• In collaboration with the Chief Medical Officer, provide leadership in all physician-related aspects of the medical quality programs, including patient safety, quality metrics, publicly reported quality measures, patient satisfaction, and service.
• Provide leadership to the medical staff, as a representative of the UH and Medical Center administration.
• Assume responsibility, together with the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer, for achieving annual quality goals.
• Provide leadership for the credentialing program, departmental quality initiatives, physician performance metrics, and peer review.
• Assume responsibility, together with the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer, for achieving ongoing compliance with physician-related requirements of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
• Provide leadership for physician involvement in the development of and compliance with best practice guidelines.
• Promote physician involvement in and compliance with risk management programs.
• Participate in the development of Medical Staff Bylaws and those Medical Center policies and procedures that impact physician practice.
• Together with the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer, provide leadership in physician-related aspects of Utilization Management and Utilization Review.
• Assume responsibility for Medical Informatics Physician Advisor duties, including ensuring that the implementation of UHCare and associated applications, lead hospital-specific Physician Advisory Council, act as a liaison between the medical staff and clinical implementation team, provide regular updates and communication to applicable stakeholders, work collaboratively with physicians and implementation team members to deploy physician adoption strategies, re-engineer physician workflow, and address issues and concerns to assure project success.
• Serve as a Physician Advisor on the Utilization Management Committee, providing second-level physician review and a resource to UM & denial management staff as well as attending physicians for guidance/education regarding level of care decision-making and supportive documentation.

Additional Responsibilities

• As needed, attend events on behalf of UH and the Medical Center in order to help establish the strategic objectives of UH and the Medical Center.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.