Job Summary

Corewell Health West is seeking an experienced primary care physician to work in a leadership role as a Division Chief for our Northeast region. Currently, the Division Chief is responsible for eight regional primary care offices and two residency clinics. Travel to practices located in our Northeast region covering Reed City, MI to Grand Rapids is required. We will consider a physician who is board certified in IM, FM, or IM/Peds. A demonstrated background in leadership in critical to the success of the position. Experience with a Value/Risk Model of Care and Rural Health is preferred.

Enjoy a mix of administrative and clinical responsibilities, while leading established and thriving primary care teams into the future of Primary Health. You will work as an employed physician, with knowledgeable practice management professionals assisting in day-to-day operations and the resources and referral base of the largest integrated health system in Michigan!

Essential Functions

• In collaboration with Department Chief and Academic Chair, responsible and accountability for the following:LeadershipDemonstrate personal character• Uphold, by example and by coaching, the Code of Excellence of the Spectrum Health Medical Group• Act at all times in a fiduciary role for the Medical Group, the System, and on behalf of our patientsClinical performance• Demonstrate a high level of skill, expertise and experience in patient care processes.• Have and use a broad and deep knowledge base that is contemporary with the latest medical scientific evidence.• Lead by example in the development of an evidence-based, multidisciplinary care approach.Sets the direction for the Division• Communicate a clear vision• Demonstrate an understanding of community and patient needs and expectations• Align his/her performance and enlists the commitment and performance of others to attain the envisioned future stateMobilize individual commitment• Build collaborative relationships through support and encouragement, rather than through criticism• Demonstrate willingness and ability to share power and control• Listens• Demonstrate willingness and ability to involve others and elicit participation• Empower and engages colleagues and associates, and strengthens them by sharing power and information• Create opportunities for people to contribute their strongest personal talents to the team effort• Coach, mentor, and educate other physicians, residents, fellows, nurses and staff towards the effective implementation of the means to reach the targets and goals of the Division/program• Identify clear expectations for performance and hold physician accountable for their actions• Consistently provide open feedback, with clear, direct and concise information to support personal performanceEngender organizational capability• Build organizational infrastructure by demonstrating formal leadership capable of integrating, resourcing, and orchestrating activities of various project teams• Align the organization with its strategy• Fully commit to the long-term strategy of building a valuable organization• Leverage diversity by resolving conflicts diplomatically and identifying a common ground• Advocate partnering and collaboration as preferred styles of behavior• Develop the various strengths in colleagues and associates• Deploy and develop teams through cross-fertilization of best practices and provision of frequent feedback that helps improve team performance• Support the design and development of human resources systems, including especially performance management and training and development• Make change happen as a catalyst and manager of strategic change, especially by using the inputs and ideas of others as stimuli for change

• GrowthAchieves focused growth of the Division in alignment with the Medical Group strategic plan• Established & achieves annual volume targets in respect to encounters, wRVUs, and new patient visits, or other growth targets that may be established• Ensure that barriers to physician and mid-level practitioner and associates’ productivity are minimized• Collaborate with executive leadership to plan, design, develop and implement strategic and annual facilities plans• Collaborate with executive leadership to plan, design, develop and implement annual marketing plan for the Medical Group• Ensure leadership of physician recruiting and medical staff development plan for the Division in support of the health care workforce needs of the communities served by the Medical GroupStrategic Planning and Implementation• Participate in development of an annually updated Department strategic plan. This plan should describe enhanced program reputation and growth, and unique, innovative approaches to the achievement of superior quality, service, safety and financial outcomes.• Lead the development of a plan for adequate resources to achieve the short term and long term strategic goals and objectives of the Department/program, including growth and new program development• Development of research goals and implementation plan including integration with clinical initiatives• Support, as directed, recognition for the program through the attraction or development of regionally and/or nationally recognized physician clinicians, teachers, researchers and program innovators

• Quality, Safety and Clinical Innovation• Ensure that the Division meets federal and state regulatory requirements, as well as accreditation standards• Ensure that the Division meets all payer contract requirements in respect to quality incentives and obligations• Ensure that the Division evaluates and improves the performance of its professional staff and care teams compared to current standards of care of the community and of the professional societies• Ensure that the Division develops and sustains a culture of safety, and establishes safety as an system property• Plan, develop and implement the Division’s Annual Plan for Quality, Safety and Clinical Innovation, in support of the Medical Group’s Annual Plan• Lead the implementation of initiatives in evidence-based medicine and the incorporation of the methods of safety science into patient care practices, engaging all staff, especially physicians and nursesDevelopment of People• Develop and implement a Division Annual Plan for physician leadership development• Contribute to the Professional Standards Committee’s annual plan for training and development of the Medical Group’s associates• Implement a formal periodic performance evaluation of the Division’s professional staff in alignment with the Medical Groups Professional Standards Committee and the Medical Staff of the appropriate Hospital• Ensure the participation and guidance of the physician leadership of the Division in the management of performance of the associates• In collaboration with the Finance Committee of the Board and its subcommittees, ensure equitable annual compensation of the professional staff of the Division in their fulfillment of the clinical, administrative, teaching and research missions• Collaborate with the Department Chief and Academic Chair in the management of physician performance to ensure individual physician productivity, clinical quality, positive patient perception, appropriate resource utilization, adherence to the group’s ethical and legal standards, appropriate relationship with colleagues and staff, and (as appropriate) involvement in teaching and research activities.

• Patient Service and Perception of Care• Ensure the Division adopts robust measurements of patients’ perception of care and services, in alignment with the Medical Group, and that the Division achieves annual performance goals for patients’ perception of careFinance• In collaboration with the Board and the executive team, establish the Five Year Forecast, and Annual Plan of financial performance goals of the Division• Achieve the Five Year Forecast and Annual Plan goals of the Division through expense management and optimum revenue cycle management• In collaboration with the Finance Committee, ensure optimum management of compliance and risk

• Academic and Faculty AffairsIf requested by the Academic Chair of the Department,• Ensures an appropriate clinical learning environment for the training of medical students, residents, or fellows• Participates in, or supports the participation of the Division’s professional staff in, faculty development programs of the Department or the MSU College of Human Medicine

Qualifications

• Required Doctorate

• At least four years experience in a medical group setting, medical administration, with knowledge of medical business practices, organization dynamics and a desire for greater influence in the building of a multi-specialty group practice. Required

• LIC-Physician (MD) - STATE_MI State of Michigan required Or

• LIC-Osteopathic Physician (DO) - STATE_MI State of Michigan required

• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - AHA American Heart Association required Or

• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - ARC American Red Cross required

Physical Demands

• Pallet to Waist (6" from floor) > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs

• Waist to Waist > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs

• Waist to Chest (below shoulder) > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs

• Waist to Overhead > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs

• Bilateral Carry > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs

• Unilateral Carry > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs

• Pushing Force > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs

• Pulling Force > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs

• Sitting: Frequently

• Standing: Occasionally

• Walking: Occasionally

• Forward Bend - Standing: Seldom

• Forward Bend - Sitting: Occasionally

• Trunk Rotation - Standing: Seldom

• Trunk Rotation - Sitting: Occasionally

• Reach - Above Shoulder: Seldom

• Reach - at Shoulder or Below: Seldom

• Handling: Occasionally

• Forceful Grip > 5 lbs: Seldom

• Forceful Pinch > 2 lbs: Seldom

• Finger/Hand Dexterity: Frequently

Primary Location

SITE - 14755 215th Ave

Department Name

Administration - Primary Care - CHMG West

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Day (United States of America)

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

Hours of Work

7a - 5p

Days Worked

M-F

Weekend Frequency

N/A

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