John Muir Medical Group
The Specialty Division Chief is accountable for quality-of-care delivery and workforce leadership within their specialty, with focus on clinical quality, human resources, risk management, JMMG policies, and specialty-specific issues across the totality of clinical care. The role also works to integrate clinical care delivery across specialties within and external to JMMG, while supporting JMMG staffing operations.
Key Responsibilities
- • be accountable for the quality-of-care delivery and the workforce (MD/DO/NP/PA) in their Specialty
- • focus on clinical quality, human resources, risk management, JMMG Policies, and specialty specific issues around the totality of clinical care
- • work to integrate clinical care delivery across specialties within JMMG and external to JMMG
- • support JMMG staffing operations
- • Quality will include specialty specific implementation of evidence-based guidelines, qualitative appraisals of clinician quality inclusive of chart reviews, and quantitative quality measures (process and outcomes) as commonly used by CMS, Specialty societies, etc.
- • Quality will also include the comprehensive care of patients (clinicians working at top of specialty training) with appropriate referrals and continuity of care longitudinally
- • manage these complexities and contextualize the broader clinical enterprise with effective leadership
- • undergo JMH Management system training
- • follow hiring best practices
- • onboarding/mentoring/evaluation of pre-partners and ongoing evaluation of partners
- • disciplinary actions including addressing grievances and quality concerns
- • sign off on all hires into their division
- • contribute to clinician well-being and fulfillment in their career with JMMG
- • understand when to delegate quality concerns to JMH Peer Review
- • mitigating Employment Practice Legal risk
- • Clinical Program and policy accountability
- • responsible for clinical programming and design
- • responsible for developing policies and collaborating with operational leadership for procedures
- • responsible for policies regarding call duty, jeopardy, and scheduling for the division
- • faithfully know and implement JMMG Policies and Procedures
- • assist medical directors in managing operations/projects
- • work with CFO in managing incentive compensation programs for their divisions
- • Some Chiefs may also have JMH Administrative responsibilities which are under the purview of JMH Management
Required
- • MD/DO degree with current Board Certification in an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) approved specialty
- • 5 years of Clinical Experience in Specialty
- • Greater than or equal to 0.5 FTE Clinical Effort expected
- • Expectation is full commitment to JMMG without Outside Employment
The Specialty Division Chief will be accountable for the quality-of-care delivery and the workforce (MD/DO/NP/PA) in their Specialty. Their focus will be on clinical quality, human resources, risk management, JMMG Policies, and specialty specific issues around the totality of clinical care.
The Chief will also work to integrate clinical care delivery across specialties within JMMG and external to JMMG. They report to the JMMG VP/Chair of Clinical Care but will also support JMMG staffing operations.
JMMG’s priority is to pursue the underlying community health mission by managing the complexity of the organization with its many stakeholders. The scope of services provided by JMMG includes direct clinical service staffing, management operations, and strategic partnerships.
Principal Accountabilities
Clinical Quality
Quality will include specialty specific implementation of evidence-based guidelines, qualitative appraisals of clinician quality inclusive of chart reviews, and quantitative quality measures (process and outcomes) as commonly used by CMS, Specialty societies, etc. Quality will also include the comprehensive care of patients (clinicians working at top of specialty training) with appropriate referrals and continuity of care longitudinally.
The Chiefs are expected to have high knowledge and awareness of specialty specific innovations, culture, and workforce issues not apparent to others. Chiefs will manage these complexities and contextualize the broader clinical enterprise with effective leadership.
They will undergo JMH Management system training.
Human Resources
Human resource management includes following hiring best practices, onboarding/mentoring/evaluation of pre-partners and ongoing evaluation of partners, disciplinary actions including addressing grievances and quality concerns. Because they will be managing HR issues, Chiefs will sign off on all hires into their division. Chiefs will also contribute to clinician well-being and fulfillment in their career with JMMG.
Risk Management
Risk Management will include understanding when to delegate quality concerns to JMH Peer Review and mitigating Employment Practice Legal risk.
Program, Policies and Procedures
Clinical Program and policy accountability. Chiefs are responsible for clinical programming and design. Chiefs are also responsible for developing policies and collaborating with operational leadership for procedures: for example, policies regarding call duty, jeopardy, and scheduling for the division.
Chiefs will faithfully know and implement JMMG Policies and Procedures and assist medical directors in managing operations/projects.
Chiefs will work with CFO in managing incentive compensation programs for their divisions.
Some Chiefs may also have JMH Administrative responsibilities which are under the purview of JMH Management.
Experience and Qualification
MD/DO degree with current Board Certification in an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) approved specialty
5 years of Clinical Experience in Specialty
Greater than or equal to 0.5 FTE Clinical Effort expected
Expectation is full commitment to JMMG without Outside Employment
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