HCA Healthcare

Emergency Medicine Regional Medical Director

HCA Healthcare • $250K — $300K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Board Certified in Emergency Medicine (ABEM or AOBEM)
  • Preferred Master's Degree
  • 5+ years of leadership experience
  • Experience in a large, complex hospital or regional health system
  • Valid Texas License and DEA

Responsibilities

  • Lead emergency services across multiple hospitals and freestanding emergency departments
  • Ensure high-quality, patient-centered emergency care
  • Align emergency department performance with organizational goals
  • Foster collaboration among Site Chiefs, emergency clinicians, and hospital leaders
  • Promote a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
  • Oversee clinical and operational leadership with a focus on standardization
  • Delegate responsibilities while retaining oversight and accountability

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401K with company matching
  • Malpractice coverage
  • CME allowance
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
Full Job Description
Description

Specialization:
Emergency Medicine

Job Summary:
HCA Houston Healthcare is seeking a full-time Emergency Medicine Regional Medical Director to join our Emergency Medicine leadership team in Houston, Texas.

Position Summary:
The Regional Medical Director of Emergency Medicine serves as the senior physician leader for emergency services across a defined region of hospitals and/or freestanding emergency departments and provides comprehensive clinical, operational, quality, and professional leadership to ensure high-quality, patient-centered emergency care. The Regional Medical Director is accountable for aligning multi-site emergency department performance with organizational and division-level goals through oversight, standardization, collaboration, and physician leadership rather than prescriptive task execution. The Regional Medical Director functions as the primary physician liaison among Site Chiefs, emergency clinicians, hospital leaders, system/division leaders, and community stakeholders, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, safety, and continuous improvement across the region. Duties may be performed directly or through appropriate delegation to Site Chiefs and other physician leaders, with the Regional Medical Director retaining oversight and accountability. This position is approximately 80% administrative and 20% clinical.

Qualified Candidates:
  • Board Certified in Emergency Medicine through American Board of Emergency Medicine or American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine
  • Master's Degree is preferred
  • 5+ years of leadership experience
  • Leadership experience in a large, complex hospital or regional health system
  • Texas License and DEA
Incentives/Benefits:
  • This position includes a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision and disability
  • 401K with company matching
  • Malpractice coverage
  • CME allowance
  • PTO
Facility Information:
  • 45,000 annual adult patient volume
  • 29 beds Emergency Department
  • 2.2 PPH
  • Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • Dedicated Adult and Pediatric emergency rooms
  • Robust GME programs with future fellowships: Internal Medicine, Transitional Year, Emergency Medicine, Surgery
  • EM Residency: Dedicated Ultrasound, Education, Sim, and Toxicology Faculty
  • One of the busiest snakebite services in the U.S.
  • EMR- Meditech

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Learn more about HCA Healthcare
Size
204,000 employees
Market Cap
$67.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$3.7 billion
Founded
1968
5 Year Trend
+7.2%
Revenue
$51.5 billion
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