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WI-Monroe Clinic Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

SSM Health Monroe Clinic is searching for a talented and experienced Primary Care physician leader to join our organization as Primary Care Clinical Program Medical Director. This role is 50% administrative and 50% clinical, combining an impactful and highly visible leadership function with a condensed clinical practice schedule. As the with oversight responsibility for the Monroe market, you will play a key leadership role in Primary Care redesign and realization of system initiatives. Medical Directors partner with Operation Leaders to monitor, manage, and improve the delivery of primary care services.

• Primary Care Clinical Leader

• 50% Clinical, 50% Administrative

• Lucrative Sign On Bonus

• Experienced physician leader

• Epic EMR

Requirements:

• MD or DO

• Active Unrestricted WI Medical License (or ability to obtain one)

• BC in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, or Family Medicine

• 8+ years of experience as a practicing Primary Care physician

• 2+ years of experience as a physician leader

• Active Unrestricted DEA

The Benefits

Comprehensive benefit package exclusively designed for physician leaders including annual CME dollars, guaranteed administrative stipend, immediate vacation/CME time allotments and salary continuation are just a few of our generous offerings.

SSM Health is a nationally recognized Catholic, not-for-profit, integrated delivery system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin.

To request additional information, confidentially submit your interest, or nominate a fellow colleague, please contact:

Angela Jones

Executive Talent Acquisition

Angela.Jones1@ssmhealth.com

SSM Health is committed to equal employment opportunity based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, and all other statuses protected by law.

Job Summary:

Leads and is accountable for working in a collaborative relationship with an administrative partner in a Dyad model that provides medical and administrative leadership for the defined Clinical Program. A Clinical Program is defined as the basic clinical organizational unit within SSM Health that delivers patient care across the integrated delivery network. Clinical Programs are designed around medical conditions, disease groupings, population health, preventative medicine and acute medicine and are designed to deliver patient centered care that increases value and is efficient, timely, effective, equitable while providing exceptional quality and safety across SSM Health’s multi-state Health System.

The Regional Clinical Program Medical Director and administrative partner must be aligned and as a team are responsible for the development of SSM Health Regional Ministry managers and Clinical Teams within the integrated delivery network so that the overall goals of the Clinical Programs are met. Day to day operations are lead through teams within each clinic/department using our Continuous Improvement Operating Model. This Dyad Team (Administrator and Regional Clinical Program Medical Director) will have oversight of the clinical delivery team’s performance through SSM Health’s Continuous Improvement Operating Model which drives improvement work in quality, access, cost-reduction, patient and team experience, patient and team safety, growth and partnerships, transformation, community connectivity and culture.

Local, regional and system: conveners, connectors, and leaders.

Multi-State: The Regional Clinical Program Medical Director works with Clinical Program Medical Directors from the other SSM Health Regions, as well as System Clinical Operations Leadership, and together are responsible for improving operational efficiency by defining and designing system-wide standards, as well as improving/eliminating areas of unexplained clinical variation. The Regional Clinical Program Medical Directors will be influencing and collaboratively setting the strategic vision, goals, and objectives for the Clinical Program’s growth while aligning with the Health System’s strategy in growth and partnerships, exceptional performance, connectivity and culture, and transformative care.

Regional and Local: The Regional Clinical Program Medical Director will be driving the implementation of this strategic planning work within the Clinical Program they lead and influencing through a matrixed structure of medical staff and ambulatory medical groups, in addition to utilizing individual collegial relationships within SSM Health and partners within our Integrated Delivery Network. Horizontal Leadership skills to align Market Based Leadership Teams will be required as Regional Clinical Program Leaders work collaboratively with the teams in the communities served. Key relationships and structure in each of these Market Leadership Teams include the following: Chief Medical Officer, each markets Medical Staff Governance Model, Chief Nursing Officer, Ambulatory Administrator/VP, and Hospital Administrator/VP.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Defines and designs system-wide care standards as well as clinical guidelines and protocols within the Clinical Program. Identifies areas of unexplained clinical variation and ensures adoption of evidence-based practices where appropriate. Develops standardized order sets and works with IT to ensure appropriate enhancements to the EHR occur.

• Sets quality/patient safety metrics with other Regional Clinical Program Medical Directors and ensures alignment with System quality/patient safety metrics. Sets goals for patient experience and access with administrative and other clinical leaders. Ensures alignment of these goals with the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of SSM Health and cascades goals throughout the region using SSM Health Continuous Improvement Operating Model.

• Develops and approves all quality performance standards for each subspecialty within the Clinical Program Portfolio. Develops performance scorecards for the physicians and other medical directors performing services within the Clinical Programs Portfolio.

• Identifies opportunities for operational efficiency and coordinated care across specialties and geography in association with other Regional Clinical Program and Administrative Leaders with appropriate implementation to improve patient experience, access, and/or outcomes.

• Works collaboratively with Administrative Leaders to set the strategic vision, goals, and objectives for the Clinical Program Portfolio including growth and assures alignment with SSM Health strategy. Participates with other Clinical Program Medical Director physician leaders and System Clinical Operations Leadership in setting the Clinical Program goals and objectives.

• Provides oversight of the clinical delivery team performance (physicians, APPs, and other SSM Health Clinical Program-specific support teams). Reviews individual provider and group performance measures, utilization and occurrence reports, and performs and/or coordinates/oversees OPPE/FPPE for all physicians and APPs within the Clinical Programs Portfolio, where applicable.

• Provides expertise, knowledge, and assistance in matters related to clinical staff quality, risk management, and utilization review activities. Addresses provider based behavioral matters to ensure patient safety and enhance organizational culture.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Medical degree (MD or DO) with current license to practice medicine in the State

EXPERIENCE

• 3 years experience as a practicing clinician

Licenses / Certifications:

Physician - State of Work Location

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

7010000165 Primary Care

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

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