US Acute Care Solutions
Hospitalist Observation Medicine Medical Director
The role involves managing observation medicine services by collaborating with hospital and nursing leadership, providing support to Physician staff, and influencing company decisions. The position includes overseeing day-to-day unit management, leading operations, ensuring quality patient experience, and practicing clinically.
Key Responsibilities
- • Oversee day-to-day management of the unit
- • Provide leadership in the operations of the unit
- • Responsible for peer review, quality assurance, provider staffing
- • Assure quality patient experience by managing protocols and complaints
- • Practice Clinically
- • Lead and organize all meetings to represent the Observation Unit
- • Responsible for the supervision on the onsite Physician Staff by managing the day to day responsibilities of these Clinicians
- • Report to the National Director of Observation Services
- • Maintain improvement plans for any area not meeting expected benchmarks
- • Investigate quality referrals from the hospital quality committee
Required
- • Board certified in IM/FM
- • A minimum of 3 years experience caring for hospital based patients
Preferred
- • Previous administrative experience desirable
Benefits & Perks
- • $100,000 equity ownership for all full-time Physicians after 3 years of service
- • Industry-leading 10% company-funded 401(k) up to IRS limit of $36,000
- • $4,000 tax-free CME/BEA annually
- • $8,000, including your state and DEA license, in year one for new graduates
- • Groundbreaking 100% Paid Parental Leave
- • Pioneering Paid Military Leave
- • Student loan refinancing as low as 2.99%
- • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and Rx coverage
- • Short- and long-term disability (own occupation)
- • Unmatched medical malpractice including tail and free litigation support
- • Location flexibility and career stability of a national group
- • National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) of internally elected Physicians
- • Clinical Management Tools (CMTs)
- • 24/7/365 live Physician support
- • Professional Development Programs including Scholars (Leadership Training), Efficiency Academy, Engagement & Experience Academy
- • USACS Annual Assembly
- • Internal USACS STAT Traveling Physicians
Observation Unit
EMR: Cerner
OBS Beds: 24—exclusively for emergency medicine patients Median patient length of stay National observation program support and oversight
Benefits
Financial Benefits:
A part of Lifebridge Health System which also includes Sinai Hospital and Grace Medical Center, both in Baltimore. Northwest is a 240-bed not-for-profit hospital offering a wide range of patient services. Northwest Hospital’s philosophy of patient-centered care continues with its newly opened rapid evaluation unit. This new ideology substantially lowers wait times and assures a heightened accuracy of triage.
Community
Randallstown is a suburban community located approximately six miles northwest of Baltimore with the exciting attractions of the city and its vibrant Inner Harbor area. It is also within one hour of the cultural and educational opportunities of Washington, D.C. The area has excellent schools and safe, friendly neighborhoods. The hospital is easily accessible from the I-695 beltway. The best qualities of urban and suburban life are combined in Randallstown.
Other USACS services at this location
Emergency Department
As a Hospitalist Observation Medicine Medical Director with USACS, you’ll be responsible for managing observation medicine services by collaborating with the hospital and nursing leadership while offering support to your Physician staff. As a leader for both the hospital and US Acute Care Solutions, you will influence broad company decisions and help facilitate the development of new leaders.
Job Details
Financial Benefits:
- $100,000 equity ownership for all full-time Physicians after 3 years of service
- Industry-leading 10% company-funded 401(k) up to IRS limit of $36,000
- $4,000 tax-free CME/BEA annually
- $8,000, including your state and DEA license, in year one for new graduates
- Groundbreaking 100% Paid Parental Leave
- Pioneering Paid Military Leave
- Student loan refinancing as low as 2.99%
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and Rx coverage
- Short- and long-term disability (own occupation)
- Unmatched medical malpractice including tail and free litigation support
- USACS malpractice claims are less than 1/2 the national average!
- Location flexibility and career stability of a national group
- National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) of internally elected Physicians
- Clinical Management Tools (CMTs)
- 24/7/365 live Physician support
- Professional Development Programs including:
- Scholars (Leadership Training)
- Efficiency Academy
- Engagement & Experience Academy
- USACS Annual Assembly
- Internal USACS STAT Traveling Physicians
A part of Lifebridge Health System which also includes Sinai Hospital and Grace Medical Center, both in Baltimore. Northwest is a 240-bed not-for-profit hospital offering a wide range of patient services. Northwest Hospital’s philosophy of patient-centered care continues with its newly opened rapid evaluation unit. This new ideology substantially lowers wait times and assures a heightened accuracy of triage.
Community
Randallstown is a suburban community located approximately six miles northwest of Baltimore with the exciting attractions of the city and its vibrant Inner Harbor area. It is also within one hour of the cultural and educational opportunities of Washington, D.C. The area has excellent schools and safe, friendly neighborhoods. The hospital is easily accessible from the I-695 beltway. The best qualities of urban and suburban life are combined in Randallstown.
Other USACS services at this location
Emergency Department
- ED Beds: 55
- Staffing Model: 39 hours of day Physician coverage; 40 hours of day APP coverage
- Admission Rate: 25-27%
- Observation services are also provided and managed by USACS, serving as a catalyst for excellent interdepartmental communication and collaboration between the ED and OBS
- A dynamic leadership team that promotes collaborative culture while consistently implementing innovative solutions
- Driven by innovative solutions, such as the vertical care model, which successfully reduces ED boarding by providing streamlined and specialized care to patients of varying acuity levels
- 100% fully staffed with permanent, highly skilled and dedicated nursing by the end of 2023
- Details coming soon
As a Hospitalist Observation Medicine Medical Director with USACS, you’ll be responsible for managing observation medicine services by collaborating with the hospital and nursing leadership while offering support to your Physician staff. As a leader for both the hospital and US Acute Care Solutions, you will influence broad company decisions and help facilitate the development of new leaders.
Job Details
- Oversee day-to-day management of the unit
- Provide leadership in the operations of the unit
- Responsible for peer review, quality assurance, provider staffing
- Assure quality patient experience by managing protocols and complaints
- Practice Clinically
- Lead and organize all meetings to represent the Observation Unit
- Responsible for the supervision on the onsite Physician Staff by managing the day to day responsibilities of these Clinicians
- Report to the National Director of Observation Services
- Maintain improvement plans for any area not meeting expected benchmarks
- Investigate quality referrals from the hospital quality committee
- Board certified in IM/FM
- A minimum of 3 years experience caring for hospital based patients
- Previous administrative experience desirable
- Excellent compensation package with an estimated employed W-2 range of $127.50/hour to $160/hour. PLUS, industry-leading benefits including: $75,000 of Equity Ownership given to all full-time Physicians after 2 years of employment, up to $35,000/year from our 10% company-funded 401(k), $4,000/year of tax-free BEA/CME ($6,500 plus State and DEA license fees in year one for new graduates), 100% Paid Parental leave, 100% Paid Military leave, Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision/Rx coverage, Short- and Long-term disability (own occupation) and Medical Malpractice with tail and free litigation support. Additional leadership stipend available.
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