Mercy Hospital - Springfield Emergency Medicine Medical Director Opportunity

Mercy Hospital - Springfield is recruiting a medical director emergency medicine physician! A minimum of 2-3 years leadership experience is preferred. We are a stable, hospital-employed group of approximately 40 emergency physicians. Mercy Springfield is one of the busiest and largest emergency departments in the Midwest with around 90,000 annual visits, level I trauma for both Missouri and Arkansas, and comprehensive, tertiary healthcare services for a three-hour radius and over 1.5M lives. This opportunity will be a 50/50 mix of administrative and clinical.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with nursing staff, hospital leadership, and consulting services to drive excellence in clinical operations.
• Facilitate the execution of hospital and departmental quality initiatives, patient satisfaction measures, and operational goals.
• Lead, design, and implement strategies aimed at improving processes and optimizing care delivery within the ED.
• Foster a culture of collaboration and accountability among clinical staff and operational teams.
• Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization, ensuring alignment and shared objectives.

Mercy Hospital Springfield

• Springfield - 886-bed, level I, tertiary trauma, and catchment hospital for four states
  • Approximately 90,000 annual ED visits 
  • 9-hour shifts - 7 for patient care and last 2 for clean-up means you go home on-time
  • 14 physician shifts each day plus APP support
  • 80-bed emergency department
  • 11-bed pediatric emergency department plus separate 11-bed OB emergency department staff by women?s health
  • Over 500 employed physicians across almost all medical specialties
  • 24/7 in-house neurology/stroke, general and orthopedic trauma, anesthesiology, intensivists, hospitalists, and OB Hos
  • ED ultrasound (Sonosite), MRI, and CT available all the time
  • Approximately 2 patients per hour on average
• Leapfrog A for quality and safety plus numerous other quality and safety recognitions
• EPIC EMR across Mercy
• Partnership with local and nearby medical schools for teaching, if desired
• Rated in the top 5% nationally for overall clinical excellence by Healthgrades

Mercy Emergency Medicine Offers:

• Excellent culture - low physician turnover, employed model, stable
• No partnership track, seniority, or tenure - equal parity from day one
• Signing bonus plus paid relocation
• Minimal nights unless desired due to dedicated nocturnists
• 1:1 physician to scribe ratio
• Schedule set three months in advance
• Physician mentors, partners, and friends
• Comprehensive, day-one benefits package for the entire family
• Occurrence-based liability insurance

Springfield, Missouri

As the third largest city in Missouri and the economic hub of the Ozark Mountains, living in Springfield is easy with everything you need! We have a plentiful and growing job market with multiple fortune-500 companies, national airport, great schools, universities, world-class health care, and all the entertainment and cultural options of a big city-but with far less stress, crime, and traffic and an abundance of character and friendliness.  We are minutes from Branson and easy trips to Kansas City, St. Louis, and Tulsa!

Mercy physicians are pioneering a new model of care. As part of one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the U.S., this physician-led and professionally managed multi-specialty group is the foundation of care and well-being of our patients in seven states, delivered cohesively through 43 hospitals, more than 300 provider offices and virtual care. Working with Mercy provides all the advantages of a large organization balanced by an uncompromising commitment to engage physicians in leading and designing patient- and consumer-centric care.  You'll discover a friendly and collaborative environment rooted in the belief that everyone deserves the most personalized experience we can deliver. What sets us apart is our unique approach, beginning with physician leadership at the senior most roles within our organization and continuing into our care locations, where physicians and co-workers share leadership responsibility and embrace new thinking and the most recent clinical and hospital innovations to get health care right for everyone we serve.

It is a continuing goal to advance diversity and inclusion within our Mercy ministry. We cherish each person as created in the image of God and believe it is our responsibility to strive for excellence in establishing an environment of dignity for all.

For more information, please contact:

Todd Vandewalker, MHA, CPRP | Senior Physician Recruiter

417-820-3606 | Todd.Vandewalker@Mercy.net | Careers.Mercy.Net/Providers

AA/EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veteran Friendly

Mercy has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

About Mercy

Mercy Clinic is a physician-led and professionally managed multi-specialty group. With over 2,500 primary care and specialty physicians, Mercy Clinic is the fourth largest integrated physician organization in the country. Working for Mercy gives you all the advantages of a larger organization balanced by the spirit of a smaller patient-centered medical group. You’ll discover a friendly and cooperative environment where people care for one another at every level. What sets us apart is our unique approach where physicians and professional managers share leadership and make decisions together to improve upon, and deliver, world-class care. It is a continuing goal to advance diversity and inclusion within our Mercy ministry. We cherish each person as created in the image of God and believe it is our responsibility to strive for excellence in establishing an environment of dignity for all. ST. LOUIS – Forbes has named Mercy to its America’s Best Employers for New Grads 2022 list, ranking Mercy in the top 200 companies, including AT&T, Edward Jones and The Walt Disney Company.

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