SUMMARY
The Senior Vice President of Medical Practitioners directs, coordinates, and oversees employed clinical practitioners and quality programs to ensure growth, development, accountability and implementation of efficiency in operations, systems and departments. The SVP of Practitioners directly manages all employed Medical Practitioners, including ER, Specialty Clinic, Rural Health Clinic, Cardiology, and CRNA's. The SVP of Practitioners is responsible for maintaining patient care standards, including safety and quality of care.
The SVP of Clinical Practitioners has extensive leadership experience in a medical setting and proven history of providing quality care at a high level. Compliance with rules and regulations of all applicable federal, state and local laws as well as PMHC policies is a condition of employment.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Incumbent must have the skills, ability and judgment to perform the following essential job duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation:
- Provide direct oversight and management of employed practitioners in clinical operations, medical information, and other functional groups as assigned.
- Participates in the strategic planning process and implementation in accordance with PMHC's mission and values. Proactively involves key stakeholders, monitors progress, and addresses challenges to promote achievement of goals.
- Identifies ways to improve clinical services.
- Provides direct oversight of the PMHC Quality Department.
- Validates that all practitioners adhere to all safety standards and are updated on healthcare regulations.
- Liaison between the administration and medical staff.
- Collaborates with all members of Senior Leadership.
- Collaborates with the CFO to provide accurate forecasts that analyze the impact of special projects and new services.
- Analyzes and understands the needs of the community. Facilitates, supports, and collaborates on clinical quality initiatives to improve the overall health of the patients we serve.
- Prepares special reports, statistics and data analysis related to practitioners operations.
- Leadership growth, accountability, communication and follow-through for operational services that include department oversight based on proven background and experience.
- Identifies, recommends, and implements new processes, technologies, and systems to improve and streamline organizational processes and use of resources and materials.
- Ensures that departmental decisions and project plans such as those for staffing, development, organization, material efficiency, hardware acquisitions, and facilities are in line with the strategic plan and vision.
- Establishes, communicates, and implements operations-related policies, practices, standards, and security measures to ensure effective and consistent support and execution.
- Ensures patient, physician, and staff satisfaction by proactively identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Develops and maintains clinical and administrative records and reports as required.
- Develops and maintains staffing requirements and policies for recruitment, selection and placement of qualified personnel
- Participates as an active member of Senior Leadership, Quality Service, Medical Executive, Medical Staff, Patient Safety, Trauma, Infection Control, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Department Directors, Utilization Review, and Unusual Occurrence Committees.
- Provides a biannual update to the Board of Directors and provides education as requested or needed.
- Maintains patient and employee confidentiality at all times.
- Responsible for interviewing, hiring and onboarding, planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining, addressing complaints and resolving problems.
- Other duties may be assigned.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Reports to the Chief Executive Officer
- Supervises all employed practitioners of PMHC and PMG
- Supervises Director of Quality
- Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws;
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to frequently sit, stand, and walk. The employee must frequently lift up to 10 pounds and occasionally life and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, employees occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to the risk of electrical shock.
The level of risk of exposure to blood borne pathogens is Classification III, as outlined in the Hepatitis B Vaccine Program Policy.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
1. Required Master's degree in medicine (PA, APRN, CRNA)
2. Minimum of five years leadership experience in a hospital setting.
COMPETENCIES/CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED
1. Maintains current licensure or certification in their professional discipline as applicable.
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