The Executive Medical Director (EMD), Primary Care is the physician executive responsible for
The Christ Hospital Physicians Primary Care service line. The Christ Hospital Physicians (TCHP) is the employed physician group of The Christ Hospital Health Network (TCHHN) and consists of 650+ Physicians and APP’s organized in 7 service lines representing 30+ specialties. TCHP Primary Care consists of 116 Physicians and 61 APP’s practicing in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, IM/Peds, Urgent Care, MDVIP and Geriatric Medicine at over 39 sites in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky region.
Reporting to the President of The Christ Hospital Physicians, the Executive Medical Director is responsible for executing the 5-year strategic plan for TCHP Primary Care, ensuring growth in providers, geographic locations and empaneled patients to meet community needs and network goals. The EMD serves as a member of the TCHP Physician Leadership Council (PLC) and the Hospital Medical Executive Committee (MEC).
The Executive Medical Director role is an endowed chair through the Roger and Joyce Howe Distinguished Medical Director of Primary Care with the purpose to support several initiatives including, emphasizing and recognizing the importance of primary care to the Network and the broader community and elevating innovation of primary care in the Service Line and enhancing patient experience. The endowment provides annual support for initiatives that further primary care innovation and are at the discretion of the Executive Medical Director.
They will be responsible for operational and financial administration and serve as the primary point of contact for executive communication to and from all physician members of the Primary Care service line. They will collaborate with the Executive Director of Ambulatory Operations as a dyad partner to develop annual goals to fulfill long term strategies including plans for clinical and programmatic growth, and operational enhancements and management of capital, revenue, and expense budgets. The Executive Medical Director works closely with the Executive Medical Director of Population Health to achieve the network’s strategies in value based care and is supported by a Senior Administrative Coordinator. They are accountable for performance across 290,000+ annual visits in the service line with 175,000 empaneled patients across TCHP. The EMD’s goals include increasing empaneled patients, improve access and optimizing provider panel size while advancing quality, access, and patient experience.
TCHP has made significant investments in Physician Leadership reflected in the POD Medical Director structure within primary care. The POD medical directors (6 TCHP primary care physicians) who provide clinical leadership for defined groups of providers (“Pods”), with oversight across the service line. They drive performance in quality, population health, utilization, and risk adjustment by engaging and coaching providers, analyzing performance data, and implementing value-based care strategies to improve outcomes, efficiency, and compliance. They partner with clinical and operational leadership to address barriers and advance best practices within Primary Care.
The EMD will collaborate with their Service Line Medical Director peers (Comprehensive
Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Musculoskeletal, Oncology, Surgical Specialties,
Women’s Health) to advance the Strategic Plan of TCHP and the Network. They will work with TCHHN leadership to achieve top-percentile performance in quality, safety, and patient satisfaction. As the primary teaching site for NEOMED’s branch campus in the Cincinnati region, the EMD will coordinate access to teaching medical students within the service line. In addition, they will be involved in ambulatory experiences for the Internal Medicine and Family Medicine residency programs.
The Executive Medical Director, Primary Care must be a thought leader in the primary care space, capable of creating a vision for the primary care practice of the future while understanding the mission of a large, quaternary, integrated healthcare network. TCHHN is implementing a Network strategic plan which includes new facility construction that co-locates gateway services of Primary Care, Women’s Health and General Cardiology in key geographies within our service area. The Executive Director will be instrumental in the recruiting and successful ramp up of these sites while also identifying future opportunities for Primary Care Service Line growth. They will ensure that the service line executes on improving patient safety, provides outstanding patient experiences, and delivers clinical excellence, while identifying and implementing operational and clinical improvements throughout the primary care service line.
The successful Physician Leader will have at least 10 years of progressively responsible leadership experience in a complex healthcare enterprise with demonstrated development, operational and execution experience. Minimum three (3) years of experience in physician leadership capacity and three (3) years working on an executive level.
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, client relations and relationship building, analytical, project management, expert level presentation and communication (written/verbal) skills, a priority.
Proven ability to develop and execute organizational strategies, manage operations within financial parameters, ensure compliance with regulatory standards, and communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
A personal presence defined by unwavering ethics, integrity, intellectual honesty, and sound judgment, coupled with the ability to inspire and motivate others to uphold and advance the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of The Christ Hospital Health Network.
Demonstrates personal resilience and strong situational negotiation skills.
Proactive, energetic, and highly personable, with the ability to work effectively and collaboratively alongside a diverse leadership team.
Practicing clinician with the requirement of clinical activity of 4-8 hours a week in the ambulatory care setting.
