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Beth Israel Lahey Health’s roots in providing top-quality health care date back nearly a century. We're fully committed to ensuring our patients receive the care they deserve. As a leading healthcare provider throughout New England, we aim to change the current state of health care for the better and make lasting improvements that guarantee access to our services.

Medical Director, Transfer Center

Charlestown, Massachusetts

Organization Facility: Beth Israel Lahey Health - Non Executive Category: Care Management / Patient Care Coordination Job ID: JR69356 Date posted: 01/13/2025
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Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Join Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) as the new Medical Director for the BILH Transfer Center. Reporting to the Chief Clinical Office and Chief Nursing Officer, you will collaborate with the Transfer Center nursing leader on clinical initiatives aimed at improving quality, safety, patient and physician satisfaction around interhospital transfers while managing costs and improving care coordination. This leader will provide physician support to the nursing leader overseeing all facets of bed management and patient flow.

Based in Charlestown, this position has a hybrid (remote and on site) work arrangement with 2-3 days on site.

Job Description:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:

•     As the Transfer Center Medical Director, this individual will provide physician clinical leadership within the center to assure fidelity of clinical practice.

•     In collaborative partnership with nursing leadership, this physician leader will add value in a multitude of ways including but not limited to policy, protocol and procedure, continuous quality improvement, patient care audits, process improvement, problem resolution and reform of individual physician behavior that is adverse to the objectives of the Transfer Center and BILH while acting as an advocate to support operations.

•     Partner with BILH hospital and service line leaders to share transfer center activity, report on key performance metrics and address any issues related to quality or safety of patient care in transitions.  

•     Provide full medical oversight in cases where EMTALA regulations apply.

Qualifications:

•     Education: MD/DO; board certified in specialty of practice.

•     Preferred Education: Master’s Degree in Medical Management, MBA, MHA, MPH or similar preferred. Certification as a Physician Executive (CPE) or other advanced Physician Leadership certification preferred.

•     Active MD/DO license with the State of Massachusetts with no restrictions.

•      Minimum of ten (10) years of clinical experience preferred. Five (5) years recent progressive hospital leadership experience. Demonstrated relationship building interpersonal skills and an understanding of systems hospital design, risk management, EMTALA and transport medicine.

•     Strong interpersonal qualities and the demeanor and style to quickly establish credibility in the organization. Superior physician relationship building skills.

•     An ability to organize and present data in a concise and easily understood manner, often to professionals, physicians and board members. The ability to use data to create accountability structures to drive success.

•     A management philosophy and behavior which exemplifies integrity and strength of character, people sensitivity and respect for others, collaboration and team building, sense of humor, willingness to share and teach, customer service orientation and commitment to quality in all endeavors.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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