Baptist Health
Arkansas Health Group/Baptist Health Hospitalist Medical Director
The role combines hospitalist clinical work with administrative and leadership responsibilities to oversee hospitalist teams and support consistent, evidence-based care across multiple hospitals. It includes strategy, operations, quality/safety, compliance, mentorship, collaboration, recruitment, and clinical liaison work.
Key Responsibilities
- • Provide leadership for the hospitalist teams while balancing administrative leadership with clinical care to achieve operational efficiency, staff engagement, and high-quality provision of team oriented patient care resulting in high quality patient outcomes and patient experience scores.
- • Serve as a member of the AHG Physician Leadership Team.
- • 40-50% protected administrative time.
- • Work as a practicing hospitalist 50-60% of the time.
- • Clinical time at each of our largest hospitals (Little Rock, North Little Rock and Conway) to gain insight regarding each setting and team.
- • Lead by example with provision of excellent, evidence-based clinical care.
- • Develop and implement the strategic vision for the System hospitalist program and at each hospital that aligns with the System and Hospital Strategy for hospitalist care.
- • Promote an organized geographic patient assignment and rounding structure within each hospital to promote team-oriented rounding and patient care.
- • Work with team leaders at each hospital to oversee daily operations and staffing to ensure high quality of care and efficient patient throughput.
- • Develop team schedules specific to each hospital that provides best care 24 hours per day.
- • Promote the use of diagnosis specific, evidence-based standardized care with the development and utilization of order sets and care models.
- • Lead quality improvement initiatives and safety protocols.
- • Participate in development of annual hospitalist quality improvement plan and quality goals.
- • Ensure compliant documentation and billing practices by hospitalists.
- • Serve as team representative for interaction with Compliance, Utilization, and Risk Management Teams.
- • Evaluate and mentor individual hospitalist team members.
- • Serve as first line interaction for corrective communication and counseling with team members.
- • Work with Hospital CMOs, CNOs, Quality and Safety teams and Administration to promote multidisciplinary, team focused patient care.
- • Oversee cross coverage by hospitalists at each hospital as indicated.
- • Make recommendations for team staffing as indicated.
- • Participate in interviews and recruitment of potential additions to the team(s).
- • Partner with Command Center, Emergency Department and Nursing Leadership to improve patient acceptance and transfer process, and patient care transitions.
Required
- • MD or DO degree.
- • Completion of residency in Internal Medicine.
- • Board Certification in Internal Medicine.
- • 5-10 years as a practicing hospitalist in a large tertiary hospital or system.
- • Leadership training.
- • Excellent clinician.
- • Strong communication skills.
- • Experience in conflict resolution.
- • Ability to foster collaboration and multidisciplinary team care.
Preferred
- • Enhanced consideration of candidates who have completed a fellowship in Hospital Medicine or a Master’s in Hospital Administration or Health Science.
- • Hospitalist leadership experience is preferred.
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Job Details
Arkansas Health Group/Baptist Health Hospitalist Medical Director
Baptist Health in Arkansas is the largest health system in the state with 14 hospitals. AHG currently employees a team of approximately 60 hospitalists who staff 8 of these hospitals. We seek to employ a Medical Director to practice as a hospitalist and oversee the hospitalist teams to establish consistent provision of care. We seek a seasoned hospitalists with experience within a system that promotes geographic provision of care within the hospital with inclusion of bedside nursing and other team members in team rounding, and utilization of evidence-based medical care.
Responsibilities
Leadership:
Education:
Phillip Wallace, Baptist Health Senior Physician recruiter, phillip.wallace@baptist-health.org
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Arkansas Health Group/Baptist Health Hospitalist Medical Director
Baptist Health in Arkansas is the largest health system in the state with 14 hospitals. AHG currently employees a team of approximately 60 hospitalists who staff 8 of these hospitals. We seek to employ a Medical Director to practice as a hospitalist and oversee the hospitalist teams to establish consistent provision of care. We seek a seasoned hospitalists with experience within a system that promotes geographic provision of care within the hospital with inclusion of bedside nursing and other team members in team rounding, and utilization of evidence-based medical care.
Leadership:
Education:
Phillip Wallace, Baptist Health Senior Physician recruiter, phillip.wallace@baptist-health.org
Job Details
Arkansas Health Group/Baptist Health Hospitalist Medical Director
Baptist Health in Arkansas is the largest health system in the state with 14 hospitals. AHG currently employees a team of approximately 60 hospitalists who staff 8 of these hospitals. We seek to employ a Medical Director to practice as a hospitalist and oversee the hospitalist teams to establish consistent provision of care. We seek a seasoned hospitalists with experience within a system that promotes geographic provision of care within the hospital with inclusion of bedside nursing and other team members in team rounding, and utilization of evidence-based medical care.
Responsibilities
Leadership:
- Provide leadership for the hospitalist teams while balancing administrative leadership with clinical care to achieve operational efficiency, staff engagement, and high-quality provision of team oriented patient care resulting in high quality patient outcomes and patient experience scores.
- Serve as a member of the AHG Physician Leadership Team.
- 40-50% protected administrative time.
- Work as a practicing hospitalist 50-60% of the time.
