System Emergency Medicine Medical Director

Medical Director Of Emergency Medicine

The West Virginia University Health System, the state's largest health system and largest private employer, comprises 18 hospitals throughout the state and bordering states. In addition, it includes five institutes, as well as providing management services for other local hospitals through affiliate agreements. Whether you are caring for our patients at one of the critical access hospitals, community sites, regional or academic medical centers, we are all one WVU Health System. Work Here. Thrive Here.

The Medical Director of Emergency Medicine will work with WVU Health System (WVUHS) hospitals and associated entities to provide high quality and high value Emergency Medicine services. Serves as a bridge between WVUHS quality efforts and system-wide improvement initiatives with various emergency medicine programs with regard to efficiency, quality, throughput, and staffing efforts. Collaborate with appropriate leadership, clinical, operational, and financial staffs to achieve WVUHS and Emergency Medicine performance goals.

The Medical Director of Emergency Medicine will further develop the positive, mutually supportive relationships between the West Virginia University Health System and its constituents, and other potential business partners not presently identified. This position will work closely with both administrative staff and members of the professional staff and its leadership to maintain the high quality of the staff and to help their participation in furthering the mission of the organization.

Under the direction of the WVUHS Medical Group President and CEO and the WVUHS CMO, the Medical Director Emergency Medicine will be a spokesperson for WVU Medicine and, when appropriate, the WVU Health Sciences Center in discussions and institutional planning events as they apply to professional staff relations and management services.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education, Certification, and/or Licensure:

1. Medical Degree and Board Certification in Emergency Medicine.

2. Active medical licensure through the West Virginia Board of Medicine or Board of Osteopathic Medicine and other states as appropriate for work assignments.

Experience:

1. Minimum of seven years of experience in a healthcare setting is required.

2. Minimum of three years of management experience.

3. Minimum of three years of emergency medicine experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Minimum of five years of emergency medicine experience in a hospital with at least 100 staffed beds, and preferably a hospital that is part of a health system linked to an academic health center.

2. Experience with recruitment, assessing emergency medicine service staffing models, and quality improvement.

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Administrative - approximately 80% effort. Provides development, management and leadership skills to the Emergency Medicine services in partnership with regional leadership contracting for emergency medicine services.

2. Clinical Practice - approximately 20% effort. Practices or provides direct administrative oversight of high-quality clinical emergency medicine care in a manner typical of our professional staff that includes use of the electronic medical record, billable services, and teaching. As appropriate and reasonable, obtain privileges at hospitals served by the WVUHS Medical Group emergency medicine service to periodically work emergency medicine shifts to understand operations at these serviced hospitals.

3. Provides input to Human Resources (HR) office and institutional leaders on best practices for recruitment, retention, and onboarding of physicians and associate medical staff, and engages in the recruitment and retention of emergency medicine providers.

4. Works to understand and optimize workplace satisfaction. Maintains regular interactions with the professional staff and other stakeholders to enhance relationships and integration.

5. Supports the growth and development of WVUHS Emergency Medicine service contracts in primary, secondary, and tertiary markets.

6. Helps develop, implement, and execute policies and procedures relating to emergency medicine services in coordination with regional leadership. Works to extend an effective quality improvement function and process across all the components of WVU Medicine.

7. Participates in the development of emergency medicine service business plans, proforma analyses, and other exercises related to financial accountability. Participates in the annual operating and capital budget preparation.

8. Engages in the oversight of emergency medicine locums and staffing agency contracts and relationships. Works in concert with the Hospitalist services where appropriate.

9. Engages in performance improvement processes within the WVUHS and with other entities as contracted.

10. Ensures compliance with local policies, bylaws, rules and regulations, policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. Maintains an awareness of regulatory standards and guidelines, as well as standards for federal programs and state licensure requirements, including proposed changes.

11. Maintains an awareness of regulations, policies, procedures, and standards for third party payers.

12. Actively participates in the marketing of the WVU Medicine Emergency Medicine Services, WVUHS Medical Group, and WVUHS.

13. Actively engages and facilitates close working relationships with other emergency medicine services associated with the WVUHS that are external to the WVUHS Medical Group.

Performance Standard: Adheres to the established Performance Expectations for WVU Medicine in the areas of People, Service, Performance Improvement, and Shared Values & Culture.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Working Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Shift: Exempt/Non-Exempt: United States of America (Exempt)

Company: SMG System Medical Group

Cost Center: 671 SMG Corporate Admin

Address: 3040 University Ave Morgantown West Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer: West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.