MD2 Medical Director, Specialty Care, Peaks Region, Colorado Market, Front Range Cardiovascular Services

Responsibilities:

Leadership:

• Practice medicine with excellence, as an example to others, exhibiting qualities and behaviors consistent with Employers Framework for Excellence
• Provide leadership, management and coaching for providers toward the attainment of the clinical, quality, patient experience, productivity, and strategic growth goals of Intermountain Health; assist in becoming a highly functional, integrated Medical Group with a particular focus on their limited focus of practice as outlined.
• Assist in hiring of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in collaboration with market Medical Group Medical Director.
• Maintain and enhance open and effective communication among providers, management teams, Care Site, and Intermountain Health
• Participate in and complete check ins and reviews with Physicians and Advanced
• Lead and participate in education of providers as requested from supporting services.

Customer Service:

• Collaborate with team(s) in efforts related to optimize customer service and patient care (patients and employers, as well as physicians, associates, and other internal customers), and will assist the Executive Director, Practice Administrators in efforts to develop superior service and quality.

4. Physician Partnership and Support

• Meet regularly with leadership to develop strong relationships with providers and to discuss information that is essential to the successful performance of the practice.
• Coordinate and participate in regular Practice meetings as a forum for dialogue around organizational strategic themes, clinical quality, patient experience, productivity and as a forum for gaining provider trust, input and feedback.
• Assist with physician and APP recruitment, retention, and interviewing activities.
• Attend their clinics/groups MOR/practice meetings monthly and as needed.
• Partner with clinical programs and service line leadership, actively participate in implementation of clinical best practices, care process models to promote clinical excellence, and high reliability while reducing unnecessary clinical variation.

5. Quality Management

• Assist the Medical Group Medical Director in developing and deploying tools to measure care outcomes related to the improvement of care processes within their limited scope of practice, in the context of clinical quality, service and access.
• Ensure that the services provided by the employed providers are compliant with all legal and regulatory requirements and will assist with monitoring and auditing when necessary.

Minimum Requirements

• MD or DO with ABMS or equivalent AOA Board Certification in a relevant specialty.
• Active Medical Licensure
• Minimum two years of clinical experience in relevant specialty and experience in leading successful quality improvement projects within the clinical setting.
• Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills.