Physician Lead Obstetrics and Gynecology - Fall River, MA
Location: US-MA-Fall River
ID: 2024-35643
Remote: No
Overview
Southcoast Health is focused on bringing together high-quality health care providers to deliver exceptional care and services. Southcoast Health is a physician-led non-profit organization and one of the largest and fastest growing health systems in New England. Southcoast Health Obstetrics & Gynecology is part of Southcoast Physicians Group which has grown to 800+ providers and still growing. Since its inception in 1996, Southcoast has become a sought-after destination for health care professionals. As a thriving part of the New England medical community, Southcoast Health offers practice excellence in an environment you want to call home.
The new role of the Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) Physician Lead - Fall River, MA is critical to ensure optimal quality, service, regulatory/policy compliance, and efficiency of the ambulatory practice location(s), and hospital service line in this designated market. The Physician Lead, in partnership with the Chief of OB/GYN, and Director of Operations and Practice Administrator will be accountable for managing all dimensions of practice development, growth, and performance including clinical, cultural, operational, and financial. Physician Leaders must be self-driven and committed to effectively execute this role while keeping the organization's mission statement and best interests as priority.
Reports to: Chief, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Scope and Duties
Practice Leadership
- Work with Practice Manager to drive ongoing operational improvement and successfully manage change.
- Mentor new providers and be a role model to staff.
- Take the lead in assessing staff satisfaction and identify actions to lead to improvement.
- Collaborate with Chief to develop a recruitment strategy and when indicated, participate in the vetting and interviewing process.
- Work collaboratively with leadership team in all respects.
Charlton Hospital Family Centered Unit
- In collaboration with the Chief of OBGYN, Executive Director of Family Centered Unit and Director of Operations, lead the Charlton site department of OBGYN in all respects.
- Help to both grow and strive to strategize retention within the department.
- Foster a culture of safety, compassion, communication, and respect.
- Work together with leadership team at St. Luke's Hospital with coordinated efforts.
Clinical/Quality Standards
- Monitor provider performance and implement plans and actions in collaboration with Chief to result in success and to address any issues hindering highest quality of care.
- Assure all members of the care team function to the highest level commensurate with their training and position.
- Assure patient satisfaction is meeting or exceeding target goals.
- Providers are meeting or exceeding quality metrics determined annually.
Productivity/Financial Outcomes
- Understand the ambulatory practice financials and ensure adherence to budgets.
- The practice meets or exceeds patient access standards.
- All members of the care team are utilized to their fullest capacity.
- In collaboration with appropriate systems departments, ensure providers are appropriately trained and adhering to contemporary coding, documentation and billing standards including E&M, procedural based, ICD-10.
Citizenship and Culture
- Communicate to all staff and patients in a professional and collegial manner.
- Promote a culture of teamwork and collaboration.
- Provide support and engagement of all staff.
- Providers maintain the highest quality of professional and ethical standards.
- Corporation, clinical and operational leaders are fully informed of all relevant issues.
Responsibilities
Position Highlights
- Clinical FTE: .9 / Physician Lead .1
- 9 physician practice supported by 7 Certified Nurse Midwives & 3 Nurse Practitioners with reputation for quality and community commitment.
- Family Centered Unit at Charlton Memorial Hospital maternity unit offers excellence in obstetrical care.
- Approximately 1400 deliveries per year.
- Board certified / board eligible in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
- In process of developing an OB Hospitalist laborist program.
- State-of-the-art Level II Nursery staffed by Boston Children's Hospital physicians with 24/7 in house Level II provider.
- 24-7 Maternal Fetal Medicine consultative/support/transfer Services with Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.
- Gynecologic Oncology Program led by Dr. Tina Robison and affiliated with Tufts Medical Center with 24-7 consultative/support/transfer services.
- Urogynecology consultative/support/transfer and co-management, outpatient, and inpatient.
- Opportunity to participate in scheduled OBGYN educational Grand Rounds held quarterly and M&M conference held within the organization.
- Competitive salary with base plus productivity design and quality incentives.
- Sign-on Bonus / Relocation Assistance.
- Comprehensive benefit package / 41 days PTO / 6% match on retirement after 2 years.
- Malpractice coverage of $2M / $6M.
Qualifications
Community Highlights
- Situated less than 30 minutes southeast of Providence, RI and Cape Cod and within 60 minutes of Boston with convenient access to major highways.
- Four-season coastal living with sailing and boating in Buzzard's Bay with opportunity to live on the water.
- Conveniently located within 2-3 hours of multiple New England ski areas.
- Options to live in desirable suburbs within Massachusetts or Rhode Island.
- Multi-cultural communities with great family-oriented neighborhoods.
- Excellent private and public schools.
For confidential consideration: Email CV to Holly Lestage @ lestageh@southcoast.org or call 508-525-3585.
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