Site Medical Director Infection Control​/Infectious Disease Specialist - Mass General Brigham

Position: Site Medical Director Infection Control/Infectious Disease Specialist - Mass General Brigham - [...]
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Mass General Brigham Medical Group Western Massachusetts, Inc.

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

The salary range for this position is $243,000 to $269,000 annually. Actual compensation will be determined during the selection process and is based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, education, and internal equity.
At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience, if applicable, education, certifications, and other essential factors. The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications;

however, it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package.
In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, and bonuses as applicable, designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth. We invite you to apply, and our Physician Recruitment team will provide an overview of your potential compensation and benefits package.
** Job Summary
** Cooley Dickinson Hospital, a member of Massachusetts General Brigham, is currently seeking a Board-Certified Infectious Disease Specialist to join our employed multispecialty group in Northampton, Massachusetts.
** Qualifications
* * This full-time role is divided between serving as Site Medical Director of Infection Control (approximately 0.6 FTE) and providing inpatient and outpatient Infectious Disease consultation (0.4 FTE). The position offers an exceptional opportunity to combine direct patient care with healthcare leadership, driving system-wide quality, safety, and infection prevention initiatives.
** Site Medical Director for Infection Control
** The Medical Director for Infection Control, Community is a key member of the Infection Control team at Mass General Brigham. This role will report directly to the system Chief of Infection Control for Mass General Brigham. The physician in this role will be responsible for providing clinical support in the day-to-day operations of Cooley Dickinson Hospital as part of the site infection control teams.

This role will support the execution of standardized, system-wide infection prevention and control strategies and processes and ensure alignment and consistency with MGB’s Infection control program.

Responsibilities include:

* Provide essential input to the MGB Chief of Infection Control to inform the strategy, policies, and guidelines to ensure a highly reliable system and the quality of healthcare care within MGB is of the highest quality
* Execute the MGB infection prevention and control strategy at the site level
* Liaise and collaborate with system and site teams as needed
* Understand data provided by the system team and use knowledge of local practices and culture to identify areas of opportunity for improvement as well as communicate to the system areas which are at risk
* Provide strong bi-directional communication between the system and the site(s), with accountability for distribution of organizational communication (including pertinent data and analytics) from MGB to the site and vice versa
* Prepare reports and presentations pertaining to infection prevention and control as requested
* In conjunction with system leadership and site teams, implement and coordinate infection prevention and control initiatives
* Support the site(s) infection prevention team including availability for case review and investigations
* Collaborate with all members of the MGB Infection Control team to ensure site preparedness and execution of site visits by regulatory bodies

The incumbent will work as part of a site-based team including a Sr Infection Control Manager and Infection Preventionist.
** Infectious Diseases Physician
** Our current team of infectious disease () physicians sees both inpatients and outpatients with a variety of medical conditions including HIV, tick-borne diseases, cancer-related complications, and occasional tropical and travel-related diseases. While the practice is based out of a community hospital, we offer modern therapies such as fecal microbial…