
TeamHealth
Hospitalist Medical Director in Ottawa, KS
Ottawa, KS
Are you ready to take the next step in your clinical career by incorporating a leadership component? Bring your practice experience as a hospitalist physician to lead our hospital medicine (HM) program at AdventHealth Ottawa located in Ottawa, Kansas; a commutable distance from several Kansas City suburbs and Lawrence, Kansas. This role is ideal for you if you are a physician who welcomes a full-time clinical position with administrative responsibilities and are passionate about clinical excellence, team leadership, and the delivery of patient-centered care. You will oversee clinical operations, ensure the highest standards of care, and collaborate with other departments to optimize patient outcomes.
About the Role
- Community-focused hospital with a family-centered atmosphere
- Manageable average daily patient load of 10-12
- Epic EMR system
- Ease of transfers to AdventHealth Shawnee Mission with 504 beds
- Experienced clinical and operational leadership in place to assist you
This schedule will afford you a lifestyle balance with a 7 days on, 7 days off schedule, minus the 12-hour, in-house shift requirement, allowing you to be home for dinner with your family the week you are scheduled. We ask that you bring strong communication and collaboration skills to engage with hospital leadership, the medical staff, and nursing staff. Embrace the opportunity to foster a culture of teamwork, innovation, and professional growth while providing exceptional patient care, together. Apply today!
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Position Highlights:
- Enjoy the stability of being part of the industry leader in hospital medicine, TeamHealth
- Physician-founded, physician-led practice for over 45 years
- Monthly medical director stipend
- Supportive and experienced leadership team available for assistance and mentoring
- Educational and CME resources through TeamHealth Hospital Medicine Academy
- Paid professional liability insurance with tail insurance provided
- Practice with confidence as a member of TeamHealth's National Patient Safety Organization
Ottawa, Kansas - Close to Kanas City!
With tree-lined city streets, serene countryside, and stunning sunsets like no other, it is no wonder why the residents of Ottawa, Kansas, call this home. This city provides both a hometown community lifestyle with immediate access to the Kansas City metro within 30 minutes and only a 25-minute drive to Lawrence, Kansas, home to the University of Kansas Jayhawks. Ottawa is home to 13,000 residents. Within a 30-mile radius of Ottawa there is a population over 200,000 and within a 50-mile radius there is over 1.4 million people!
Franklin County is a progressive and economically-diversified area of northeastern Kansas. It serves as a hub for agriculture, livestock, and an array of manufacturing companies and distribution centers. The county supports several outstanding public K-12 school districts as well as Ottawa University and Neosho County Community College. Residents of Ottawa enjoy a variety of businesses and restaurants and the amenities of local art and musical performances, golf, fishing, hunting, parks, bike trails, area festivals, and most importantly safe, secure neighborhoods. Did we mention Ottawa is home to the oldest continually running movie theatre in the United States? Its quality of life is hard to beat!
[1]: https://www.teamhealth.com/california-applicant-privacy-notice/
About TeamHealth
At TeamHealth, our purpose is to perfect physicians' ability to practice medicine, every day, in everything we do. Through our more than 20,000 affiliated physicians and advanced practice clinicians, TeamHealth offers outsourced emergency medicine, hospital medicine, critical care, anesthesiology, orthopedic hospitalist, acute care surgery, obstetrics and gynecology hospitalist, ambulatory care, post-acute care and medical call center solutions to approximately 3,300 acute and post-acute facilities and physician groups nationwide. Our philosophy is as simple as our goal is singular: we believe better experiences for physicians lead to better outcomes—for patients, hospital partners and physicians alike. Join our team; we value and empower clinicians. Partner with us; we deliver on our promises. Learn more at www.teamhealth.com.
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Location Insights
B+
Cost of Living
B
Access to Restaurants
B-
Commute
B-
Crime and Safety
B-
Public Schools
B-
Overall
Total Population
12,615
Median Rent
$870
Median Home Value
$158,000
Median Income
$61,927
Posted August 15, 2025