Physician - Vice Chair - North - Family Medicine

Acclaim Physician Group, Inc. (Acclaim) is a multi specialty medical group practice comprised of over 500 physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants that partner with JPS Health Network (JPS). Acclaim supports JPS’s mission of transforming healthcare delivery for the communities we serve. From primary care to pediatrics to a full range of specialties, Acclaim’s goal is to provide high-quality, compassionate care for every patient, every time.

As the county health network and Level-1 Trauma Center, JPS has been serving the residents of Tarrant County for over 100 years. In addition to providing high-quality care, JPS is also an urban teaching hospital with a long history of training physicians and medical students. JPS offers 18 residency and fellowship programs, including the largest family medicine residency in the nation. JPS educates in tandem with the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Texas Christian University Medical School.

For more information, visit   www.teamacclaim.org .

Job Title :

Physician - Vice Chair - North - Family Medicine

Requisition Number : req27042

Location : Acclaim Magnolia

Job Description : Job Summary :

The Vice Chair provides an effective liaison with physicians / providers in collaboration with the Department Chair to have oversight and optimize important Acclaim Physician Group functions and activities and to align and integrate these with the strategic, clinical, and other operational goals and processes of the JPS Health Network. The Vice Chair works in partnership with the physicians / providers, Medical Directors, Chair, and Practice Managers / Administrative Directors and shares necessary communications regarding the performance of the inpatient and outpatient clinical activities including, but not limited to, quality, service, people, academics, stewardship and population health. This position plays a key role in provider development, driving patient experience and clinician engagement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

Clinical Performance

• Serves as liaison with physicians / providers as necessary to achieve high clinical standards of services and patient-centric care.
• Holding providers accountable to their expected patient experience scores.
• Holding provider accountable to their expected weekly visits.
• Holding providers accountable for their quality of care.
• Communicates what is needed to achieve physician / provider integration into clinical activities.
• Communicates needs and progress toward continuously improving the performance of clinical activities.
• Reviews, approves, and / or completes pharmacy formulary request forms.

People Performance

Academic and Educational Activities

Financial Performance and Growth Strategies

Quality and Risk

Community

General

Qualifications :

Required Qualifications :

o Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy degree from an accredited college of Medicine / Osteopathy.

o Board Certification in Family Medicine or Board Certification in Internal Medicine and eligibility for licensure in Texas are required.

o Texas Medical License

o Board Certification

o Preference is given to those candidates who also have a working knowledge of management techniques and have prior successful service within a medical staff or service line structure as a department chair, medical executive committee

member, chair of a medical staff committee, service line leader, medical director, or other equivalent physician leadership position.

Communication and Leadership Skills and Competencies :

Benefits :

Location Address : 200 W. Magnolia

Fort Worth, Texas, 76104

United States