Physician - Vice Chair - North - Family Medicine

Acclaim Physician Group, Inc. (Acclaim) is a multi specialty medical group practice comprised of over 500 physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants that partner with JPS Health Network (JPS). Acclaim supports JPS’s mission of transforming healthcare delivery for the communities we serve. From primary care to pediatrics to a full range of specialties, Acclaim’s goal is to provide high-quality, compassionate care for every patient, every time.

As the county health network and Level-1 Trauma Center, JPS has been serving the residents of Tarrant County for over 100 years. In addition to providing high-quality care, JPS is also an urban teaching hospital with a long history of training physicians and medical students. JPS offers 18 residency and fellowship programs, including the largest family medicine residency in the nation.

JPS educates in tandem with the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Texas Christian University Medical School.

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Job Title:

Physician - Vice Chair - North - Family Medicine

Requisition Number:

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27042

Location:

Acclaim Magnolia

Job Description:

Job Summary:

The Vice Chair provides an effective liaison with physicians/providers in collaboration with the Department Chair to have oversight and optimize important Acclaim Physician Group functions and activities and to align and integrate these with the strategic, clinical, and other operational goals and processes of the JPS Health Network. The Vice Chair works in partnership with the physicians/providers, Medical Directors, Chair, and Practice Managers/Administrative Directors and shares necessary communications regarding the performance of the inpatient and outpatient clinical activities including, but not limited to, quality, service, people, academics, stewardship and population health.

This position plays a key role in provider development, driving patient experience and clinician engagement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical Performance

· Serves as liaison with physicians/providers as necessary to achieve high clinical standards of services and patient-centric care.

· Holding providers accountable to their expected patient experience scores.

· Holding provider accountable to their expected weekly visits.

· Holding providers accountable for their quality of care.

· Communicates what is needed to achieve physician/provider integration into clinical activities.

· Communicates needs and progress toward continuously improving the performance of clinical activities.

· Reviews, approves, and/or completes pharmacy formulary request forms.

People Performance

· Performs rounding on Medical Director/APP Co-Director Monthly.

· Participates in leadership rounding.

· Attends monthly department and clinic meetings within the Family Medicine/Community Medicine department.

· Communicates to physicians/providers the management processes for policy, structure, or system.

· Participates and reviews the 360-rounding evaluation process.

· Communicates leadership needs or problems involving team dynamics or behaviors to achieve an efficient, consistent, and mutually respectful environment of care.

· Monitors for physicians/providers who are not meeting practice, quality, or behavioral standards and communicates with Leadership.

· Participates with Leadership in searches for new or replacement positions within the Department in partnership with Acclaim recruiting.

Academic and Educational Activities

· Supports the education and professional development of medical students, residents, fellows, and other health care learners, providing appropriate and timely mentoring either personally or through senior Departmental faculty.

Financial Performance and Growth Strategies

· Collaborates bi-directionally with physicians/providers and Provider Leadership to communicate equipment/ financial needs and results.

· Works with the Chair to review budget and make sure that the department is remaining within budget or exceeding it.

· Support quality metrics, billing and coding practices to maximize departmental revenue and sustainability.

· Ensure effective…