Market Medical Director - Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine Job Listing at Commonspirit Health in Tacoma, WA (Job ID 4227960-2024-08-09)

Description

Overview

In 2020 united in a fierce commitment to deliver the highest quality care and exceptional patient experience Virginia Mason and CHI Franciscan Health came together as natural partners to build a new health system centered around the patient: Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Our combined system builds upon the scale and expertise of our nearly 300 sites of care including 11 hospitals and nearly 5000 physicians and providers. Together we are empowered to make an even greater impact on the health and well-being of our communities.

This job is responsible for providing physician leadership in aligning anesthesia and perioperative medicine professional practice with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health's (VMFH) strategic goals and objectives and the professional standards of the clinical disciplines. An incumbent is accountable for clinical quality, patient safety and engagement of clinical care providers and is also expected to foster an environment in which teaching, research and quality improvement are supported.

Working in a strategic leadership partnership with an administrative dyad partner, the market leader's responsibilities also focus on leading/facilitating anesthesia and perioperative medicine improvement opportunities, driving standardization and eliminating variability in anesthesia and perioperative medicine services/resources, maximizing effective utilization of resources and enhancing overall patient outcomes/service satisfaction.

The incumbent works in close collaboration with the VMFH hospital leadership, physicians and advanced practice professionals and other regional departments/services lines with respect to business plan development and to coordinate the integration of services across the care continuum. The incumbent will also collaborate with the CommonSpirit Health (CSH) System Vice President for Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine to ensure alignment between market needs and the national plan regarding provider employment, technology investment, quality management, and revenue cycle practices.

Job duties require considerable knowledge of the specialized principles and practices related to health care management to evaluate and make viable recommendations for improving health care delivery system(s) and enhancing organizational effectiveness and efficiency. Also requires knowledge of anesthesia and perioperative clinical operations and considerable management expertise relating to strategic planning, process improvement, budget administration and personnel management.

Clinical time allocation: Incumbent will work a minimum .20 FTE as a clinician and be subject to an active provider contract.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: The following section contains representative examples of job duties that might be performed in positions allocated to this job class. Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is a dynamic organization, and the environment can be fluid. Roles and responsibilities may be altered to accommodate changing business conditions and objectives as well as to tap into the skills and experience of its employees. Accordingly, employees may be asked to perform duties that are outside the specific work that is listed. It is not required that any position perform all duties listed, so long as primary responsibilities are consistent with the work as described. Performance standards developed for incumbents allocated to this job class may also contain relevant job content information and are referenced hereto.

Leadership

• Leads by example through exemplary clinical care, adherence to organizational and departmental standards and a synthesized understanding of the clinical and business aspects of their practice; personifies VMFH's values of Compassion, Integrity, Inclusion, Excellence and Collaboration and the behaviors outlined in the VMFH Physician and Advanced Practice Provider Compact.
• Prioritizes patient's experience and needs with a continuous focus on quality, safety, service, and fiscal responsibility.
• Ensures appropriate support to and delivery of medical education in anesthesia and perioperative medicine.
• Ensures anesthesia and perioperative participation in committees and quality initiatives throughout VMFH.
• Ensures anesthesia and perioperative medicine participation in pertinent quality initiatives throughout VMFH.
• Ensures VMFH anesthesia and perioperative medicine is active in the national Common Spirit Health anesthesia and perioperative medicine community.
• Collaborates with leadership teams in alignment with the VMFH strategic plan to develop vision, innovative strategies and short- and long-term goals for the division.

Compensation Information:
$233.17 / Hourly - $233.17 / Hourly