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Emergency Department Medical Director

The medical director is charged with fulfilling the company’s contractual obligation to a client hospital, including physicians staffing, department management and supervision of medical care. Responsibilities include provision of leadership and compliance with Team Health goals and objectives.

Position Requirements:

• Board Certified in Emergency Medicine preferred.
• Previous management and leadership experience in an ED setting.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong clinical skills.

• Maintain personal credentials to include licensure, DEA registration, Board certification and additional requirements such as ACLS, ATLS as required by hospital or contract.
• Stay current on best practices in the specialty through a personal program of C.M.E.
• Consistently demonstrate effective communication, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Maintain a positive and optimistic attitude in the performance of duties.

• Maintain the department fully staffed, complying promptly with recruiter requests to telephone interested candidates as needed. The medical director should interview candidates when not occupied with clinical duties.
• Create a schedule, which is equitable, periodically working all types of shifts.
• Appropriately divide time at hospital between clinical and administrative duties.
• Complete staffing schedule on a timely basis.
• Submit payroll information promptly.

• Orient all new providers to the department. This should be done as a formal process using a checklist. It is estimated that at least 4 hrs. will be spent in orienting new providers prior to their starting clinical work.
• Ensure that new providers are closely supervised during their first few shifts.
• Consistently transmits to providers all information and directives from Team Health.
• Ensure compliance amongst providers with educational programs; to include compliance with all education and training programs, i.e. risk management, etc.
• Present educational topics to staff on a regular basis.
• Orients new hospital Attendings to the ED, including policies, procedures and conflict resolution.

• Spend adequate time at hospital outside clinical shifts to fulfill administrative duties.
• At all times provide direction and leadership for the ED.
• Meet regularly with nursing, hospital administration, and directors of ancillary departments, as well as hospital Risk Manager.
• Have regular, formal ED department meetings with written minutes.
• Belong to appropriate hospital committees and ensure ED physician participation in the hospital committee structure.
• Participate in hospital activities and be involved in the community, as well as participating in medical staff activities.

• Conduct a comprehensive performance improvement program in the department.
• Regularly communicate the results of PI activities to hospital management and medical staff.
• Institute “Best Practices” initiatives as appropriate.
• Cooperate fully with hospital to successfully undergo JCAHO inspections.

• Be responsible for the evaluation of clinical encounters with a high risk for liability.
• Promote risk management training for ED providers.
• Complies with Team Health’s incident reporting requirements.
• Institute and maintain an effective complaint management system.
• Cooperate with RMRC activities and ensure departmental compliance with Team Health risk management initiatives.

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