Boise Hospitalist Medical Director Boise

The Hospitalist Medical Director provides strategic, clinical, and operational leadership for the hospitalist program specific to the health ministry (SARMC). This role ensures high-quality, efficient, and patient-centered care while aligning with institutional goals and regulatory standards.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Administration:

• Work in a dyad fashion with hospital and SAMG Leadership to support in the planning, staffing, coordination, and evaluation of hospitalist services.
• Chair monthly department meetings and lead quality improvement initiatives.
• Attend Leadership Council as active participant leader and voting member on policies, quality initiatives, and action items from the Council
• Collaborate with hospital administration and quality and safety leadership operational goals to include but not limited to measures such as:
  • VTE Prophylaxis
  • Medication Reconciliation
  • Time for Discharge
  • LOS targets
  • Discharge planning
  • Multidisciplinary rounding
• Promote interdepartmental collaboration and maintain collegial relationships
• Work with administration to support hospitalist participation in hospital committees.

Requirements:

• MD or DO;
  Board Certified (ABMS or AOBMS).
• Minimum 2 years of clinical experience as a physician.
• Current, unrestricted state medical license.
• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

Clinical Oversight:

• Ensure adequate provider coverage and manage day-to-day scheduling with manager support.
• Conduct annual reviews of protocols, order sets, and provider performance.
• Support onboarding and mentoring of new physicians and allied providers.
• Participate in patient experience initiatives and enforce related standards.
• Collaborate with specialty services on admission and consulting criteria for the service

Quality & Compliance:

• Liaise with nursing leadership to address quality, process, and personnel issues.
• Monitor and report on quality indicators to hospital leadership
• Ensure compliance with medical staff policies and manage physician conflicts.
• Monitor financial performance and productivity of the hospitalist group.
• Support coding and documentation education to ensure accurate capture of work performed.

Communication & Representation:

• Collaborate with other ministry hospitalist medical directors to implement system-wide initiatives and provide collaborative cross coverage.
• Represent the hospitalist team in administrative and interdepartmental forums.
• Partner with trauma, ED and other provider medical leaders in an effort to improve patient care through enhanced communication and collaboration.

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Saint Alphonsus Health System is a growing four-hospital, 714-bed, 74 clinic integrated healthcare system serving southwestern Idaho, eastern Oregon and northern Nevada. Saint Alphonsus Health System is a member of Trinity Health, one of the largest Catholic not-for-profit health systems in the nation. To learn more about Saint Alphonsus, please visit saintalphonsus.org .