Regional Medical Director - Primary Care

Join a team that shares your calling At MultiCare, you’re more than a job title — you’re part of a collaborative team of physicians and advanced practice providers committed to patient-centered care. Here, your voice matters. You’ll have the support, resources and flexibility to practice at the top of your license, collaborate with experienced colleagues and make a meaningful impact. Build a long-term career in a system that grows with you, in a community that supports your life beyond work. FTE: 1.0, Shift: Days, Schedule: M-F **this full-time position is a split of clinical and administrative FM Clinical .60 FTE Salary Min $175,560.00 - Salary Max $186,600.00 Base plus model Admin .40 FTE Salary Min $96,000 - Salary Max $136,800 based on a .40 FTE Contact Shelly Loucks at shelly.loucks@multicare.org to learn more! Position Summary The Regional Medical Director (RMD), Primary Care (PC) has direct responsibility, in conjunction with leadership personnel within MultiCare Medical Partners (MMP), for the operational, clinical, and financial performance for a service line or group of related care lines within a region that make up a clinical division. In partnership with the Service Line Assistant Vice President (AVP), the RMD provides administrative medical leadership for clinical and business planning, expansion of growth and access, clinical performance, and quality outcomes. The RMD works to manage the functions of Primary Care to ensure performance to strategic and operational objectives delineated by MMP and MultiCare Health System (MHS) leadership. The RMD works collaboratively with MHS and MMP leadership, providing supervision and oversight of the Site Medical Managers (SMMs), physicians and advanced practice providers in Primary Care. Principle Accountabilities: Positively contributes to organizational culture, leading in alignment with organizational mission, vision, and values. The RMD demonstrates operational excellence in dyad partnership with the Service Line AVP in the areas of fiscal access to care, patient experience, quality improvement, clinical outcomes, and employee and physician/APP engagement. The RMD is responsible for leading initiatives in care delivery, clinical quality, and performance improvement, to meet organizational objectives. Holds providers and other caregivers accountable to performance expectations and goals, serving to support escalations as needed from the Site Medical Manager (SMM). Partners with dyad (AVP) in the development of and adherence to annual budgets, call schedules, clinic coverage, coding and documentation, patient grievances, and staff interactions. Collaborates and coordinates Division outreach activities both internally and externally as needed under the direction of the MMP Executive Medical Director (EMD) or Chief Medical Officer (CMO). Assists the EMD and/or CMO in managing the structure of the employed medical staff including supporting medical staff recruitment programs designed to recruit additional providers to the System’s service area. In close collaboration with MMP leaders, the RMD is accountable, from a clinical leadership perspective, to explain various rationales and performance plans to achieve the outcomes necessary to achieve MHS Strategies including: Clinical performance that supports System Performance Objectives. Appropriate adherence to MMP and MHS cultural, behavioral, administrative, and clinical standards. Operational performance necessary to achieve the Quadruple Aim (Better Experience of Care, Better Health for Populations, Lower per Capita Cost and Provider Professional Fulfillment). Financial performance required for sustainability. Opportunities for improvement or new Clinical Initiatives. Opportunities for “bright spot” or other methodologies to communicate rapid cycle process improvement successes. Employee, physician/APP and patient engagement. Care Line Specific Responsibilities: For clarification purposes, in the role as Regional Medical Director, it is expected that the Physician will attend meetings to discuss operational issues, planning or execution of initiatives to enhance performance, safety or quality initiatives which are specific to his/her administrative role, where such attendance shall be compensated at the rate set forth above. It is assumed that the physician, as a Medical Staff member, would attend relevant Medical Staff meetings that relate to his/her provision of professional services at Hospital regardless of whether or not Physician served as Regional Medical Director; consequently, the Medical Director shall not be compensated for routine attendance at such meetings. Medical Staff meetings that will not be routinely compensated for under this Agreement include meetings such as department meetings, Special Peer Review meetings, QRM Committee, Medical Executive Committee, Credentials Committee, General Staff meetings, Medical Staff townhalls, and official Board of Directors meetings and subcommittee meetings. A list of activities that generally qualify, or do not qualify, for Medical Director payment is included below: Qualifying Activities: Department-specific quality improvement activities and meetings. Operations activities and meetings. Supply management activities and meetings. Patient experience activities and meetings. Clinical protocol/evidence -based care development. Electronic medical record implementation and optimization work, and similar work on other IT implementation projects that require physician participation. Strategic planning. Physician mentoring and proctoring. Presentation time and presentation prep time for items presented at Medical Staff meetings or other network forums. Participation in network-wide collaborative meetings. E-mail/verbal communication time devoted to the Medical Director role (must be documented). Non-Qualifying Activities: Routine participation in meetings (department meetings, department division meetings, Medical Executive Committee, General Medical Staff, clinic/practice meetings) where attendance would be expected for any practicing physician. The exception to this is if the Site Medical Manager is, as part of their role, preparing information for the meeting or presenting information for such meeting. Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities, including CME conference attendance and self-directed professional education reading, unless activity is explicitly requested and approved in advance. Local, state, and national medical society meetings Clinical activities, unless participating in a mentoring/proctoring role specifically related to Site Medical Manager duties. Research/academic activities, unless specifically related to SMM goals and duties, and pre-approved by Administrator with oversight accountability. REQUIREMENTS: Graduate of an accredited medical school (MD or DO). Licensure to practice medicine in Washington State as a Physician. Board certification or similar accreditation in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine or Pediatrics. Two (2) years of clinical practice experience preferred. Formal leadership training and experience preferred. Prior management/leadership or directorship roles in hospital, managed care and/or medical group practice preferred. Why MultiCare? Rooted in the local community Partnering with patients, families and neighbors across the Pacific Northwest for more than 140 years. Growth and education Leadership development, mentorship and continued professional growth opportunities across a collaborative, integrated health system. Well-being and support Flexible scheduling, generous time off and MultiCare’s Physician & APP Well-Being Program support your well-being and help you maintain a healthy work-life balance. Living our values Respect, integrity, kindness and collaboration guide how we care for patients, communities and each other. Belonging for all A culture where providers feel heard, respected and part of the team from day one, supported by Resource Groups and outreach programs. Pacific Northwest lifestyle Work and live where natural beauty, adventure and strong community connections are part of everyday life. Pay and Benefit Expectations We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $240,000.00 - $342,000.00 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align. Associated benefit information can be viewed here. MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 28,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho. MultiCare’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services — including Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network; MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care; Pulse Heart Institute; MultiCare Medical Associates, affiliated physicians; MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region; and MultiCare Connected Care, our Accountable Care Organization. Thirteen hospitals complete the organization: Allenmore Hospital, Auburn Medical Center, Capital Medical Center, Covington Medical Center, Deaconess Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital — the Puget Sound region’s only children’s hospital and state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washington — Overlake Medical Center, Navos Behavioral Health Hospital, Valley Hospital, Yakima Valley Hospital, Tacoma General Hospital — which is home to the South Puget Sound region’s only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit — and Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital. Our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy, serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other. MultiCare is also proud of our commitment to workforce diversity and culturally competent care. 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Salary : $240,000 - $342,000