Obstetrician/Gynecologist Job at MultiCare Health System in South King and Pierce Counties, WA

The Regional Medical Director (RMD), Women’s Health has direct responsibility, in conjunction with leadership personnel within MultiCare Medical Partners (MMP), for the operational, clinical, and financial performance for a service line or group of related care lines within a region that make up a clinical division. In partnership with the Service Line Assistant Vice President (AVP), the RMD provides administrative medical leadership for clinical and business planning, expansion of growth and access, clinical performance, and quality outcomes. 
The RMD works to manage the functions of Primary Care to ensure performance to strategic and operational objectives delineated by MMP and MultiCare Health System (MHS) leadership. The RMD works collaboratively with MHS and MMP leadership, providing supervision and oversight of the Site Medical Managers (SMMs), physicians and advanced practice providers in Women’s Health.

  Care Line Specific Responsibilities:

  For clarification purposes, in the role as Regional Medical Director, it is expected that the Physician will attend meetings to discuss operational issues, planning or execution of initiatives to enhance performance, safety or quality initiatives which are specific to his/her administrative role, where such attendance shall be compensated at the rate set forth above. It is assumed that the physician, as a Medical Staff member, would attend relevant Medical Staff meetings that relate to his/her provision of professional services at Hospital regardless of whether or not Physician served as Regional Medical Director; consequently, the Medical Director shall not be compensated for routine attendance at such meetings. Medical Staff meetings that will not be routinely compensated for under this Agreement include meetings such as department meetings, Special Peer Review meetings, QRM Committee, Medical Executive Committee, Credentials Committee, General Staff meetings, Medical Staff townhalls, and official Board of Directors meetings and subcommittee meetings. A list of activities that generally qualify, or do not qualify, for Medical Director payment is included below:

Qualifying Activities:

• Department-specific quality improvement activities and meetings.
• Operations activities and meetings.
• Supply management activities and meetings.
• Patient experience activities and meetings.
• Clinical protocol/evidence -based care development.
• Electronic medical record implementation and optimization work, and similar work on other IT implementation projects that require physician participation.
• Strategic planning.
• Physician mentoring and proctoring.
• Presentation time and presentation prep time for items presented at Medical Staff meetings or other network forums.
• Participation in network-wide collaborative meetings.
• E-mail/verbal communication time devoted to the Medical Director role (must be documented).

Non-Qualifying Activities:

• Routine participation in meetings (department meetings, department division meetings, Medical Executive Committee, General Medical Staff, clinic/practice meetings) where attendance would be expected for any practicing physician. The exception to this is if the Site Medical Manager is, as part of their role, preparing information for the meeting or presenting information for such meeting.
• Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities, including CME conference attendance and self-directed professional education reading, unless activity is explicitly requested and approved in advance.
• Local, state, and national medical society meetings
• Clinical activities, unless participating in a mentoring/proctoring role specifically related to Site Medical Manager duties.
• Research/academic activities, unless specifically related to SMM goals and duties, and pre-approved by Administrator with oversight accountability.

  REQUIREMENTS:

•   Graduate of an accredited medical school (MD or DO).

• Licensure to practice medicine in Washington State as a Physician.
• Board certification or similar accreditation in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Midwifery, Maternal/Fetal Medicine, Urogynecology, and Minimally Invasive Gynecology or another similar medical specialty.
• Two (2) years of clinical practice experience preferred.
• Formal leadership training and experience preferred.
• Prior management/leadership or directorship roles in hospital, managed care and/or medical group practice preferred.

FTE: 1.0, Shift: Days, Schedule: M-F

Clinical .70 FTE Salary $315,912.80

Admin .30 FTE Salary min $105,000 - Salary max $150,000