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CONFIDENTIAL REQUISITION - SYSTEM MEDICAL DIRECTOR

Knoxville, TNOnsiteFull TimeDirectorPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • System Medical Director
  • Physician Leadership Development
  • Performance Management
  • Recruitment and Retention Oversight
  • Operational Planning
  • Patient Safety Initiatives
  • Quality Improvement
  • Team Building
  • Hospital Administration
  • Multidisciplinary Teams

Nice to have

  • MD/DO

Role summary

Seeking a board-certified emergency medicine physician to serve as a System Medical Director. This leadership role involves strategic and operational oversight of multiple emergency medicine and hospital medicine programs. Responsibilities include driving physician engagement, patient safety, quality improvement, staffing excellence, and client satisfaction through physician leadership development, performance management, recruitment and retention oversight, operational planning, and implementation of patient safety initiatives. The position requires strong operational, quality, and team-building skills, with experience working with hospital administration and multidisciplinary teams. Modest clinical shifts are possible under a separate agreement.

Description

We are seeking a board-certified emergency medicine physician to serve as a system medical director, providing strategic and operational leadership across multiple emergency medicine and hospital medicine programs.
 
In this role, you will partner with facility medical directors, hospital leadership, recruiters, and operational teams to drive physician engagement, patient safety, quality improvement, staffing excellence, and client satisfaction. Responsibilities include physician leadership development, performance management, recruitment and retention oversight, operational planning, and implementation of patient safety initiatives.
 
Qualifications:
  • MD/DO with board certification in EM
  • Proven physician leadership experience
  • Strong operational, quality, and team-building skills
  • Experience working with hospital administration and multidisciplinary teams
 
This is primarily a leadership position with the opportunity to work modest clinical shifts under a separate clinical agreement.

Interested in learning more? Apply today!

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Job Benefits

- Employed position with comprehensive benefit package
- Leadership stipend
- Professional reimbursement allowance
- Paid professional liability insurance with tail guarantee
- No billing or coding responsibilities
- Enrollment in TeamHealth's Patient Safety Organization
- Access to TeamHealth's wellness program, professional development tools and nation-wide network of physicians
- 1099 or W-2 compensation for clinical shifts (site specific)
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