Senior Director, Hospital Medicine

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The Senior Director of Hospital Medicine at LCMC Health is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing the strategic direction, clinical excellence, and operational performance of hospitalist services across the health system. This position ensures high-quality inpatient care, fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, and drives initiatives that enhance patient outcomes, provider engagement, and system efficiency.

Strategic Leadership

•     Develop and implement strategic plans for hospital medicine aligned with LCMC Health’s mission and goals.

•     Assist local hospital medicine leadership in quality improvement initiatives, including metrics for patient safety, clinical outcomes, and operational efficiency.

•     Collaborate with executive leadership to align hospitalist services with broader organizational priorities.

•     Provide system-level leadership to local HM medical directors

•     Support and lead both LCMC Health employed and academic HM physicians

Clinical Oversight

•     Provide supervision and guidance to physicians and advanced practice providers leaders within the hospitalist services.

•     Ensure local groups are in compliance with medical standards, regulatory requirements, and infection control protocols.

•     Assist local hospital medicine directors in provider scheduling, call rotations, and coverage models to optimize patient access and provider well-being.

•     Establish consistent productivity and quality metrics based on LCMC system goals to be used in incentive plans for all HM providers

Operational Management

•     Create and manage a LCMC HM flexible staffing group able to assist individual hospital HM groups when certain volume thresholds are met

•     Create and manage permanent LCMC HM groups in LCMC hospitals and eliminate staffing from outside of LCMC or the Schools of Medicine

•     Centralize support staff at the system level for all LCMC HM groups

•     Perform needs assessments for local hospitals regarding HM staffing

•     Create a governance structure for LCMC HM that includes both employed and academic HM physicians and APPs

•     Submit business proposal or pro forma when capital is needed for any operations

•     Other operational duties assigned by the Associate Chief Medical Officer for Critical Care Services

Team Development

•     Collaborate with the physician group practices to consolidate all employed HM providers into one LCMC Health HM group practice

•     Facilitate communication between providers and administration, addressing concerns and promoting engagement.

•     Partner with LCMC Talent Acquisition in the recruitment and onboarding of new hospitalist team members.

Innovation and Collaboration

•     Champion the use of data analytics and technology to enhance care delivery.

•     Encourage participation of the academic HM groups in the LCMC HM model of governance, oversight, resource sharing

•     Represent hospital medicine in system-wide committees and initiatives.

•     Partner with local hospital leadership to align goals of hospitals and LCMC HM

Experience Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of clinical experience in hospital medicine.
• Prior leadership experience in a healthcare setting strongly preferred.

Education Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in Medicine or Osteopathy required.
• Completion of accredited residency training in Internal Medicine

Licenses and Certifications

• Active Medical License through the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications from the American Heart Association.
• Preferred: Advanced certification in leadership or management (e.g. MMM, MBA, MHA).

Skills and Abilities

• Strong leadership and team-building capabilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

WORK SHIFT:

Days (United States of America)

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