Boston Medical Center

Medical Director of the Emergency Department

Boston Medical Center • $292K — $347K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • MD or DO degree
  • Completion of an ACGME-approved Emergency Medicine residency
  • ABEM/AOBEM board certified or board eligible in Emergency Medicine
  • Eligible for Massachusetts medical licensure
  • Demonstrated leadership experience in Emergency Department operations
  • Strong interpersonal and collaborative leadership skills
  • Academic or operational leadership experience preferred

Responsibilities

  • Lead daily clinical and operational performance of the Emergency Department
  • Design and implement process-improvement strategies
  • Monitor and improve key ED performance metrics
  • Develop and update departmental policies and clinical workflows
  • Ensure training and onboarding of clinical staff
  • Partner in staffing physicians and APPs
  • Collaborate on disaster preparedness and emergency management
  • Participate in leadership on-call schedule
  • Support development of system-wide clinical initiatives

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefit package
  • Competitive compensation package
  • Opportunity to advance quality and patient safety initiatives
  • Collaboration with diverse health system leadership
  • Professional development opportunities in clinical operations and leadership
Full Job Description
As an integrated health system, BMCHS provides emergency care across three emergency departments: BMC Main, BMC South, and BMC Brighton. We are seeking an experienced physician leader interested in advancing clinical operations, patient flow, quality, and the delivery of emergency care within our integrated Department of Emergency Medicine.

The Emergency Department Medical Director is responsible for the daily clinical and operational leadership of an Emergency Department. The Medical Director works collaboratively with departmental, nursing, APP, quality and patient safety, residency, and hospital leadership to ensure that the ED care delivery model provides high-quality, efficient, patient-centered emergency care and continues to evolve to meet the needs of our patients, staff, hospitals, and communities.

Roles and Responsibilities:
• Lead the daily clinical and operational performance of the Emergency Department.
• Design and implement process-improvement strategies to optimize patient flow, care delivery, and operational efficiency.
• Monitor, analyze, and improve key ED performance metrics, including door-to-clinician time, emergency department length of stay, and left-without-being-seen (LWBS) rates.
• Develop, maintain, update, and implement departmental policies, procedures, protocols, and clinical workflows.
• Ensure appropriate orientation, onboarding, and ongoing training of clinicians in accordance with hospital policies and departmental needs.
• Partner with departmental leadership in the staffing of physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs) to meet clinical and operational needs.
• Partner with departmental leaders to advance quality, patient safety, patient experience, and performance-improvement efforts.
• Collaborate with nursing, hospital, and health system leadership on disaster preparedness, mass casualty response, and emergency management planning.
• Participate in the leadership on-call schedule as required to provide operational and clinical leadership support and ensure continuous departmental oversight.
• Collaborate with Emergency Medicine leadership to support the development, implementation, and alignment of system-wide clinical and operational initiatives across BMCHS.
• Lead or support initiatives as directed by Department leadership

Minimum requirements:

MD or DO degree.

Completion of an ACGME-approved Emergency Medicine residency. ABEM/AOBEM board certified or board eligible in Emergency Medicine. Eligible for Massachusetts medical licensure and clinical privileges in Emergency Medicine within Boston Medical Center Health System. Demonstrated leadership experience in Emergency Department clinical operations, administration, quality, or performance improvement.

Strong interpersonal, communication, and collaborative leadership skills, with the ability to work effectively across disciplines and within a complex health system.

Academic and/or operational leadership experience is preferred.

Applications

Interested candidates should submit a Cover Letter and Curriculum Vitae describing their leadership experience and interest in Emergency Medicine clinical operations. Optional: Diversity Contribution Statement.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled or the search is closed. We offer highly competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefit package.

Salary range: 292k-347k

Please Send Inquiry To Brian Yun, MD, MBA, MPH Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center Email: [redacted]

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and departmental budget. The above hiring range represents a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

About Boston Medical Center

Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a non-profit 514-bed academic medical center in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest safety-net hospital and Level I trauma center in New England. BMC employs over 7,000 people and serves as the primary teaching affiliate of Boston University School of Medicine. The hospital provides a full range of pediatric and adult care services, from primary to family medicine to advanced specialty care.
Learn more about Boston Medical Center
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7,000 employees
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Founded
1996

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