- Clinical time at each of our largest hospitals (Little Rock, North Little Rock and Conway) to gain insight regarding each setting and team.
- Lead by example with provision of excellent, evidence-based clinical care.
- Develop and implement the strategic vision for the System hospitalist program and at each hospital that aligns with the System and Hospital Strategy for hospitalist care.
- Promote an organized geographic patient assignment and rounding structure within each hospital to promote team-oriented rounding and patient care.
- Work with team leaders at each hospital to oversee daily operations and staffing to ensure high quality of care and efficient patient throughput.
- Develop team schedules specific to each hospital that provides best care 24 hours per day.
- Promote the use of diagnosis specific, evidence-based standardized care with the development and utilization of order sets and care models.
- Lead quality improvement initiatives and safety protocols.
- Participate in development of annual hospitalist quality improvement plan and quality goals.
- Ensure compliant documentation and billing practices by hospitalists.
- Serve as team representative for interaction with Compliance, Utilization, and Risk Management Teams.
- Evaluate and mentor individual hospitalist team members.
- Serve as first line interaction for corrective communication and counseling with team members.
- Work with Hospital CMOs, CNOs, Quality and Safety teams and Administration to promote multidisciplinary, team focused patient care.
- Oversee cross coverage by hospitalists at each hospital as indicated.
- Make recommendations for team staffing as indicated.
- Participate in interviews and recruitment of potential additions to the team(s).
- Partner with Command Center, Emergency Department and Nursing Leadership to improve patient acceptance and transfer process, and patient care transitions.
Education:
- MD or DO degree.
- Completion of residency in Internal Medicine.
- Board Certification in Internal Medicine.
- Enhanced consideration of candidates who have completed a fellowship in Hospital Medicine or a Master’s in Hospital Administration or Health Science.
- 5-10 years as a practicing hospitalist in a large tertiary hospital or system.
- Leadership training. o Hospitalist leadership experience is preferred.
- Excellent clinician.
- Strong communication skills.
- Experience in conflict resolution.
- Ability to foster collaboration and multidisciplinary team care.
Phillip Wallace, Baptist Health Senior Physician recruiter, phillip.wallace@baptist-health.org
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Arkansas Health Group/Baptist Health Hospitalist Medical Director
Baptist Health in Arkansas is the largest health system in the state with 14 hospitals. AHG currently employees a team of approximately 60 hospitalists who staff 8 of these hospitals. We seek to employ a Medical Director to practice as a hospitalist and oversee the hospitalist teams to establish consistent provision of care. We seek a seasoned hospitalists with experience within a system that promotes geographic provision of care within the hospital with inclusion of bedside nursing and other team members in team rounding, and utilization of evidence-based medical care.
Leadership:
- Provide leadership for the hospitalist teams while balancing administrative leadership with clinical care to achieve operational efficiency, staff engagement, and high-quality provision of team oriented patient care resulting in high quality patient outcomes and patient experience scores.
- Serve as a member of the AHG Physician Leadership Team.
- 40-50% protected administrative time.
- Work as a practicing hospitalist 50-60% of the time.
- Clinical time at each of our largest hospitals (Little Rock, North Little Rock and Conway) to gain insight regarding each setting and team.
- Lead by example with provision of excellent, evidence-based clinical care.
- Develop and implement the strategic vision for the System hospitalist program and at each hospital that aligns with the System and Hospital Strategy for hospitalist care.
- Promote an organized geographic patient assignment and rounding structure within each hospital to promote team-oriented rounding and patient care.
- Work with team leaders at each hospital to oversee daily operations and staffing to ensure high quality of care and efficient patient throughput.
- Develop team schedules specific to each hospital that provides best care 24 hours per day.
- Promote the use of diagnosis specific, evidence-based standardized care with the development and utilization of order sets and care models.
- Lead quality improvement initiatives and safety protocols.
- Participate in development of annual hospitalist quality improvement plan and quality goals.
- Ensure compliant documentation and billing practices by hospitalists.
- Serve as team representative for interaction with Compliance, Utilization, and Risk Management Teams.
- Evaluate and mentor individual hospitalist team members.
- Serve as first line interaction for corrective communication and counseling with team members.
- Work with Hospital CMOs, CNOs, Quality and Safety teams and Administration to promote multidisciplinary, team focused patient care.
- Oversee cross coverage by hospitalists at each hospital as indicated.
- Make recommendations for team staffing as indicated.
- Participate in interviews and recruitment of potential additions to the team(s).
- Partner with Command Center, Emergency Department and Nursing Leadership to improve patient acceptance and transfer process, and patient care transitions.
Education:
- MD or DO degree.
- Completion of residency in Internal Medicine.
- Board Certification in Internal Medicine.
- Enhanced consideration of candidates who have completed a fellowship in Hospital Medicine or a Master’s in Hospital Administration or Health Science.
- 5-10 years as a practicing hospitalist in a large tertiary hospital or system.
- Leadership training. o Hospitalist leadership experience is preferred.
- Excellent clinician.
- Strong communication skills.
- Experience in conflict resolution.
- Ability to foster collaboration and multidisciplinary team care.
Phillip Wallace, Baptist Health Senior Physician recruiter, phillip.wallace@baptist-health.org
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