Colton, CA - Seeking Family Medicine Medical Director
Join the Physician Partnership Where You Have A Voice
Vituity's ownership model provides autonomy, local control, and a national system of support, so you can focus your attention where you want it to be - on your patients.
Join the Vituity Team. Vituity is a 100% physician owned partnership and is led by frontline physicians that are all equitable owners. As an equal and valued partner from day one, our ownership model provides you with financial transparency, a comprehensive benefit package including profit distribution, and multiple career development opportunities. Our leadership understands what your practice needs to thrive and gives you autonomy and local control so you can provide care when, where, and how your patients need it. You are backed by a best-in-class corporate health care team and supported by the broad peer-level expertise of 5,000 Vituity clinicians. A patient-first focus drives everything we do, from continually seeking improvements in care delivery to developing and implementing innovations in healthcare. We believe everyone has a role to play in that.
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The Opportunity
This opportunity is for one Medical Director who will oversee the following locations and practice lines: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (Family Medicine, Family Medicine Residency Program), Arrowhead Family Health Center - Fontana (Primary Care), Arrowhead Family Health Center - McKee (Primary Care), and Arrowhead Family Health Center - Westside (Primary Care).
Communicate and champion Vituity's purpose, mission, vision, values, culture of brilliance, and strategy, ensuring widespread understanding and alignment.
Assure compliance with all Vituity requirements and policies and communicate those requirements to all Vituity providers.
Monitor current and future healthcare and economic trends. Assess their potential impact on the practice and local geographic region.
Strategize and execute a comprehensive annual practice management plan that sets clear goals and objectives, continuously surpassing expectations and delivering value to patients, clients, providers, and the local community.
Spearhead the local site's administrative management team, meticulously selecting team members and aligning their responsibilities to drive the achievement of practice goals.
Demonstrate unwavering mastery of Vituity policies and fiduciary obligations, ensuring strict adherence from all providers.
Exemplify Vituity's Partnership Principles by fostering open communication and transparent decision-making, such as conducting annual reviews of administrative stipends and scheduling preferences.
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of hospital expectations and rigorously uphold compliance with all contract terms.
Monitor operational and quality metrics and implement Vituity initiatives and operational programs to continually improve performance.
Continuously assess and improve operational processes, leveraging technology and best practices to streamline workflows and increase efficiency.
Monitor site financial performance and identify and create new areas for growth and revenue.
Develop an expertise and understanding of the yearly budget, financial performance measures and monitoring systems, and billing and reimbursement issues / systems.
Improve patient census and billing practice statistics to optimize reimbursement for the practice.
Maintain awareness and interactions with payers such as significant IPA's, Medical Groups, Foundations, ACO's associated with the hospital / health system.
Execute efficient recruitment, onboarding, and training processes for new providers, ensuring the practice is staffed with highly qualified professionals.
Provide learning and development opportunities and mentoring to providers and staff to enhance their clinical acumen, leadership skills and overall professional growth.
Evaluate the performance of physicians and PA / NPs in compliance with Vituity policies and guidelines.
Monitor physician competencies with progressive improvement using appropriate metrics. Counsel, suspend, or remove staff from the schedule as necessary in compliance with Vituity polices / guidelines.
Actively participate in contract negotiations in conjunction with the Regional Director.
Develop, foster, and maintain productive and collaborative working relationships with hospital leadership, nursing staff and other healthcare team members.
Ensure practice is appropriately represented and demonstrates their value through leadership roles (as applicable) and/or participation with hospital management, medical staff leadership, Medical Executive, Medical Staff and other hospital committees, and within the local community.
Establish rules and regulations for the operation of the Department of Family Medicine ("Department") and appropriate Sections and Units within the Department.
Establish criteria for the issuing of clinical privileges in the Department and all of its Sections for approval by the Medical Executive Committee of the Hospital's Medical Staff and the Governing Body.
Review credentials of all physicians applying for clinical privileges in the Department and all its Sections and make appropriate recommendations to the Credentials and Medical Executive Committees of the Medical Staff.
Establish proctoring of the clinical and education performance and activities of all newly acquired clinical privileges for all physicians of the Department and all its Sections in accordance with any applicable rules and regulations, including those of the Hospital and of its Departments, Division, Sections, and Medical Staff Bylaws.
