There will be a split of both clinical and administrative duties for this position, 7-10 clinical shifts a month and the rest will consist of administrative work. The incoming provider will need some leadership experience, 2-3 years or more, and be comfortable managing a team of 10 providers and a handful of NPs. They will work closely with and be very familiar with the c-suite team. There will be interactions with all levels of staff throughout the hospital and you will get to know everyone from the RNs to the executive team. The Medical Director needs to be that bridge between both the staff and the c-suite and be comfortable with the communication with both sides consistently.
As the Medical Director you will be dealing with a lot of scheduling, HR and all-around administrative issues. There will be a lot of involvement with hospital operations and be present on several important committees including the MEC (Medical Executive Committee) that will address facility wide initiatives. There will also be leadership programs they will do to get better acclimated to being a Medical Director, no matter what their experience level is. Baptist Health is the biggest name in the state of Kentucky for healthcare so there will also be a performance advisory system that they will be part of and meet other directors from facilities all across the state.
They are looking for an individual who is able to read a room and be able to work with both sides of the faculty in a collegial and honest manner. They need to be able to make good and thought-out decisions based on what is going on within the organization, not overreact and be a good listener to all staff members. They will be a meeting every day at 1pm with social workers, physical therapists, the hospitalist and APP team for that day to make sure everyone is on the same page and rowing in the same direction.
The position will consist of 7-10 clinical shifts a month of 12 hours, 7am-7pm. During these shifts you will see around 18 patients per day which includes any admissions, and the volumes can get up to 22-23 on busy days.
Every fourth day they have a doctor on call, and they are the “quarter back” on that day and control the admissions schedule for the day.
There is a lot of high complexity and high acuity patients, and they are also a referral center and act as a main hub in the area. They have all surgeries in house and very few specialties that they do not have. They are an open ICU but there was a proposal put together to potentially start an intensivist program in the near future, which would impact the hospital program and it would be able to become a closed ICU.
Procedures are not a requirement for this role but of course are an added bonus. They have a few hospitalists on the team that are good with procedures and if one needs to be done there will always be an ER doctor or one of the other hospitalists who can perform them. These would consist of the basic inpatient procedures, intubations, central lines, chest tubes, etc.
The hospitalists are part of the code team with the ER doctor and are responsible for going to all codes. If it is a rapid response case the hospitalist and the RRT (rapid response team) will be the only ones needed. There is usually a handful of these throughout the week, some shifts you have three in one day and then have a few days go by with nothing. There will be around 3-5 throughout the week.