Associate Medical Director - Hospitalist Medicine Physician Job description

Location: Henry Ford Jackson Hospital, Jackson MI 49201

Clinical responsibilities: 145 shifts/year

Pay: $1,300 per day shift; $1,600 per night shift

Admin: $50,000 annual salary/stipend in addition to above shift pay

Bonus: $28,500 year end, metrics based

Unbeatable compensation and outstanding culture is why Independent Hospitalist Physicians (IHP) has one of the highest physician retention rates in the market. Our Hospital Medicine Team has an opportunity for a full-time physician to join our Hospitalist team at Henry Ford Jackson Hospital as Associate Medical Director.

This is an excellent opportunity for an Internal Medicine/Family Practice Physician to join a local, physician-owned company that offers outstanding compensation, benefits, and a great team culture.

If you enjoy providing excellent and compassionate patient care, share a commitment to creating a great patient experience, and enjoy working in a hospital-based environment with a great team of providers, we'd love to hear from you.

Associate Medical Director will work with the Medical Director and Program Director to:

• Provide guidance and input with physician staffing schedules as needed. Participate in efforts to assure timely medical record documentation and completion.
• Assist in organizing regular clinical Hospitalist Service meetings for physicians and clinical, professional and administrative staff assigned to the Hospitalist Service Line to address and review quality of care issues.
• Assist in the development of, assume accountability for the ongoing implementation of, and develop remedial plans of correction/improvement of, the performance criteria mutually agreed upon by the Parties
• Participate in an administrative on call schedule
• Participate in weekly leadership meeting (Level 10)
• Work with the medical director to develop and implement clinical management protocols (pathways) for the Hospitalist and CDU service.
• Represent the Medical Director when they are not available.
• Work with the medical director to review all providers' clinical documentation and provide feedback and complete FPPEs (in chart of quality) as needed by the health system.

The Associate Medical Director will lead efforts to:

• Participate in program orientation for new hires.
• Encourage a culture of best practice, evidence-based medicine
• Encourage continued medical education
• Arrange regular educational opportunities

IHP offers:

• Market Best Compensation
• Unsurpassed benefits that are heavily subsidized by employer
  • BCBS PPO, BCN HMO options with $2,500 annual opt out credit
  • Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
  • Long Term Disability fully employer sponsored
  • Life insurance and AD&D fully employer sponsored
  • 401K
  • Productivity based Bonus
• Generous CME Funding
  • $5,000 per year
  • Licenses paid by employer
• Great work/life balance.

About IHP: IHP was formed by its parent company, Independent Emergency Physicians (IEP) after experiencing over 20 years of success in the field of emergency medicine. It was with the same approach to success that Independent Hospitalist Physicians was developed. Born from a love of hospital medicine and a belief that a collaborative practice environment yields the best patient and business outcomes, we now proudly serve over 290,000 patients annually. We are a local, independent physician group providing outstanding clinical services and operational leadership for our hospital partners; and excellent compassionate care for our patients.

Hospital Partners: Our Hospital partners include Ascension Providence-Providence Park Hospitals in Southfield and Novi; Trinity Health St. Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac; and Henry Ford Jackson in Jackson.

Our Services: Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Observation Medicine, Urgent Care, and Scribe Services.

Culture-driven Results: At IHP, we believe that culture is defined by actions, not words, and we've built a culture of ownership through cultivating, retaining and promoting outstanding clinical leaders and the very best providers.

Engaged Practice Management: We believe engaged practice management is the direct result of outstanding leadership, operational excellence and outstanding clinical providers. We are influential and passionate leaders who love a challenge and find great satisfaction in making a difference for our physicians, our patients and our hospitals.

Qualifications:

Board Certified Physician in Internal Medicine/Family Practice Medicine