Medical Director of Quality, Safety, and Medical Affairs Opportunity
Company: MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society
Location: Pontiac
Posted on: October 19, 2024
Job Description:
OPPORTUNITY HIGHLIGHTS Trinity Health Oakland Hospital, located
in Pontiac, Michigan, has an excellent full-time employment
opportunity for a Board-Certified Physician to serve as Medical
Director of Quality, Safety, and Medical Affairs. This position
will be split 0.6 FTE administrative and 0.4 FTE clinical. The
responsibilities for this opportunity will include:
- Understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the mission,
vision, and values of the Ministry in leadership behaviors,
practices, and decisions.
- Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the mission,
vision and values of Trinity Health in leadership behaviors,
practices and decisions.
- Experience with large-scale project management, clinical
transformation and change management.
- Leads the development, deployment and change management of
solutions that gather information for clinical benchmarking,
determination of disease severity, and analysis of practice
variation.
- Possess an understanding and working knowledge of current
health care regulation, accreditation and licensure requirements
for physicians and facilities (The Joint Commission, CMS and
other).
- Serves as a member of the Patient Safety Committee (Zero Harm
Committee)
- Serves as a member of the following medical staff committees:
Medical Staff Quality Improvement Committee, Pharmacy and
Therapeutics Committee, Medical Records Committee, Infection
Prevention and Control Committee, Organizational Safety Huddle,
Local Safety Huddles to evaluate the quality of the huddles, Health
Equity Committee,
- Functions as a resource to the medical staff as appropriate in
areas of Quality and Safety.
- Provides feedback to the medical staff regarding clinical
quality and safety and process improvement initiatives; when
necessary, provides one on one education/feedback.
- Assists in the development, delivery, and evaluation of
training materials for physicians. Provides input into issues and
initiatives in clinical quality, utilization and case management as
appropriate and requested.
- Attends medical department meetings for the purpose of relating
information specific to department clinical performance; updating
the department on internal or external practices; educating
physicians on statistical and other review techniques.
- Demonstrated success in leading physician engagement and
development opportunities within a hospital or medical group or
equivalent.
- Promotes and provides leadership of the medical staff
participation in various groups and task forces to assist in the
fine tuning, design, implementation, and evaluation of the systems
of clinical quality and safety.
- Demonstrated understanding of transition between strategic
development and operational implementation.
- Represents TH Oakland within Trinity Health on issues related
to Unified Clinical Organization Activities.
- Serves as a resource and/or member of medical staff or
management committees as requested by the Chief of Staff and/or
Chief Medical Officer.
- Should have a track record of operating in a collaborative,
shared leadership environment and demonstrated ability of bringing
dynamic groups to agreement around key, and at times controversial
concepts.
- Continues to practice clinical medicine in area of expertise on
an approximate half time basis.
- Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and
Local laws and regulations, the Trinity Health Organizational
Integrity Program, including the Standards of Conduct, Code of
Ethics, as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure
adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and
professional behaviors.
- Performs other duties commensurate with the office that may be
reasonably requested by the organization. The qualified candidate
will have the following experience/certifications and education:
- MD or DO.
- Unrestricted current license to practice medicine in the
Michigan.
- Board certification in clinical area of expertise.
- Must have five or more years of clinical practice
experience.
- Membership on the Medical staff and privileged to write orders
to clarify patient status.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to build
collaborative working relationships with medical staff, clinical
staff, finance, and compliance.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to
write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings
and styles.
- Possess an understanding and working knowledge of current
health care regulation, accreditation and licensure requirements
for physicians and facilities.
- Ability to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of a broad
range of medical/surgical diagnoses, treatment modalities,
therapeutic services, and intervention techniques.
- Personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty,
integrity, and caring as well as the ability to inspire and to
motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals,
and values of the Ministry.
- Preferred: Advanced graduate level training in health/business
administration, public health, quality assurance and safety and/or
medical staff governance. The qualified candidate must also have
the following leadership competencies: General:
- Achieves excellence by being action oriented, decisive and
follows through and aligns resources to accomplish objectives.
- Uses effective strategies to facilitate change initiatives and
overcome resistance to change and identify sustainable
improvements
- Understands complex issues and develops solutions that
effectively address the problem.
- Lives out a set of deeply held personal beliefs and honors a
spirit and presence greater than self and connects these to the CHE
Trinity Mission and Core Values.
- Understands the role of emerging technology and its impact on
operational effectiveness and organizational change.
- Possess strong communication and team skills
- Ability to effectively lead and participate as a member of
multiple teams
- Possess the ability to work calmly and efficiently under tight
deadlines
- Exhibits excellent customer service orientation skills
necessary in order to deal effectively with various levels of
hospital personnel, outside customers and community groups Quality
and Safety:
- Strong understanding of quality management and elements of a
high reliability, safety care system of care.
- Core understanding of serious safety events, how to conduct a
root cause analysis and generate related SBAR communications.
- Assists the organization to create a learning environment for
ongoing quality improvement and safety for board members, senior
management, physician and nursing leaders and hospital staff.
Provides clinical quality improvement and patient safety insight
into the strategic initiatives developed by the senior leadership
team and in collaboration with the region and national system
initiatives.
