Medical Director, Gastroenterology

Maine Health Gastroenterology in beautiful coastal Maine is currently seeking a Gastroenterologist to join its regional team as a Medical Director. The Medical Director will work at both Waldo and Pen Bay Hospitals partnering with the practice administrator(s) to lead the administrative and clinical operations of the Gastroenterology practice to ensure quality of care, patient safety, patient, provider and employee satisfaction and efficient use of resources.

The Medical Director is responsible for addressing the needs of the clinicians and care team members in the primary and secondary practice locations while aligning individual efforts with the mission, vision, values, strategic goals, and organizational aims of Maine Health. The position will be split between clinical and administrative time, with clinical services including outpatient clinic, endoscopy, and inpatient consultative services.

• Competitive compensation package including recruitment bonus and relocation assistance
• Benefits include retirement options with employer contributions, medical, dental, vision, life/disability coverage, and more

• MD/DO from an accredited medical school.
• Active and unrestricted State of ME medical license, or ability to obtain prior to employment.
• Board Certification/Eligibility
• Active and unrestricted DEA license, or ability to obtain prior to employment.
• Experience performing general endoscopic procedures; EUS/ERCP skills are a plus but not required.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of clinical practice preferred.

• Operations:
  Provides oversight of clinical operations of the Gastroenterology practice(s) and associated outreach locations by working collaboratively with administrative leadership and care team leaders. Areas of focus include budget planning, patient visits and call schedules, clinical protocols, interface with EPIC workflows.
• Supervision:
  Direct oversight and management of physicians and advanced practice professionals. Areas of focus include patient experience; professionalism; compliance with documentation and coding/billing; productivity; mentoring/onboarding; peer review; annual performance reviews; access.
• Quality/Safety:
  Responsible for the promotion of quality projects and implementation of safety programs to mitigate risk.
• Planning/Outreach:
  Works with MHMG to grow and expand clinical services where strategically important and/or clinically necessary. Responsible for active recruiting or developing recruiting plans in all sites.
• Education:
  
  Promotes and supports education of care team members, learners, and new physicians and APPs in the practice.
• Leadership Development:
  Actively develops Associate Medical Directors to their potential for effective leadership.

• Clinical Gastroenterology services, including outpatient clinic, endoscopy and inpatient consultative services.
• Works closely with the administrative leader and physicians to ensure the day‑to‑day function and performance of the practice.
• Works with the administrative leader and team leaders on provider scheduling, and coordinates office‑based schedules of the entire center with call schedules, hospital coverage and after‑hours coverage.
• Accountable for the quality and safety, productivity and operational efficiency in the Gastroenterology practice.
• Facilitates and supports innovation to find faster, more cost‑effective, less complicated ways of solving problems.
• With input from the team leaders, develops and reviews annual performance evaluations with all providers and APPs in the practice and satellite practices.
• Advocates for the needs of clinicians and care team members and holds the organization accountable to the commitments the organization has made to the clinicians and care team members.
• Advocates to clinicians and staff the needs of the organization and holds individuals accountable to the commitments individuals have made to the organization.
• Participates in the development and implementation of organizational policies and procedures and ensures that clinical work is in compliance with laws and regulations.
• Works with the program director to coordinate site…