Hospitalist Physician at Methodist South

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Physician will provide hospitalist site director services by taking responsibility for all administrative matters involving hospitalist services of the Program at Facility and by undertaking all duties expected of such Hospitalist Site Directors.

Physician’s duties shall include, without limitation, the following:

• Direct planning, operation, execution, and leadership of all aspects of the Program at Facility, including developing and managing all needed Program schedules for Facility;
• Oversee Program quality for Facility by being involved in Program planning, operation and evaluation to ensure that quality care is provided for all Program patients;
• Develop and prescribe methods for treatment standards, resource allocation and development of policies and procedures to promote compliance, consistency and quality;
• Assist with the standardization and integration of best evidence based practices throughout the Program;
• Provide advice and consultation to Medical Staff and other Hospital members regarding diagnostic and therapeutic care to Program patients;
• Work directly with Program providers to educate them on the Program’s care process and determine what can be done to improve overall care quality;
• Manage the team of hospitalists at Facility and ensure that staff complies with company policies when providing care;
• Participate actively in the affairs of the Medical Staff and for reasonable periods of time in educational and teaching functions and programs of the Hospital and the Medical Staff;
• Perform such tasks and provide such services as the Medical Staff may from time to time request;
• Supervise the clinical operation of the Program at Facility in strict conformance with Hospital policies and procedures established from time to time by the Hospital in its sole discretion;
• Conduct periodic medical reviews of the Program to ensure compliance with the foregoing and with quality assurance and medical audit programs of Facility and the Medical Staff;
• Work collaboratively with the Chief Executive Officer of Facility, the Medical Staff and the Physician Enterprise Leadership to ensure compliance with all standards specifically related to the Medical Staff, Physician Enterprise, patient care services and related areas;
• Meet regularly with Program treatment team and consult, as requested, with Facility personnel and Medical Staff concerning the clinical operation of the Program (including participation in Medical Staff meetings and attendance at applicable committee, department and advisory council meetings);
• Participate in the Hospital’s needs assessment, quality assurance, utilization review and peer review programs;
• Assist in recruiting physicians and health professional affiliates to the Program;
• Follow Company and Facility policies and procedures for the maintenance of complete and accurate records of time spent providing Hospitalist Site Director Services under this Agreement and fulfill all other Hospitalist Site Director requirements as requested by Company, including without limitation comply with all applicable Laws, with Facility’s policies, procedures and Code of Conduct and with the bylaws of Facility’s Medical Staff;
• Supervise and manage the team of Advanced Practice Providers (“APP”) within the Program at the Facility and ensure that all Program staff comply with Company policies when providing patient care; and
• Provide other related services as reasonably requested by Facility or Company.

A Brief Overview

The Hospitalist of Methodist Healthcare shall be responsible for provision and management of direct inpatient care and implementation of the objectives of the Methodist Hospitalist Group. The Hospitalist shall be responsible for implementation of patient care supervision, teaching, and learning activities. Models appropriate behavior as exemplified…