Medical Director - Physician - South Avenue, Staten Island, NY

Company: Mount Sinai Health System
Location: Staten Island
Posted on: October 25, 2024

Job Description:

The Mount Sinai Health System is currently seeking a full-time Medical Director to lead its multi-specialty practice at Mount Sinai Doctors Staten Island.This multi-specialty practice is located at 1441 South Avenue in Staten Island, NY. Staten Island is the southernmost of New York City's 5 boroughs. It is connected to Lower Manhattan via the Staten Island Ferry, which runs across New York Harbor. With easy access to Brooklyn and Central New Jersey, Staten Island is a residential community, with many attractions for families, such as the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Zoo, Botanical Garden, and the Staten Island Children's Museum. The large patient community typically stays on Staten Island for their routine care. Mount Sinai Doctors Staten Island offers comprehensive care where patients can see a variety of specialties. Additionally, the site has a comprehensive support team, including medical assistants.The Medical Director will play an instrumental role in ensuring excellent patient care, quality outcomes, and patient satisfaction. The successful candidate will lead by example, actively participating in patient care and bringing out the best in his/her colleagues. In addition, we would like our talented physician candidates to have a passion for growing a multi-specialty practice and be fully committed to mission of Mount Sinai Health System.The chosen candidates will have the opportunity to partner with world renowned, Icahn School of Medicine. Mount Sinai's Department of Medicine is strongly committed to caring for the whole patient and places special emphasis on providing patient-centered care. The division embraces the mission of Icahn School of Medicine by pursuing an integrated approach to patient care, research, and education. Pursuit of all dimensions of these three components, are considered inseparable elements of the art and science of medicine.Clinical Responsibilities:

• Provide care to a panel of patients who live and or work in the Staten Island area (60% clinical - 40% Administrative)
• Lead by example, sets high personal and professional standards, serves as positive change agent, and brings out best in colleagues
• Applicant may be a Primary Care Provider, or a specialist with a strong interest in leadership - preferred specialties are Urology, Hematology/Oncology, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Radiology, Pulmonology, Internal Medicine or Family MedicineAdministrative Responsibilities:
  • Lead quality assurance and quality improvement activities for the practice in order to continuously raise the standard of care
  • Oversee clinical operations - maintain optimal patient flow and provider access
  • Develops strategic recommendations in partnership with practice and Network leadership
  • Ensure strong connectivity to overall health system and good working relationship with Departmental Leadership
  • Identify clinical staffing needs and assist with recruitment
  • Ensure appropriate physician behavior, competence, and fitness for duty
  • Address issues related to patient complaints and grievances
  • Risk management
  • Develop, implement and monitor protocols, processes and metrics to meet goals of the practice and health system
  • Schedule regular meetings with physicians in the practice to address performanceOther Activities:
    • Work with Administration and Clinical Leadership to grow the practice
    • Regularly present performance metrics and active initiatives to improve performance to Hospital leadershipPosition Qualifications:
      • Medical Degree from an Accredited University
      • New York State Medical License
      • Board Certification in Primary Care or Sub-specialty area of expertise
      • Prior Medical Practice leadership experienceCompensation range from 300K to 600K based on experience and specialty (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)Salary Disclosure Information:Mount Sinai Health System provides a salary range to comply with the New York City law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialties, historical productivity, historical collections, and hospital/community need. As such, an actual salary may fall closer to one or the other end of the range, and in certain circumstances, may wind up being outside of the listed salary range. The salary range listed is for full-time employment and does not include bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits.About Staten Island:Staten Island abounds with architectural landmarks, beaches and parkland that you can explore. Many reach the borough via the free Staten Island Ferry, an attraction in its own right. It provides views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Lower Manhattan. Other highlights include shopping at Empire Outlets in St. George and wandering the gorgeous grounds of Snug Harbor and Historic Richmond Town. Motor traffic can reach the borough from Brooklyn via the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and from New Jersey via the Outerbridge Crossing, Goethals Bridge and Bayonne Bridge. Staten Island has Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus lines and an MTA rapid transit line, the Staten Island Railway, which runs from the ferry terminal at St. George to Tottenville.About the Mount Sinai Health System:Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology.EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans

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