Associate Trauma Medical Director - Physician

SSM Health is seeking a physician leader to serve as the Associate Trauma Medical Director for the Wisconsin region. This is a part-time .1 FTE position.

Accountable for working in a collaborative relationship with the leadership of the designated clinical programs and has the primary responsibility of leading the strategy, quality, value-based care, and evidence-based practice within the region and local market in which they practice. Oversees the clinical delivery team's performance through the organization's continuous improvement operating model, which drives operational efficiency and improvement work in quality, access, cost-reduction, patient and team experience, patient and team safety, growth and partnerships, transformation, community connectivity, and culture. Collaborates with team to influence and set the strategic vision, goals, and objectives for the clinical program's growth while aligning with the organization's strategy in growth and partnerships, exceptional performance, connectivity and culture, and transformative care.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Defines and designs system-wide care standards as well as clinical guidelines and protocols within the designated clinical care area. Identifies areas of unexplained clinical variation and ensures adoption of evidence-based practices where appropriate. Develops standardized order sets and works with IT to ensure appropriate enhancements to the EHR occur.
• Sets quality/patient safety metrics with other regional clinical program medical directors and ensures alignment with system quality/patient safety metrics. Sets goals for patient experience and access with administrative and other clinical leaders. Ensures alignment of these goals with the key performance indicators (KPIs) of the organization and cascades goals throughout the region using the continuous improvement operating model.
• Develops and approves all quality performance standards for each subspecialty within the designated clinical program portfolio. Develops performance scorecards for the physicians and other medical directors performing services within the clinical programs portfolio.
• Identifies opportunities for operational efficiency and coordinated care across specialties and geography in association with other regional clinical program and administrative leaders, with appropriate implementation to improve patient experience, access, and/or outcomes.
• Works collaboratively with administrative leaders to set the strategic vision, goals, and objectives for the designated clinical program portfolio, including growth, and assures alignment with the organization's strategy. Participates with other clinical program medical directors, physician leaders, and system clinical operations leadership in setting the clinical program goals and objectives.
• Provides oversight of the clinical delivery team's performance (physicians, APPs, and other clinical program-specific support teams). Reviews individual provider and group performance measures, utilization, and occurrence reports, and performs and/or coordinates/oversees OPPE/FPPE for all physicians and APPs within the clinical programs portfolio, where applicable.
• Provides expertise, knowledge, and assistance in matters related to clinical staff quality, risk management, and utilization review activities. Addresses provider-based behavioral matters to ensure patient safety and enhance organizational culture.

About SSM Health

Thoughtful. Insightful. Purposeful. There is something wholly unique and special about practicing medicine at SSM Health. Being here, you’ll experience a remarkable feeling of purpose, fulfillment, and connectedness. It’s all-encompassing and inspiring, and it’s what defines and drives our teams every day. We call it the healing power of presence and it touches, enhances, and advances all aspects of the care we give and the careers we offer. For the clinicians at SSM Health, being here means being part of a heartful heritage of healing. It’s an opportunity to further a caring legacy while advancing medicine with an esteemed organization that encourages collaboration, empowers innovation, supports growth, and seeks to elevate care for everyone we serve. Together – We Care.Devoted care everywhereSSM Health’s healing legacy originated in St. Louis, Missouri over 150 years ago where five nuns, known as the Sisters of St. Mary’s, were called to aid and heal in God’s name. Since those humble beginnings, SSM Health has grown to become one of the largest Catholic not-for-profit integrated health systems serving the Midwest. Today, our healing ministry includes over 13,900 providers and approximately 40,000 team members, all working together with a shared Mission to deliver exceptional health care services that reveal the healing presence of God across Missouri, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Wisconsin. With 23 hospitals, 12 post-acute care centers, and over 650 physician offices and specialty care clinics spread across four states, SSM Health offers a world of opportunities where clinicians can do a world of good. Whether you’re seeking to heal, teach, learn, lead, connect, or discover, there’s a place within SSM Health for you to thrive. No matter where you work within SSM Health, you can expect to be cared for personally and rewarded professionally with:• A very comprehensive and competitive total compensation and benefits package.• Extensive support and resources to support continued personal and professional growth.• Strategic organizational investments in practice infrastructure and technologies to enhance our practice efficiency and increase clinician satisfaction.• Generous paid time off and paid family leave so our team members can achieve work-life balance.