OB Hospitalist Medical Director
Company: Legacy Health
Location: Vancouver
Posted on: February 1, 2025
Job Description:
OB Hospitalist Medical Director
US-WA-VANCOUVER
Job ID: 25-41669
Type: Part Time - No Benefits
Salmon Creek Medical Ctr campus
Overview
Provides medical leadership, oversight, direction and support for
OB GYN Hospitalist programs at Salmon Creek Hospital. Provides
clinical consultation support for high risk patients in the Legacy
Midwifery clinic at Emanuel. Provides continuous in-hospital
coverage for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) service and for
additional hospital-based OB-GYN services. Physician serves as an
"extender" for the MFM physicians who are on campus during the day
and on call at night and on weekends. Education: Graduate of a
four-year U.S. Medical School or equivalent. Residency completed in
OB-GYN. Experience: Clinical Experience in OG-BYN, including
high-risk pregnancy management. Certification/Licensure: Board
Certified or Board Eligible in OB-GYN. Unrestricted license to
practice medicine in the state(s) of practice. Active member in
good standing of Hospital Medical Staff. LEADING AT
LEGACY:Demonstrates the ability to act consistently with Legacy's
Values in Action, exemplifies our core organizational values, and
exhibits the leadership competencies outlined in Leading at Legacy.
LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Works toward the success of Legacy system as a whole while
upholding Legacy's core values, strategic pathways, mission and
vision.
- Regularly communicates and demonstrates through actions the
norms, values and vision of the organization to colleagues and
staff. Works collaboratively to ensure continued success in
programs that contribute to LHS goals.
- Functions effectively in partnership with others
- Ensures that customer expectations are met or exceeded through
practices that use CQI principles, tools and processes.
- Demonstrates personal commitment to quality improvement.
Clearly understands and meets customer expectations.
- Resolves customer complaints in a timely manner.
- Takes responsibility for development of self and others.
Continues own education to strengthen knowledge to attain current
and future goals. Assists staff in developing their skills and
abilities.
- Builds and maintains a work environment that reflects a
positive atmosphere, high employee satisfaction and competence and
strong evidence of teamwork.
- Makes high quality staffing decisions and effectively delegates
work appropriate to staff capabilities.
- Encourages successful team development by actively involving
staff in planning, decision making and solving team conflicts.
Creates an environment in which diversity is encouraged and
honored. Understands, interprets and consistently applies LHS
policies and procedures.Communicates effectively.
- Establishes and communicates clear expectations.
- Models open, clear, consistent communication.
- Demonstrates effective listening. Plans strategically and
manages resources to produce desired results.
- Develops and manages an effective plan for the future direction
of areas of responsibility.
- Achieves results within budgetary parameters.
- Complies with all laws and regulations and Legacy policies in
performing job responsibilities. GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITIES AND
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Clinical Patient Care: Provides prompt and efficient medical
care to patients assigned to the inpatient MFM service as
scheduled. Performs duties at the professional level of quality and
efficiency established by Hospital.
- Provides emergency back-up support for community OB-GYN
physicians, including C-section assistance.
- Provides back-up coverage for Family Practice physicians doing
obstetrics in the Hospital.
- Management of unassigned patients.
- Management, as needed, for patients presenting to the emergency
department with OB or GYN complaints.
- Back up support for Nurse-Midwives (if Nurse-Midwifery program
develops in hospital).
- Participates as team member in patient-care conferences.
- Collaborates with physicians, nursing, and administrative staff
to maximize cost-effective use of clinical resources.
- Provides prompt and clear communication about patient's status
and changes in condition to other clinicians responsible for
care.
- Provides prompt and clear communication about patient's status
and changes in condition to the referring or transferring provider
or facility.
- Prepares accurate and timely documentation of patient care to
maximize accurate billing and collection for services.
- Works directly with OB/GYN Residents and Medical Students -
providing direction and evaluation.
- Participates and provides leadership on appropriate clinical
committees as requested.
- Provides physician input into improvement of quality, patient
safety, and patient and family satisfaction. LEADERSHIP
ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Lead and Supervise
- Plans and facilitates provider meetings.
- Clearly communicates performance and behavior expectations to
physicians.
- Prepares and conducts OB GYN hospitalist performance
evaluations in collaboration with the Program Manager and Clinical
Vice President.
- Assists with the resolution of complex issues and problems
amongst physicians and between physicians and hospital staff.
- Models, monitors, and encourages well-being for Physician
colleagues.Program Growth
- Participates in the administration of the program's
compensation plan.
- Assists Clinical Vice President of Surgical Specialty Services
in efficiently expanding the inpatient service.
- Participates in marketing and community relations to help
promote the program. Operationsical and administrative issues
occurring in daily operations
- Manages OB GYN Hospitalist program schedule.
- Leads systems development for the program, including
informati
- Addresses clinon systems, patient care protocols and
communication systems between inpatient and other care sites.
Quality
- Addresses quality, access, productivity concerns.
- Provides clinical consultation support in the ambulatory
setting for the Legacy Midwifery program including: Patient
consultation/exams, medical record reviews, and policy/procedure
development and assessment. Outreach, Interdepartmental Relations
- Participates in administrative and physician leadership and
hospital committee meetings.
- Encourages participation in Legacy Research projects.
- Collaborates with hospital administration and nursing to
improve patient care.
- Manages relationships with referring physicians and the medical
staff.Equal Opportunity Employer/Vets/Disabled. Sorry, no J1 or
H-1B visa opportunities. For additional information please formally
apply or contact Erin Pendergraft at EPENDERG@LHS.ORG.
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