MEDICAL DIRECTOR NEOROSCIENCE PROGRAM

Location: Lansing, MI

About the role

The Neuroscience Medical Director will provide medical leadership in neuroscience, supporting program development, refinement, and referral base growth of the service. Serves as the primary communicator to physicians who are current or potential users of these services and acts as a liaison to the medical staff on issues pertaining to neuroscience services. Meets with the CMO quarterly and yearly to create and review performance of BASE + growth goals.

Responsibilities

• Provides medical leadership for neuroscience departments
• Develop and lead clinical development strategies
• Act as clinical lead for neuroscience, monitoring safety data, ensuring patient safety
• Collaborate with accreditation readiness department and represent the department for any regulatory interactions
• Lead the interpretation of data to support business strategy
• Work collaboratively with the Administrative Director of Neuroscience
• Assess performance on engagement survey and work to achieve >70% participation in engagement survey, and improved performance on measures of psychological safety by >0.03
• Supervise medical directors of the stroke program and neurophysiology
• Ensure adequate supervision and educational experience for trainees in collaboration with the program director
• Ensure attending is available per UMHSL by-laws, sees the patient within the time frame of the consult, and has chart documentation, labs, and imaging review
• Increase number of adult patients that receive service from the neurophysiology program
• Achieve Vizient top quartile performance in mortality and length of stay (L.O.S.) for patients with a primary neurologic diagnosis in 3 years
• Collaborate with quality team to create a Morbidity, Mortality, and Peer Review program in accordance with the Reaching for the Stars program
• Achieve Press Ganey targets for UMHSL
• Collaborate with NeuroCare network to design a neuro-hospitalist program in FY26 inclusive of consults and inpatient general neurology
• Expand EMU program through increasing adult patients
• Create pro-forma for a Neurohospitalist program in FY26
• Alignment with UMH-AMC and UMH-West on all neuroscience programs
• Develop remote stroke and neurophysiology services
• Participate in credentialing of neuroscience staff
• Review and recommend the acquisition of new technology and equipment to maintain state-of-the-art technology and cost effectiveness

Requirements

• Board Certified in Neurology
• Minimum of 3 years as a practicing provider
• MD or DO degree

Shift: Days
Status: Per Diem
Facility: Sparrow Hospital
Experience Level: Under 4 Years