Medical Director, Adult Critical Care | Lansing, MI

General Purpose of Job:

Medical Director of Critical Care Services works with the Chief Medical Officer, E.W. Sparrow Hospital to provide medical leadership for critical care services, including quality improvement and problem-solving for clinical concerns, assuring that the professional services provided in the intensive care unit and the critical care unit meet patient needs in a timely, efficient and high quality manner. Medical Director of Adult Critical Care Services shall work closely to identify and resolve medical matters with members of the Medical ICU, CVICU, NICU, and the medical staff. Position will be 50% administrative and 50% clinical.

Essential Duties:
This job description is intended to cover the minimum essential duties assigned on a regular basis. Caregivers may be asked to perform additional duties as assigned by their leader. Leadership has the right to alter or modify the duties of the position.

• Communicates critical care service goals and objectives and works to develop consesus among primary carephysicians and specialists in support of the program goals.
• Work collaboratively with Nursing, Quality and Medical Staff to develop, review and approve policies andprocedures that apply specifically to adult critical care in conjunction with the Critical Care Committee.
• Assists in the development of a database and methodology for monitoring referral patterns of primary carephysicians to the critical care units.
• Reviews and recommends the acquisition of new and replacement equipment, technology and facilitymodifications in a cost-effective way.
• Provides input and leadership into cost containment initiatives for critical care services.
• Chairs the Critical Care Committee.
• Provides leadership in the development of a collaborative relationship between medical and nursing staffs.
• Assumes the responsibility for continuous quality and performance improvement and develops indicators tomeasure the quality, appropriateness and the cost effectiveness of care and compares results to nationalbenchmarks.
• Assumes responsibility to resolve issues and problems and issues related to clinical practices.
• Makes decisions, in consulation with the physician responsible for the patient, for the triage and movementof patients through the adult critical care units.
• Work collaboratively with Nursing, Quality and Medical Staff to develop multi-disciplinary evidence basedquality patient care.
• Works with nursing leadership and hospital CMO in establishing ways to measure, communicate, andimprove patient satisfaction.
• Works with the CMO in establishing ways to measure, communicate, and improve physician satisfaction.
• Coordinates medical staff activities relating to all inspections and accreditations
• Assures that the resk management and safety of patient care services are monitored and evaluated on a
• regular basis and appropriate actions are taken based on the findings.
• Performs other medical director activities as requested by the Hospital Chief Medical Officer.
• Serves as a role model for consistent demonstration of Sparrow Health System's Cunstomer Service
• Behavior Standards of Performance by Respecting the Privacy and Confidentiality of those we serve
• Demonstrates knowledge and respects patient, service provider, organizational confidentiality and HIPAA
• Security procedures and protocols as defined under the HIPAA Privacy and Security Procedures
• Follows established HIPAA Provacy Procedures when using and/or disclosing protected health information
• Maintains and protects patients' rights under the HIPAA Privacy Standards