Hospitalist Medical Director

Welcome to CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region

CommonSpirit Medical Group is a network of over 900 medical providers in more than 250 locations across Colorado, Kansas, and Utah. Together, we connect people with the caregivers, tools, and resources they need to live healthier lives. Our providers offer primary care and specialty services to fit all kinds of health needs. As patients need to see specialists or seek care at a hospital, they can trust they are being referred to a quality partner who shares CommonSpirit Health's mission of caring for the ill and nurturing the health of our community.CommonSpirit Health is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit, faith-based health systems, with a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. CommonSpirit operates more than 2,200 care sites and 140 hospitals, serving some of the most diverse communities across the nation, letting humankindness lead the way.

Overview

As the Hospitalist Medical Director for CommonSpirit Medical Group, you will oversee Colorado Springs hospital medicine system. This position is based out of Colorado Springs, CO and will be 1.0 FTE (.6 FTE administrative/.4 FTE clinical).

 

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and management of regional team inclusive of physician and APPs as well as physician site leaders.

• Maintains oversight of regional operations including recruiting and onboarding of doctors and advanced practice providers, program finances, management of human resources, and scheduling process.

• Maintains focus on patient safety and experience as well as quality measures at hospitals within region.

• Acts as liaison between hospital medicine leadership and local entities.

 

Patient Care/Outcomes• Expert in knowledge of best practice guidelines to ensure excellent patient outcomes• System and local involvement in initiatives and workgroups to improve patient safety and experience• Review and analyze data to assist in creation of action plans to improve areas of opportunity in the realms of quality, safety, and patient experience

 

Human Resources• Lead physician and APP recruitment for region• Work closely with hospital medicine leadership team at system and local level to onboard physicians and APPs• Management of human resource interventions at facilities through collaboration with site lead and local human resources team• Participate in review of staffing models and staffing needs at local facilities within region• Collaborate with scheduling team and Site Lead to manage clinical schedules as governed by scheduling norms

 

Finance and Operations• Work with Executive Medical Director and CMG finance regarding financial goals of individual programs• Review financial data and collaborate with hospital and CMG hospital medicine leadership to optimize efficiency and fiscal responsibility• Participation in local and system level workgroups in areas of opportunity (e.g., LOS, readmissions, etc.)

 

Additional Leadership Responsibilities• Lead quarterly operations meetings with hospital executive teams at facilities within region• Support and provide information for monthly local hospital medicine team meetings• Data review and analysis to determine opportunities in areas of patient safety, quality, and patient experience• Data review and analysis to determine opportunities in operational efficiency• Mentoring and leadership development for facility-based Site Leads and Hospitalists

 

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Qualifications

In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

• Doctorate (MD or DO) in Medicine required
• Current and unrestricted license to practice medicine in Colorado required
• Clinical subject matter expert for the market.
• Strong previous performance of providing quality and efficiency in patient care and operations.
• Strong track record of recruitment, retention of talent and leadership development.
• Experience with leading and redirecting talent as needed.
• Strong ability to lead in a changing environment.
• Budgetary, and Quality Assurance experience for a physician practice.
• Preferred affiliation with CommonSpirit for greater than one year.

Your Connected Community

We believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness. 

Our Total Reward Offerings

We believe investing in our employees lets them know they truly matter. Your Total Rewards package includes compensation, benefits, retirement, wellness, leave, and other programs. Designed with your well-being in mind, we offer: 

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