Medical Director

Company: TeamHealth
Location: Lexington
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Advance your career as a physician leading our hospital medicine team as a facility medical director at UK Good Samaritan Hospital located in Lexington, Kentucky. We ask that you be board certified in internal medicine or family medicine with previous hospitalist and leadership experience. TeamHealth is committed to strengthening hospitals, supporting clinicians and improving healthcare.The facility medical director will work closely with facility staff to develop, implement and evaluate all services provided by the program. Responsibilities include the provision of leadership and compliance with the company's goals and objectives.As a TeamHealth physician leader, you will receive support services, networks of communication, educational resources and access to join a community of thousands of professionals to share and shape best practices. We harness a nationwide collection of tools, clinical resources and collective knowledge for our clinicians who provide the best for their patients.At TeamHealth, our purpose is to perfect the practice of medicine, every day, in everything we do. TeamHealth is one of the nation's leading healthcare organizations that specializes in hospital medicine. For more than four decades, we have honed every aspect needed to support our clinician teams so that you can do what you do best. Our leaders are some of the best in the country!In the heart of Kentucky's thoroughbred horse country, Lexington offers a moderate year-round climate with four well-defined seasons. Watch sporting events and theater at the University of Kentucky, or visit the many horse farms, world-class golf courses, and cultural events the city has to offer. Lexington is close to many important Kentucky historical sites, the state capital of Frankfort, and Louisville, one of the state's largest cities and home of Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby.A part of the University of Kentucky Healthcare, Good Samaritan Hospital offers state-of-the-art medical care services in downtown Lexington. This facility is home to more than 600 clinical and ancillary staff and more than 600 physicians, allowing Good Samaritan to offer a broad range of services to the residents of central and eastern Kentucky. With 180 licensed beds, this acute-care facility provides the expertise and award-winning care that Kentucky residents expect from the world-class clinicians at UK Healthcare. In 2018, 133 UK Healthcare physicians, including a number from Good Samaritan, appear on the Best Doctors in America List, an honor achieved by only 4% of physicians.* Access to leadership development programs such as Leadership Education and Development (LEAD), Coach Development Academy (CDA), National Medical Leadership Conference (NMLC) and diversity and inclusion programs* Access to professional development tools, educational resources and CME through TeamHealth Institute* Association with a leading physician practice in the U.S.* Stability of a respected industry leader* Leadership and growth opportunities to further your career* Access to TeamHealth's clinician wellness program

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