Lead Hospitalist at Porter - Denver, CO

Advent Health Medical Group

Hospital Medicine Physician Leadership Lead Hospitalist Expectations
Duties Annual compensation $328k+

General Description:

Provides oversight of healthcare delivery and provides medical care to patients under the guidance of assigned practice/s. The Lead Hospitalist is responsible for continuous and sustained improvement in the areas of patient care inclusive of experience, outcomes, quality, human resources, practice finance and operations, and other accountabilities as assigned. The Lead Hospitalist will collaborate with Hospital Medicine, AHMG, and facility leadership to ensure alignment and work towards identified areas of opportunities via process and workflow improvement to meet and exceed expectations.

Lead Hospitalist Expectations/Duties:

• Leads the monthly "MHM" meeting for their respective practice/s
• Assembles the monthly practice meeting agenda/slide deck, and coordinates internal/external speakers with support from Hospital Medicine Leadership as needed
• Disseminates information via minutes to physicians and APPs after meeting conclusion
• Responsible for disseminating information to practice physicians and APPs that originate from Hospital Medicine, AHMG, facility, or corporate leadership
• Participates in monthly contact with the HM Medical Director and Facility CMO to discuss practice performance
• Leads the quarterly leadership meetings with the facility C-Suite with administrative support and guidance from Hospital Medicine Leadership
• Must be a member of the facility MEC
• Assigns team members to participate in facility and medical group committees to ensure continual Hospital Medicine presence, engagement, and influence
• Serves as the "face" of the practice
• Must be visible/available
• Take a proactive approach in the pursuance and fostering of administrative and clinical relationships with Hospital Medicine and AHMG Leadership
• Serve as a role model for physicians and APPs to emulate
• Takes ownership of the practice
• Works with identified stakeholders to collaborate and foster public relations with the patient community as required
• Continually progresses on the business aspect of Hospital Medicine
• Pursues additional skills in documentation, coding, reimbursement methods/principles, scheduling, risk management, new hire integration, human resources inclusive of people management and development, and finance
• Patient Care/Outcomes:
• Member of the facility Medical Executive Committee
• Stays abreast of best practices and collaborates with appropriate stakeholders local to ensure the practice has the administrative processes and policies in-place to provide a launch pad for sustained performance in the areas of patient care and experience, quality, and outcomes
• Collaborates with facility/medical group CDI, revenue cycle, and Hospital Medicine leadership to identify opportunities to continuously improve the practice's documentation abilities
• Observes the clinical skills of physicians and APPs and provides continuous mentoring and coaching
• Course-corrects physicians and APPs as needed inclusive of reports to Hospital Medicine and facility leadership. Utilizes leadership and human resource-based personnel and tools as needed to aid in course-correction

• In collaboration with Hospital Medicine Leadership, ensures providers meet applicable federal, state, Advent Health system, human resource and facility policies and guidelines to practice medicine as a Hospitalist

• Liaisons with hospital medical staff, administration, emergency department and other service line's staff and leadership via cadenced engagement to foster support of the Hospital Medicine program

• Interacts via cadenced engagement with ancillary services inclusive of laboratory, imaging, nursing, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, physical/occupational therapy, medical records, and other patient care stakeholders to ensure efficient workflow

• Aids in the risk management space by reporting any unusual patient care/outcomes with the appropriate facility, medical group, or corporate stakeholders

• Responsible for the timely resolution of patient grievances or reported safety events submitted either in-person or electronically
• Trends by provider and/or type to identify opportunities for improvement, and with collaboration from appropriate stakeholders, forms action plans to improve upon existing performance
• Collaborates with Hospital Medicine, AHMG, and facility leadership to identify patient experience opportunities for the practice and develops action plans that complements stakeholders to improve and sustain performance

Human Resources:

• Collaborates with assigned mentor/s, Hospital Medicine, AHMG, and facility leadership to integrate and engage new physicians and APPs
• Participates and/or leads physician and APP recruitment for their practice
• Works with Hospital Medicine Leadership and Recruitment to develop candidate itineraries, agendas, and interview preparatory documents
• Considered the physician and APP engagement champion for their practice
• Meets with each physician and APP quarterly to engage them from the human and professional perspective
• Capitalizes on opportunities related to an individual provider or through trending of meeting documentation to continually engage physicians and APPs via action planning
• Works with Hospital Medicine, AHMG, and facility leadership to develop and carry out:
• Corrective Action/ Performance Improvement Plans as appropriate
• Professional Development/Mentoring
• Training
• In-tandem with Hospital Medicine Leadership, communicates and ensures the timely completion of assigned/required compliance (ALN) modules
• Performance Annual Review/Evaluations for Physicians and APP roles

Practice Finance/Operations:

• Maintains an understanding of current financial state for their practice via Financial Income Statements/Slicers, Billing and Productivity reports
• Collaborates with the Hospitalist Program Scheduler on clinical coverage needs as needed