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Hospitalist Medical Director Opportunity in Western, NC

UNC Physicians Network, along with UNC Caldwell Memorial Hospital, is looking for a Hospitalist Medical Director (BC/BE daytime) to join our growing Hospital Medicine program in Lenoir, NC. Affiliated with UNCPN, this position involve coordinating a team of over 16 MDs and Advanced practitioners with the goal of delivering high-quality, team-based inpatient services. This opportunity provides an opportunity to run one of the most impactful hospitalist programs in Western NC and provides ample room for growth within the UNC system.

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:

• 75% clinical time, 25% protected Admin time
• Coordinates attendance to important hospital-based meetings including the Department of Medicine and Medical Staff meetings, with the goal of creating a team that is involved in hospital operations
• Collaborate with in-house specialist to establish efficient workflows, communication, and interdepartmental collaboration
• Help reach quality metric goals as identified by the UNCPN physician team and Caldwell Hospital Administration
• Build a relationship built on trust and open communication with all key leaders in the hospital
• Help build a team culture
• Identify challenges and formulate solutions
• Have working knowledge of CMI, LOS, Mortality, and other key hospitalist performance and efficiency metrics
• Work collaboratively with the hospital CMO to ensure delivery of high quality care
• Work closely with your dyad UNCPN leadership team to help ensure goals are collaboratively met along with UNC Caldwell Memorial Hospital
• EMR - Epic
• In house specialty backup available from Cardiology, Nephrology, General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, ENT, Pulmonology, Podiatry, Urology
• Location- 321 Mulberry Street, SW, Lenoir, NC 28645

Requirements:

• Active Medical License
• Board Certified/Board Eligible
• Over 3 years of inpatient clinical experience, with leadership experience preferred

Lifestyle, Scenery, Recreation, Friendship, Professional Career-Have it ALL!

• Location in the Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Northwestern North Carolina w/4 seasons! 
• Proximity to higher education opportunities: Appalachian State University in Boone, NC; Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, NC; Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute in Hudson, NC
• One hour-and-ten-minutes travel time each to: Charlotte Douglas International Airport; the eclectic attractions of Asheville; the arts and history of Winston-Salem; and only 20 minutes to the North Carolina High Country and the mountain resort community of Blowing Rock.

Additional Considerations:

• We offer a highly competitive compensation package and benefits including a sign-on bonus, quality incentive bonus, CME, retirement savings plan, and malpractice coverage. 
• We also prioritize work-life balance and flexibility in this position.

  To be considered, please email your CV to jennifer.lebeau@unchealth.unc.edu

About UNC Health

UNC Health is charting a new course for the organization, one that reflects our aspirations, values and the high expectations customers have in today’s healthcare marketplace. These changes will help the organization adopt business and medical practices that will help us become a more responsive, customer-focused, integrated healthcare system. UNC Health and its 33,000 employees, continue to serve as North Carolina’s Health Care System, caring for patients from all 100 counties and beyond our borders. We continue to leverage the world class research conducted in the UNC School of Medicine, translating that innovation to life-saving and life-changing therapies, procedures, and techniques for the patients who rely on us.

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