- Commitment to quality improvement activities and peer review
with multidisciplinary teams.
- Serve as an executive champion for various quality and safety
programs.
- Monitor and drive improvement on key local, regional, and
system level initiatives.
- Champions the TogetherSafe program.
- Provide oversight of the Root Cause Analysis and Action process
as well the Apparent Cause Analysis process. Medical Staff Affairs:
- Ability to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of a broad
range of medical/surgical diagnoses, treatment modalities,
therapeutic services and intervention techniques.
- Ability to motivate physicians and staff to utilize clinical
information systems and advanced technologies effectively and
efficiently.
- Understands medical staff governance and appropriate quality
tools within the medical staff such as OPPE, FPPE and peer
review.
- Works with department chairs and department quality/safety
committees on defining, measuring, and monitoring of quality
improvement initiatives and programs.
- Participates in department and organizational (PPEC) peer
review committees for awareness and monitoring of quality and
safety.
- Participates in the
- Continues to have some clinical practice in order to better
understand the patient care delivery. This is an exciting
opportunity for the right physician to join Trinity Health Oakland
Hospital. RECRUITMENT PACKAGE Trinity Health Oakland is offering an
excellent competitive compensation and benefit package for the
right candidate. ABOUT THE FACILITY Trinity Health Oakland Hospital
(THOH) , a member of Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, is a 497-bed
comprehensive, community teaching hospital and regional tertiary
facility located in Oakland County, Michigan. THOH is a member of
Trinity Health, one of the largest Catholic health care
organizations in the United States. A long-time leader in Oakland
County, THOH was founded in 1927 by the Sisters of Mercy. For more
than 80 years, THOH has been a technologically forward hospital
that combines advanced medicine and personal care to assist
patients on their path to wellness. With dedicated physicians,
nurses and hospital staff committed to providing quality care
throughout the patient stay, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland has truly
personalized the patient experience. THOH has won numerous local
and national recognition for patient safety, quality, and
performance, and consistently ranks in the top 10 percent of
hospitals nationwide. With a recent $54.5 million hospital
renovation and expansion, THOH has added an additional 120,000
square feet, housing a new emergency center, private patient tower,
imaging center and retail pharmacy. THOH provides a broad range of
services including cardiology, orthopedics, women & children
services, cancer care, and neurosciences. THOH's staff and
physicians are dedicated to providing excellence in patient care.
THOH invites you to join its award-winning team, grow in a positive
environment, and build a remarkable future with a leader in health
care. For more information about Trinity Health Oakland Hospital,
please visit our . ABOUT THE COMMUNITY Oakland County, Michigan -
Named for its beautiful oak trees, Oakland County offers a blend of
big city, suburban, and rural lifestyles. Oakland County is
recognized as having Michigan's second highest population with a
residential population of more than 68,000 and has continued to
grow since its inception over 175 years ago. Located north of
Detroit, Oakland County is part of the nation's seventh largest
metropolitan area and is home to 39 cities and 14 townships.Today,
residents have access to 30 downtown areas, nearly 90,000 acres of
natural settings, several entertainment and sports venues, plus
countless opportunities to achieve a high quality of life. This
area is also home to several institutions of higher education,
well-known private schools, and exemplary public schools. With its
proximity to Detroit, quality schools, and numerous recreational
opportunities, the Oakland area is a perfect place to raise a
family. Museums and golf courses are nearby, and Detroit's sporting
events, concerts and more are just a half-hour away. The old, well
established neighborhoods of the past are joined by gorgeous new
residential development. The Oakland area is also a great locale
for pet lovers. Oakland County is the new horizon for living,
working and prospering.Focused on the future, Oakland County is one
of the wealthiest counties in America, and features a quality of
life and commerce that few places can match.Oakland offers
world-class educational opportunities for children and adults,
ranging from two award-winning public school districts, Avondale
Schools and Rochester Community Schools, to Oakland University, a
major Division1 degree-granting university.The community also is
served by 10 private schools, Rochester College and Oakland
Community College, the largest of Michigan's community-based
publicly funded institutions. With excellent schools, affordable
housing, employment opportunities and an abundance of cultural and
recreational activities, moving to Oakland County will be the best
decision you can make. ABOUT TRINITY HEALTH Trinity Health is one
of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery
systems in the nation. We serve people and communities in 22 states
from coast to coast with more than 90 hospitals and 100 continuing
care facilities - including home care, hospice, PACE and senior
living facilities and programs that provide nearly two and a half
million visits annually. Trinity Health employs more than 133,000
colleagues, including 7,800 employed physicians and clinicians. Our
mission: We, Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the
Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within
our communities. We support this mission by living our core values
of Reverence, Commitment to Those Who are Poor, Justice,
Stewardship, and Integrity. Committed to recruiting talented
physicians, we are looking for physicians who share our values and
want to help us fulfill the health care needs of the communities we
serve. At Trinity Health, we value the physician relationship and
focus on partnering with our physicians. Whether you are a
practicing physician looking to relocate or a medical resident, we
offer opportunities with the flexibility to fit your individual
needs. If you would like to be part of Trinity Health, we encourage
you to explore this opportunity at . If you are interested in this
opportunity and would like to submit your CV, please email or call
Trinity Health Physician Recruitment at (734) 343-2300.
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