Description
The Department of Emergency Medicine, at Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC), seeks a dynamic and strategic physician leader to serve as Associate Medical Director.
Our faculty staff the hospitals within the Mount Sinai Health System (the Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai West, Mount Sinai Brooklyn, Mount Sinai South Nassau, as well as affiliated hospitals including Elmhurst Hospital Center, Queens Hospital Center, and Richmond University Medical Center. The Emergency Medicine Service Line has almost 240 faculty, more than 100 physician assistants and nurse practitioners, and treat more than 600K patients annually. The Department is ranked number 3 in research funding from the National Institutes of Health, is home to 3 emergency medicine residencies, 8 fellowships, and is affiliated with 2 pediatric residencies.
RUMC is a community hospital located on the North Shore of Staten Island. The Emergency Department spans 35,000 square feet and manages an annual patient volume of approximately 55,117, with an admission rate of about 18%. RUMC is a Level 1 ACS verified Adult Trauma Center, a Level 2 ACS verified Pediatric Trauma Center, and a JC certified Thrombectomy Capable Stroke Center.
Responsibilities
The Associate Medical Director develops short- and long-term plans for on-going improvement of the clinical, operational, and administrative quality of the department. This role will include a clinical time commitment.
As the Associate Medical Director, you will work with the director, chair and nursing leadership to initiate and implement clinical initiatives to improve key clinical flow and quality indicators (i.e. stroke initiatives, introduction of clinical pathways, cardiology collaborations, etc.). You will be responsible for reviewing the quality and flow metrics related to new initiatives and assist with developing countermeasures to improve areas of concern.
The Associate Medical Director oversees the entire bi-yearly policy process including ongoing review, revision, implementation and dissemination. You will be an active participant for any investigation in cases requiring inquiry of clinical care, e.g. debriefings and RCA.
The Associate Medical Director will assist with response to patient complaints and is the main liaison with the office of patient relations. Working along with ED patient experience leadership, you will help to implement key initiatives related to patient satisfaction ratings and concerns. The Associate Medical Director will oversee review, revision and dissemination of all policies of the Department of Emergency Medicine.
Qualifications
Compensation range from 330k to 330k (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits).
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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's "The World's Best Smart Hospitals" ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
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