South Shore Health

Key Responsibilities

• • Works collaboratively with nursing leadership, anesthesia, neonatology, maternal-fetal medicine, midwifery, and hospital administration to ensure the delivery of safe, evidence-based, patient-centered obstetric care.
• • Provide physician leadership for all quality and safety initiatives on Labor and Delivery.
• • Monitor and improve key performance metrics including Cesarean delivery rates, operative vaginal delivery rates, obstetric hemorrhage outcomes, hypertensive emergency management, shoulder dystocia outcomes, and maternal and neonatal morbidity.
• • Lead implementation and maintenance of evidence-based clinical protocols and order sets.
• • Oversee compliance with national guidelines and patient safety bundles, including those from Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health, The Joint Commission, and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
• • Review adverse events, near misses, and safety reports.
• • Lead collaborative risk reviews and action plans related to obstetric events.
• • Foster a collaborative, respectful culture among private obstetricians, hospitalists, certified nurse-midwives, nurses, and consultants.
• • Serve as the primary physician liaison between medical staff and nursing leadership.
• • Facilitate resolution of clinical and operational concerns among providers.
• • Lead or oversee multidisciplinary simulation drills for obstetric emergencies.
• • Coordinate educational conferences including weekly fetal heart rate tracing reviews and morbidity and mortality conferences.
• • Ensure provider competency in key obstetric procedures and emergency response protocols.
• • Participate in staffing and scheduling discussions for physician coverage.
• • Optimize patient flow, triage efficiency, and operating room utilization.
• • Collaborate on budgeting and capital equipment planning.
• • Evaluate opportunities to improve efficiency and patient satisfaction.
• • Ensure readiness for accreditation and regulatory surveys.
• • Maintain compliance with hospital policies, credentialing standards, and documentation requirements.
• • Contribute to departmental strategic initiatives related to maternal services growth, program development, and community outreach.
• • Support implementation of new programs and clinical services.
• • Provide in-house obstetric coverage on Labor and Delivery.
• • Evaluate and manage obstetric triage patients.
• • Provide labor management and intrapartum care.
• • Perform vaginal and cesarean deliveries, including emergent operative interventions.
• • Respond to obstetric emergencies.
• • Manage postpartum complications as appropriate.
• • Interpret fetal heart rate tracings and collaborate with the care team regarding management decisions.
• • Supervise advanced practice providers and learners as applicable.
• • Document care accurately and in a timely manner.
• • Chair or co-chair the Obstetric Executive Committee.
• • Participate in Perinatal Committee, Department meetings, and Medical Executive activities as requested.
• • Provide regular reports to department and hospital leadership regarding quality, safety, and operational performance.