SYSTEM MEDICAL DIRECTOR

TeamHealth • Lake Havasu City, AZ

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a board-certified emergency medicine physician to serve as a system medical director, providing strategic and operational leadership across multiple emergency medicine and hospital medicine programs. In this role, you will partner with facility medical directors, hospital leadership, recruiters, and operational teams to drive physician engagement, patient safety, quality improvement, staffing excellence, and client satisfaction. Responsibilities include physician leadership development, performance management, recruitment and retention oversight, operational planning, and implementation of patient safety initiatives. This is primarily a leadership position with the opportunity to work modest clinical shifts under a separate clinical agreement.

Requirements

• MD/DO with board certification in EM
• Proven physician leadership experience
• Strong operational, quality, and team-building skills
• Experience working with hospital administration and multidisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across multiple emergency medicine and hospital medicine programs.
• Partner with facility medical directors, hospital leadership, recruiters, and operational teams.
• Drive physician engagement, patient safety, quality improvement, staffing excellence, and client satisfaction.
• Physician leadership development.
• Performance management.
• Recruitment and retention oversight.
• Operational planning.
• Implementation of patient safety initiatives.
• Work modest clinical shifts under a separate clinical agreement.

Benefits

• Employed position with comprehensive benefit package
• Leadership stipend
• Professional reimbursement allowance
• Paid professional liability insurance with tail guarantee
• No billing or coding responsibilities
• Enrollment in TeamHealth's Patient Safety Organization
• Access to TeamHealth's wellness program, professional development tools and nation-wide network of physicians
• 1099 or W-2 compensation for clinical shifts (site specific)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director