System Medical Director - Otolaryngology

In collaboration with the Department Chair, Service Line Executive, and Service Line Chief, the Medical Director is responsible for improving clinical care within this specialty across the entire M Health Fairview system.

This will be supported at a 0.15 FTE, this time will need to be protected by the individual’s primary employer/supervisor.

Expectations and Responsibilities:

• Ensure an adequate work environment for physicians and mid-level providers. This may include clinic management for clinics outside the CSC and Maple Grove Clinic.
• Provide ongoing review and supervise physicians and mid-level providers (regardless of employment home).
  • For physicians this is done in conjunction with the Academic Department Chair
  • For APPs this is done in conjunction with the APP leadership structure

• Build, develop, and lead a diverse high performing team
  •  Assists Department Chair in recruiting, developing, and retaining physicians
  • Supports individual and group development through coaching and teaching
  • Engage in deliberate succession planning
• Improve quality of care
  •  Maintenance of patient care standards
  • Develop/improve care pathways and practice guidelines
  • Lead quality improvement initiatives
  • Develop, maintain, update, and implement policies, procedures, and protocols
  • Reduce unwarranted variation in supplies, instruments and equipment

• Improve patient experience
  • Monitor patient experience and patient flow
• Demonstrate business acumen
  •  Ability to create new markets and develop new business ideas
  • Help build strategic plans to advance the vision and strategic directions of M Health, Fairview, and the Medical School
  • Identify key stakeholders and understands the dynamic needs of the organization as relates to discipline
  • Working with dyad partner on budget variances, progress vs. plans\proformas, operating trends etc.

• Ability to work in a highly matrixed environment
  •  Appreciates the complexity of a large integrated health system.
  • Collaborates with other leaders to assure the best possible business service and clinical outcomes for the discipline
  • Manage conflict and demonstrate a collaborative approach with all partners
  • Collaborate with other specialties, nursing, pharmacy, referring physicians, etc
• Understands and values the unique nature of an academic health care environment
• Supervise Clinic Medical Director within the specialty to achieve the above goals.

Reporting Structure:

• Reports to the Surgical Specialties Service Line Chief

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education
  •  MD with Board Certification in discipline
• Experience
  • Experience leading physicians or multi-disciplinary teams

Pay & Benefits:

• Overall clinical compensation from M Physicians will remain at its present level. This leadership position is compensated in the form of protected administrative time.  As such, the corresponding cFTE for direct patient care may be adjusted by the selectee’s CSU to reflect this reallocation of responsibilities.

University of Minnesota Physicians (M Physicians), a non-profit organization headquartered in Minneapolis, seeks motivated individuals for both clinical and non-clinical roles to drive innovation in health and medicine. Our inclusive culture offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and the opportunity for career development in the exciting field of health care to over 1,200 physicians, 300 advanced practice providers, and 2,200 health professionals and staff across Minnesota and beyond.

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