution of organizational communication (including pertinent data and analytics) from MGB to the site and vice versa
Prepare reports and presentations pertaining to infection prevention and control as requested
In conjunction with system leadership and site teams, implement and coordinate infection prevention and control initiatives
Support the site(s) infection prevention team including availability for case review and investigations
Collaborate with all members of the MGB Infection Control team to ensure site preparedness and execution of site visits by regulatory bodies
participate in on-call coverage with the ID team, to provide 24/7, 365 days/year coverage for both office and inpatient services

Benefits

Competitive salary and transparent compensation plan.
Comprehensive benefits, including health, dental, retirement, and malpractice coverage.
Professional development and leadership growth opportunities within one of the nation’s premier healthcare systems.
Integrated Epic EHR and access to MGB’s clinical resources and collaborative network.
Eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program through our 501(c)(3) status.

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