Physician - Sports Medicine

Essential Functions

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• Lead physicians, APPs, and other caregivers in collaborative efforts to implement care models that best meet patient needs and advance the Fundamentals of Extraordinary Care, including quality, safety, patient experience, equity, access, stewardship, engaged caregivers, and smart growth.
• Ensure that evidence-based clinical care standards, in partnership with the Clinical Programs, are established and effectively implemented within the care site for appropriate caregivers.
• Lead implementation of clinical best practices and programmatic improvements as supported by the Clinical Excellence team.
• Foster a culture of team-based care and develop standards and processes that optimize high-functioning clinical care teams.
• Create an environment that maximizes the engagement and professional satisfaction of physicians and APPs.
• Build and foster physician and APP alignment across the service line/department.
• Collaborate with physician and clinical caregiver recruitment, retention, and professional development.
• Lead programmatic development focused on quality improvement.
• Assist in development and implementation of departmental KPIs in alignment with the IOM.
• Provide direct oversight of departmental process improvement and lead efforts to achieve established goals.
• Effectively addresses performance concerns for providers, including peer review for cases within the specialties, in collaboration with the MSK Service Line Senior Medical Director.
• Supports appropriate research endeavors and research strategy by working collaboratively with the Office of Research.
• Provide specialty-specific consultation, when needed, regarding quality and performance metrics in vendor contracting discussions, such as DME, bracing, orthobiologics, and imaging.
• Work collaboratively in partnership with operational, nursing, and clinical leadership.
• Align practices with operational efficiency and productivity across the department/service line.
• Provide leadership, oversight, and support for the development of a culture of high reliability and Just Culture; identify opportunities, build relationships, and execute strategies to drive the performance and measured improvement of the service line/unit/department.
• Work collaboratively with the MSK Service Line Senior Medical Director, Executive Director, CMO, and ACMO to coordinate support services, including Clinical Programs, Clinical Shared Services, Research, Medical Education, and Clinical Excellence.
• Partner with the MSK Service Line Senior Medical Director, Executive Director, as well as the CMO and ACMO to ensure seamless coordination of the services and clinical programs across the care continuum.
• Participate in regional and enterprise collaboratives and councils in support of the specialty specific programs and initiatives.
• Provide care site representation in specialty specific consultation as requested by DTS or other system operational units.
• Lead the development and growth of sports medicine programs across the Desert Region, including community, collegiate, and professional sports partnerships.
• Provide oversight and standardization of team physician, event coverage, and athletic trainer partnership models in collaboration with operational leadership.
• Establish and maintain evidence-based sports medicine care standards, including concussion management, preparticipation evaluations, return-to-play protocols, and musculoskeletal ultrasound and procedural standards.
• Partner with orthopedic surgery and other MSK specialties to optimize non-operative care pathways, appropriate surgical referral, and coordinated care across the care continuum.
• Drive access and capacity improvement for sports medicine services, including new patient access, same-day and acute injury care, and market expansion.
• Support sports medicine education and training, including fellowship, resident, and student learner development, in collaboration with Medical Education.

Stewardship

• Work collaboratively with departmental director(s) to optimize management of cost controls and efficiencies.

Physician Partnership and Support

• Meet regularly with leadership to develop strong relationships with physicians and APPs and to discuss information that is essential to the successful performance of the unit(s)/department.
• Participate in leadership Medical Director Councils.

Skills

• Leadership
• Interpersonal Communication
• Relationship Building
• Strategic Planning
• People Management
• Continual Improvement Process
• Workforce Planning
• Health Administration
• Medical Staff Training
• Health Care