Centra Health seeks an accomplished physician leader to serve as the Medical Director of Emergency Medicine, providing strategic, clinical, and operational leadership for emergency services across the health system.
Requirements
- Provide enterprise physician leadership for emergency services across all Centra Health facilities.
- Develop and execute strategic initiatives that improve access, quality, patient safety, and operational performance.
- Align Emergency Medicine strategy with system priorities including High Reliability Organization, Patient Experience, and sustainable operational performance.
- Serve as the principal physician advisor to executive leadership regarding emergency care delivery, access challenges, and system throughput.
- Align workflows and best practices within Acute Care Services, and other service lines.
- Lead system-wide efforts to improve emergency department throughput by addressing constraints across the care continuum, including inpatient capacity, diagnostic turnaround times, transport processes, and discharge efficiency.
- Partner with radiology, hospital medicine, nursing, and operational leaders to reduce delays impacting emergency care delivery.
- Promote standardized workflows that support timely clinical decision-making and reduce unnecessary variation across sites.
- Advance solutions that improve access to emergency care while reducing Left Without Being Seen (LWBS) and Left Before Treatment Complete (LBTC) rates.
- Establish a culture of high reliability and accountability within Emergency Medicine.
- Drive adoption of evidence-based clinical pathways and standardized care practices.
- Ensure readiness for regulatory and accreditation requirements.
- Utilize real-time performance data to identify gaps and implement sustainable improvements in care delivery.
- Lead, mentor, and develop Emergency Medicine physicians and advanced practice professionals.
- Foster a professional culture grounded in collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Support recruitment, retention, and leadership development within Emergency Medicine.
- Provide stability and engagement during periods of organizational change through transparent communication and physician partnership.
- Strengthen collaboration between Emergency Medicine and inpatient, procedural, diagnostic, and ancillary services.
- Work with Centra Medical Group, Service Line and Operational leaders to ensure shared ownership of patient flow and access outcomes.
- Partner with community physicians and outpatient providers to improve care transitions and follow-up after emergency department encounters.
- Support development of staffing models and operational structures that balance patient access, provider sustainability, and financial performance.
- Participate in resource planning and operational prioritization aligned with system goals.
- Promote efficient utilization of clinical resources while maintaining high standards of care.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health and welfare benefits
- Retirement plan
- Paid time off
- Malpractice insurance
