Dallas - Fort Worth – Regional Medical Director

About the Role

The Regional Medical Director is responsible for developing and sustaining relationships and impacting clinical strategies and workflows that promote practice and patient satisfaction while improving value-based healthcare delivery. The Regional Medical Director provides direct clinical services for patients as well as clinical supervision for assigned medical staff, ensuring high quality, efficient, and clinically appropriate medical services.

Market: DFW

Responsibilities

• Administer clinical model execution, clinical performance outcomes, and clinical talent within assigned region in collaboration with Medical Directors and Hospital Administrators.
• Aid in the oversight of medical services for assigned markets and potentially individual facilities within the region.
• Partner with clinical leaders to define care model components, including customization for the region’s markets, success metrics, and key opportunities for clinical value.
• Design, develop, review, and execute clinical protocols, performance objectives, productivity benchmarks, compliance measures, provider workflow planning, and provider scheduling across designated regional markets.
• Identify key quality improvement opportunities and implement effective workflows and processes to achieve better clinical and operational outcomes.
• Lead regional clinical improvement initiatives to improve quality and patient health outcomes.
• Oversee clinical operations of medical management and case management departments.
• Attend and participate in executive, regional, and market leadership, financial and strategic planning, and Talent Acquisition meetings.
• Focus on high-level medical, compliance, regulatory, quality assurance measures, and best practices within the market and participate in NorthStar national quality initiatives.
• Participate in various committees, including Continuous Quality Improvement and Infection Prevention.
• Participate in the hiring, evaluation, counseling, and termination of clinical team members (including Physicians, CRNAs, RNs, and more) as requested.
• Serve as a coach, mentor, and trainer to market clinical leaders and staff providers, guiding best clinical and operational practices.
• Promote participation in multi-disciplinary continuous quality improvement to comply with The Joint Commission guidelines.
• Collaborate with all functional areas of the business to ensure clinical alignment and scope of practice based on current best medical evidence and guidelines.
• Support and lead the vision, mission, and values of NorthStar.
• Work in collaboration with anesthesiologists, CRNAs, AAs, surgeons, and other medical professionals to deliver anesthesia for medical and surgical procedures.
• Care for patients before, during, and after procedures by performing assessments, preparing patients for anesthesia, administering and maintaining anesthesia, overseeing recovery, and addressing immediate post-operative needs.
• Administer anesthetics in accordance with clinical privileges; perform medical non-surgical procedures such as IV insertion, intubation, induction of anesthesia, emergence of general anesthesia, placement of arterial and central venous access lines, and administration of anesthetic blocks.
• Maintain hemodynamic and electrolyte balance, administer epidurals/SABs, and secure airways in routine and acute medical situations.
• Work in operating rooms, labor suites, and other procedural locations, performing local, regional, neuraxial anesthesia, and the full range of sedation and general anesthesia.
• Prepare patients, take medical histories, explain procedures, administer anesthetics, actively manage patients during surgery, and maintain records of anesthesia course within scope of credentials/privileges.
• Respond to critical situations during treatment and work with the healthcare team to ensure patient safety.
• Prepare drugs, maintain accounting of controlled substances, and evaluate anesthesia equipment to ensure safe operating conditions.
• Prescribe drugs in accordance with hospital guidelines, when applicable.
• Assist in meeting patient care requirements and perform all acts reasonably necessary to maintain and improve professional skills.
• Promote the professional practice of the Company to the extent permitted by law and professional ethics.
• Participate in department Quality Management functions.

Requirements

• Current state licensure as a medical doctor in the state of employment and compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements of the State Medical Board.
• Board Certified or eligible for board certification in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology/American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology.
• Graduate of an accredited medical program.
• Maintain necessary clinical privileges to provide anesthesiology services at the Company’s locations.
• Insurable by an appropriate medical malpractice insurer for the required limits.
• Demonstrate current competency in clinical responsibilities for which the candidate applies.
• Maintain educational requirements for licensure and certification.
• Additional licensures, certifications, and/or education as required by facility and/or state for assigned locations.
• A minimum of 4+ years of clinical experience.
• A minimum of 2 years of leadership experience.

About NorthStar

As one of the largest and fastest-growing providers of anesthesia services in the U.S., NorthStar is proud to care for millions of patients each year through the expertise of our 4,000+ clinicians. We are a mission-driven team united by our commitment to innovation, collaboration, and the highest standards in patient care.

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