Director Adult Hospitalist - Physician Administration

POSITION SUMMARY

The System Director, Acute Care Medical Services oversees and leads the strategic, operational, financial, and performance oversight of Health First’s Hospital Division, acute care medicine programs, including Adult Hospital Medicine, Infectious Disease, Psychiatry, Critical Care Medicine, and the Vital Watch Electronic Intensive Care Unit (eICU) program. The System Director, Acute Care Medicine provides administrative leadership across multiple physician and advanced practice provider (APP) service lines operating Health First’s Integrated Delivery Network (IDN).

The System Director, Acute Care Medical Services oversees and leads the strategic, operational, financial, and performance oversight of Health First’s Hospital Division, acute care medicine programs, including Adult Hospital Medicine, Infectious Disease, Psychiatry, Critical Care Medicine, and the Vital Watch Electronic Intensive Care Unit (eICU) program. The System Director, Acute Care Medicine provides administrative leadership across multiple physician and advanced practice provider (APP) service lines operating Health First’s Integrated Delivery Network (IDN).

The System Director, Acute Care Medicine partners closely with Chief Medical Officers, Medical Directors, physician leaders, operational executives, nursing leadership, and Quality teams to develop and sustain a high-performing acute care medicine infrastructure that delivers exceptional patient outcomes, provider engagement, operational efficiency, patient throughput, and fiscal stewardship. The System Director, Acute Care Medicine directs the designing and implementation of evidence-based operational strategies, physician engagement initiatives, workforce optimization plans, and quality improvement programs that support Health First’s mission and strategic priorities.

The System Director, Acute Care Medicine has visible leadership across multiple 24/7 physician service lines and collaboration with interdisciplinary stakeholders to improve care coordination, patient safety, standardization, and access across the continuum of inpatient care.

• Leads strategic and operational oversight of Adult Hospital Medicine, Infectious Disease, Psychiatry, Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care APP, and Vital Watch eICU programs across the Health First system. Oversees daily operations of acute care medicine programs including staffing models, physician schedules, coverage plans, and operational workflows.
• Partners with physician and executive leadership to develop and execute acute care medicine strategies aligned with organizational goals, quality priorities, and growth initiatives.
• Develops and maintains high-performing physician and APP operational structures that support patient safety, provider engagement, and clinical excellence; supports physician recruitment, onboarding, orientation, retention, and engagement initiatives for acute care medicine programs.
• Collaborates with hospital and physician leadership to improve patient throughput, length of stay, discharge efficiency, and care coordination across the continuum of inpatient care.
• Establishes operational performance metrics and accountability structures for acute care medicine services including quality, utilization, patient experience, and financial performance indicators; monitors, analyzes, and presents operational, clinical, and financial performance data to executive and physician leadership teams.
• Directs operational improvement initiatives utilizing evidence-based methodologies, Lean principles, and workflow optimization strategies.
• Provides oversight for the operational components of the Vital Watch eICU program including remote monitoring workflows, escalation processes, technology optimization, and interdisciplinary collaboration; participates in strategic planning related to telemedicine expansion, critical care integration, workforce planning, and hospital-based physician services.
• Works with Medical Directors and physician leaders to address operational challenges, provider performance concerns, and service line development opportunities.
• Collaborates with nursing,…