Review, on an annual basis, the clinical and education performances of all staff physicians with clinical privileges in the Department and of all its Sections.
Ensure that the medical records of all patients treated by physician members of the Department and all its Sections are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
Evaluate the performance of all residents participating in the Hospital's Family Medicine Residency Program and taking appropriate action relative to the retention, probation, or release from the program.
Meet all pertinent requirements and performing all duties and functions relating to the Department which may be necessary to meet the terms of the affiliation agreements established between Hospital and medical schools, universities, colleges, and other institutions or agencies.
Participate and cooperate in Hospital's Quality Assurance Program.
Provide an ongoing basis such as administrative and education management of the Hospital's Family Medicine Residency Program. Corporation shall exert its maximum effort to maintain full Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education.
Establish criteria for clinical and academic achievement necessary for retention and advancement of all physicians enrolled in Hospital's Family Medicine program.
Interview and recruit qualified teaching staff to ensure continued approval of the resident training program in Family Medicine.
Establish protocols and procedures for the clinical operation of the Hospital owned Family Health Centers in San Bernardino, Rialto, and Fontana and in collaboration with the Chair of Emergency Medicine for the protocols and procedures for the clinical operation of the Hospital owned Family Health Center in Redlands.
Ensure that all physicians, physician assistants, and non-professional staff comply with all relevant Federal and State laws and regulations and comply with application provisions of the following:
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Policy and Procedures
San Bernardino County Policy and Procedures
California Code of Regulations - Title 22
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Conditions of Participation
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountably Act
The Joint Commission
Required Experience and Competencies
Licensed physician as a Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree from an accredited medical school and completion of residency through an accredited residency program required.
Maintain membership and privileges on Hospital's medical staff and comply with and abide by the bylaws, rules and regulations, and the policies and procedures of Hospital's medical staff where services are being provided required.
Physician Partnership status required.
Five (5) years or more experience in a leadership role required.
Verbal and written communication skills
Superior clinical skills
Interpersonal and leadership skills
Ability to motivate a team.
Project Management
Effectively collaborate with diverse individuals and multiple locations
Relationship building
Technical skills
Strong accounting and finance understanding
The Practice
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center - Colton, California
456-bed university-affiliated teaching hospital licensed by the State of California Department of Public Health and operated by San Bernardino County
100-acre campus that includes both hospital and medical school
Regional burn center, comprehensive stroke center, Level I trauma center, a stand-alone behavioral health center, and five primary care centers, including four off-site family health centers.
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center provides Inpatient Care and Outpatient Care facilities with over 60 specialty services and preventive programs for children and adults.
The Community
Guaranteed blue skies and sunshine year-round.
Explore the great outdoors: hiking, biking, golfing, swimming, and more!
Relax, Rejuvenate, and Play-spas, casinos, nightclubs, restaurants, boutiques, art galleries.
Benefits & Beyond*
Vituity cares about the whole you. With our comprehensive benefits package, we are mindful of what matters most, and support your needs of today and your plans for the future.
Superior Health Plan Options
Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA, life and AD&D coverage, and more
Partnership models allows a K-1 status pay structure, allowing high tax deductions
Extraordinary 401K Plan with high tax reduction and faster balance growth
Eligible to receive an Annual Profit Distribution/yearly cash bonus
EAP, travel assistance, and identify theft included
Student loan refinancing options
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives including LGBTQ+ History, Dia de los Muertos Celebration, Money Management/Money Relationship, and more
Purpose-driven culture focused on improving the lives of our patients, communities, and employees.
We are unified around the common purpose of transforming healthcare to improve lives and we believe everyone has a role to play in that. We know that when we work together across sites and specialties as an integrated healthcare team, we can exceed the expectations of our patients and the hospitals and clinics we work in. If you are looking to make a difference, from clinical to corporate, Vituity is the place to do it. Come grow with us.
Vituity appreciates differences; our dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion is at the heart of our organization. Vituity does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information (including family medical history), veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law. Vituity is committed to complying with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity.
*Visa status applicants benefits vary. Please speak to a recruiter for more details.
