Family Medicine Physician - Section Lead

Job Description

Description

PeaceHealth is seeking a Family Medicine physician to join our collegial and growing team at PeaceHealth Medical Group's Family Medicine Clinic, on the campus of Southwest Medical Center in beautiful Vancouver, WA. Join an established practice of 7 providers, a mixture of traditional Family Medicine, Family Medicine OB and Advanced Practice. The Section Lead is a leadership position, partnering closely with their administrative partners, in consultation with their respective Division Chief. This role is responsible for the day to day operations of their department, including, but not limited to, improving quality care, service excellence, safety, financial performance and caregiver/provider engagement. In addition to living the organizations mission, vision, and values, the Section Leader is expected to fulfill the PeaceHealth leadership model. Candidates with experience preferred and chief residents are welcome to apply.

Why you’ll love the practice:

• Outpatient practice seeing about ~18-21 patients per day with a dedicated MA
  

• Enjoy a 4 day work week with 31 patient contact hours and ~1:20 evening call

• Onsight: Pharmacist, Phlebotomist, MSW, Digital X-Ray, and the ability to develop a subspecialty interest: Sports, Geriatrics, or Women's Health

• EPIC EMR

Experiencing Vancouver:  A robust city with over 174,000 residents and you will be in a community voted as the most friendly walking & bicycling city in the United States! The city is known for its naturally beautiful scenery, abundant outdoor recreation, diverse cuisine, art walks, contemporary boutiques, and a vibrant farmers market- all nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Cascade Mountains on the north bank of the Columbia River. 2018 will showcase Vancouver’s new 7.3 acre waterfront park that will feature shopping, dining, housing units, professional office space, water sports access, parks and a 90 cable pier overlooking the Columbia River. 

PeaceHealth Benefits & Culture:

• Integrated physician-led medical group.
  
• Competitive compensation guarantee, employment bonus, CME reimbursement, and relocation assistance.
• Up to $150,000 in Educational Loan Reimbursement for those who qualify and 
  
• PeaceHealth provides fully paid malpractice insurance.
• Two excellent health coverage options, plus vision, dental, and exceptional retirement plans plus optional supplemental plan.
  
• Employee Wellness Program with FitBit options and up to $400 in incentives for healthy lifestyles. 

• Watch this three minute YouTube Video about PeaceHealth.

Section Lead essential functions:

1.Partners with department(s) operational leader to oversee clinical quality operational performance, provides feedback and recommendations for optimizing the standard of care.

2.Assists and supports providers in understanding and reaching performance targets. Actively participates in clinic and provider meetings (at least 80% attendance). Demonstrates effective communication to maintain understanding and two-way communication on organizational, operational, and clinical issues. Participates in administrative meetings and communications as needed to maintain expertise and provide feedback.

3.Supports and models behavioral standards in alignment with the Principles of Partnership, Caregiver and Leadership Models and helps ensure the achievement of clinical service goals. Leads, supports and participates with Division Chief and/or Network Physician VP in resolving provider personnel issues.

4.In collaboration with the director of operations and / or clinic manager(s), assists in physician recruitment, orientation and retention programs including determining physician staffing needs.

-Interviews all providers who are candidates for a position in his/her division.Assesses the candidate and submits the assessment to the Recruitment Dept. prior to any hire decision. Acts as the mentor for all new division providers or assigns an appropriate mentor and monitors the mentoring process.

5.Participates in and assists with leader standard work activities pertaining to clinic performance improvement, including regular Gemba rounding

6.Fosters effective working relationships and helps facilitate resolution to problems. May participate in meetings with physicians, nurses, support staff, and others as necessary.

7.Helps ensure the administration and operation of the clinic in an efficient manner, including suggestions for resolving issues.

8.Partners with operational leadership in the development, management, marketing, budgeting, and financial performance of the department(s).

9.Assists in the development and administration of a fair and equitable provider work schedule and timely communication of the schedule.

10.Performs other duties as assigned.

About PeaceHealth: PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, Wash., is a not-for-profit Catholic health system offering care to communities in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. PeaceHealth has approximately 16,000 caregivers, a multi-specialty medical group practice with more than 900 providers and 10 medical centers serving both urban and rural communities throughout the Northwest. In 1890, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace founded what has become PeaceHealth. Today, PeaceHealth is the legacy of the founding Sisters and continues with a spirit of respect, stewardship, collaboration and social justice in fulfilling its Mission. 

PeaceHealth is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified job applicants and employees without regard to the following statuses: protected veteran; qualified individual with a disability; race; ethnicity; religion; gender; pregnancy; gender identity; national origin; age; genetic information; sexual orientation; or any other protected status in accordance with local, state, or federal laws. The above information is intended to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of caregivers assigned to this job.

If you are interested in this career opportunity please apply today or contact Lyndse R Neppl, Provider Recruiter for more information: Email: [email protected]

See how PeaceHealth is committed to Inclusivity, Respect for Diversity and Cultural Humility.  

EEO Affirmative Action Employer/Vets/Disabled in accordance with applicable local, state or federal laws.

Referral Bonus Eligible