What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physician Executive Leader - Rural Healthcare Transformation & Kupuna Care position at Physician Pivot?
Responsibilities
Effective Date: 10/26
I. Job Summary
Our Mission: To fulfill the intent of Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV to provide in perpetuity quality health care services to improve the well-being of Native Hawaiians and all of the people of Hawai‘i.
Our Values
Compassion guides our actions
Aloha inspires us in all that we do
Respect and understanding are essential for the dignity of all
Excellence is our quest
Effective Date: 10/26
I. Job Summary
- Reporting to the President of the Queen's Clinically Integrated Physician Network (QCIPN), the Physician Executive, Rural Healthcare Transformation & Kupuna Care serves as the physician leader and strategic advisor for rural health, kupuna care, and other healthcare transformation initiatives across The Queen's Health Systems. Working in dyad partnership with the COO, this role provides clinical leadership, physician engagement, and strategic oversight for Kupuna Connect and other Rural Healthcare Transformation Program (RHTP) grants and initiatives focused on improving access, care coordination, population health outcomes, and sustainable models of care for rural, underserved, aging, and medically complex populations throughout Hawaiʻi.
- Collaborates closely with Clinical Integration, Operations, Academic Affairs, and Finance leadership, as well as physicians, community partners, health plans, government agencies, and academic institutions to advance innovative care models, evaluate outcomes, and support long-term sustainability of healthcare transformation programs.
- ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Seeing. Hearing. Speaking. Finger dexterity.
- MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING:
- Infrequent: N/A
- Occasional: N/A
- Frequent: N/A
- Constant: N/A
- NON-MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING:
- Infrequent: Walk. Stoop/Bend.
- Occasional: Reach: shoulder level. Reach: above head.
- Frequent: Sit.
- Constant: N/A
- Not substantially subjected to adverse environmental conditions.
- Requires travel within the local community, to neighbor islands, and occasional out-of-state travel as needed.
- EDUCATION:
- Graduate of an accredited School of Medicine or ECFMG certification.
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO).
- CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:
- Current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Hawaii.
- Board Eligibility/Certification in geriatrics specialty.
- EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum five (5) years of clinical practice experience.
- Ten (10) years of physician leadership, medical directorship, population health, geriatrics, rural health, healthcare transformation, care management, or healthcare innovation experience preferred.
- Experience with grant-funded programs, value-based care, and population health initiatives preferred.
- Demonstrated success building collaborative relationships across physicians, health systems, community organizations, payers, academic institutions, and executive leadership.
- Experience to demonstrate:
- Knowledge of rural health, healthy aging, care coordination, population health, and value-based care models.
- Familiarity with telehealth, remote patient monitoring, digital health technologies, and healthcare innovation.
- Strong leadership, strategic planning, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to influence through collaboration, partnership, and professional credibility. Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Vet
Our Mission: To fulfill the intent of Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV to provide in perpetuity quality health care services to improve the well-being of Native Hawaiians and all of the people of Hawai‘i.
Our Values
Compassion guides our actions
Aloha inspires us in all that we do
Respect and understanding are essential for the dignity of all
Excellence is our quest