Physician: Psychiatrist, Site Medical Director, Twin Falls

Overview

St. Luke's Health System in Idaho seeks a board-certified psychiatry physician to serve as the Site Medical Director over two Behavioral Health clinics in the located in Twin Falls and Sun Valley Idaho.

This role is the key physician to engage with and lead the physicians, NPs, and PAs in Behavioral Health clinics across the east region. In this region, there are five clinics and over 50 providers in Behavioral Health. The Site Medical Director will routinely engage with the clinic leaders and all providers to support clinical outcomes, operational performance, and collaboration across the health system to improve the care of the communities we serve. This is a dyad role, supported by an operational director as a partner. The selected physician will report to the Service Line Medical Director and serve on the service line leadership team as well as other committees across the system.

The position is 0.4 administrative and 0.6 clinical in a behavioral health clinic.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

• Serve as the accountable physician leader for all elements of performance within the specialty group.
• In partnership with his/her administrative leadership, facilitate the execution of system strategies within the specialty/site.
• In partnership with his/her administrative leadership, lead the providers in the group to achieve ever-improving clinical outcomes at the lowest total cost of care, including those measures as defined on an annual basis by the organization.
• Identify and foster innovative opportunities to improve the value of care and collaborate with the System Medical Director or delegate in identifying those innovations that may be ready for pilot implementation.
• Support administration in the oversight of group operations, as required.
• Coordinate services with acute care, post-acute care, and ambulatory leaders to assure most effective utilization of specialty services within the site to drive best outcomes, optimal patient and family experience, and lowest total cost of care.
• Oversee the recruiting, onboarding, performance, development, and support of providers within the group, supporting the work of the St. Luke's Clinic to establish a culture of a High-Performing Group.
• Support Clinical Documentation Improvement efforts to optimize the complete and accurate recording of illness burden in the group.
• Support his/her administrative leadership in optimizing the financial performance of the group, including supply chain and Pharmacy and Therapeutic standardization, as appropriate.
• Partner with leaders throughout the St. Luke's Health System to assure reduction in care variation and standardization, where possible.
• Serve as a physician leader, demonstrating the values and behaviors of St. Luke's leadership, inspiring constituents to achieve ever-improving patient-centered care outcomes.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• BC/BE in Psychiatry
• 3 years of clinical practice required
• Demonstration of progressive leadership roles within healthcare organization(s)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Highly competitive guaranteed base salary with potential production and quality incentives;
• Generous recruitment incentives;
• Hospital employed with great benefits, retirement, malpractice, and CME allowance;
• Medical education opportunities teaching medical students and residents, if desired

WHY ST. LUKE'S?

St. Luke's Health System is Idaho's largest employer and most awarded health system, with a medical staff of over 1,800 physicians and advanced practice providers. Made up of eight hospitals around central and southern Idaho, we are proud to be the only locally owned and operated, physician-led, not-for-profit health system in the state. St. Luke's has been awarded as one of the Top 15 Health Systems in the country for the eigth consecutive year, designated by IBM Watson Health Analytics. We are committed to providing high quality patient care and positively impacting the lives of those in our community. St. Luke's enjoys an outstanding reputation as both a quality employer and a superior healthcare organization.



*St. Luke's is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

Why St. Luke's

At St. Luke's, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission - and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Virgin Pulse Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

St. Luke's is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.