Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Specialist

The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (MBS) Staff Specialist has responsibility and accountability to the MBS Director in the management of Michigan Medicine's Adult Bariatric Surgery Program (ABSP) by ensuring high-quality care, reliable operations, accreditation compliance, and coordinated communication across the multidisciplinary bariatric team. The position is responsible for providing highly responsible, complex administrative support through the development and implementation of administrative policies and procedures, daily ABSP coordination, patient pathway oversight, quality improvement, outcomes monitoring, education, protocol governance, and site visit preparedness.

Leadership and Multidisciplinary Coordination

• In coordination with the MBS Director, provide ABSP with leadership, strategic planning, and development of the program, projects, and activities to achieve cohesive support of MBS across Michigan Medicine's network of surgeons, dietitians, patient services associates, clinical reviewers/data abstractors, ambulatory and inpatient teams, and other non-physician team members.
• Align strategic priorities among Michigan Medicine, MBSAQIP, MBSC, the Surgery Director, ACU administrators, nurse managers, clinic managers, surgeons, neuropsychology, preoperative clinic, MiChart/Cornerstone contacts, and other operational partners.
• Provide instrumental support of recruiting, onboarding, training, and evaluating non-physician personnel; support reliable day-to-day team functioning.
• Coordinate leadership, complex case, OR scheduler, MBSAQIP, SAR/adverse-event, MBSC, and other ABSP projects, activities, and meetings.
• Coordinate the planning, development, and implementation of new or changed administrative policies and procedures.

Accreditation, Compliance, and Site Visit Readiness

• Manage accreditation workflows and continuous compliance with MBSAQIP requirements, including policies, procedures, standards, and required documentation.
• Review policies and procedures at designated intervals, coordinate revisions, and route new or updated materials through the MBS Committee approval process.
• Complete or coordinate Annual Compliance Reports and the triennial MBSAQIP Pre-Review Questionnaire, including collection and submission of supporting documentation.
• Facilitate annual comprehensive MBSAQIP meetings, including invitees, materials, presentations, minutes, and official documentation.
• Lead annual site-visit readiness, including standards verification, documentation assembly, QI summaries, prep meetings, and surveyor communication.

Patient Pathway, Multidisciplinary Review, and Complex Case Coordination

• Coordinate multidisciplinary patient review, including readiness and referral review support, insurance and requirement clarification, complex case identification, and escalation to appropriate clinical or operational team members.
• Coordinate complex case review logistics, including shared documentation, meeting notes, official records, and care team communication.
• Support standardized perioperative care pathways and patient education on indications, procedure options, outcomes, risks, benefits, alternatives, diet, exercise, supplementation, lifestyle changes, discharge expectations, follow-up, medications, and warning signs of complications.
• Review and update patient education documents, discharge education, website content, informational meeting materials, and MiChart templates; obtain MBS Committee review at least annually.
• Coordinate payer, insurance, access, and pathway issues with surgeons, clinical team members, patient services associates, and other stakeholders.

Protocols, Education, and Staff Training

• Develop, document, implement, and revise protocols; communicate changes to the bariatric team and affected stakeholders and reassess implementation.
• Support protocols and education that help teams recognize bariatric complications, respond to critical findings, and minimize delays in diagnosis and treatment of serious adverse events.
• Ensure completion and documentation of initial and annual training for staff interacting with MBS patients.
• Create and maintain learning-platform materials; provide in-person education when requested or indicated.
• Support onboarding and education for Weight Navigation Program providers, obesity medicine physicians, medical student rotations, MEND fellows, shadowing learners, and related trainees.
• Serve as liaison for neuropsychology…