Hospitalist Physician

Position Description

Regional Hospital Medicine Medical Director
AdventHealth Rocky Mountain Region
Annual Compensation $328,832

Position Summary

The AdventHealth Rocky Mountain Regional Hospital Medicine Medical Director provides clinical, operational, and strategic leadership for a program that serves the 5 acute care hospitals in the Denver Metropolitan area. Grounded in the organization s mission of Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ, this vital role partners with hospital campus leadership, the medical group, and the regional Chief Medical Officer to ensure exceptional whole-person care, clinical excellence, and advances a culture of compassion, accountability, and teamwork.

Key Responsibilities

1. Clinical Leadership & Quality

• Champions the delivery of evidence-based, whole-person care that meets AdventHealth s high standards for quality, safety, and experience.
• Partners with campus and medical group quality and patient safety teams and committees to develop and implement patient care processes and pathways that lend to sustained top decile performance.
• In collaboration with practice-based Lead Hospitalists and the utilization of data and dashboards, leads and manages the program s performance and outcome improvement efforts.
• Partners with Clinical Documentation Integrity and Revenue Cycle departments to optimize clinical documentation that accurately reflects patient acuity and supports value-based care performance.

1. Operational Management & Performance

• Provides leadership for staffing models, scheduling, and regional workforce optimization.
• Partners with nursing, care management, and hospital operations to improve patient flow, discharge efficiency, and transition-of-care management processes.
• Supports HER (Epic) optimization and stewardship of resources in alignment with regional efficiency goals.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory, accreditation, and system standards.

1. Physician Engagement & Culture

• Fosters a culture of respect, teamwork, and psychological safety that reflects AdventHealth s values of Keep Me Safe, Love Me, Make It Easy, Own It.
• Leads regular communication forums, rounding, and feedback loops with regional hospitalists.
• Addresses behavior or performance concerns balancing candor, empathy, and mission alignment.
• Collaborates with human resource partners on coaching, expectations, and professional accountability processes.

1. Workforce Development & Recruitment

• Participates in recruitment, onboarding, and retention strategies to support a stable, mission-aligned hospitalist workforce.
• Develops and mentors current and emerging leaders across the program.
• Promotes succession planning and engagement initiatives that strengthens team cohesion.

1. Strategic Planning & System Alignment

• Partners with regional and system leaders to advance initiatives in hospital medicine, inclusive of CDI/documentation improvement, population health, and value-based/outcome-driven care.
• Serves as a key liaison between campus-level hospitalist teams and regional/system leadership for communication and change management.
• Represents the Rocky Mountain Region in system committees and collaborative workgroups as assigned.

1. Collaboration & Relationship Management

• Builds strong, trust-based relationships with hospital executives, nursing leaders, ED leadership, care management, and hospital-based service lines.
• Promotes collaboration across campuses to ensure standardization as appropriate and reduce unwarranted variation.
• Supports conflict resolution and interdepartmental alignment with professionalism and emotional intelligence.

Qualifications

• MD/DO with board certification in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine.
• Minimum of 3 5 years of hospitalist practice; leadership experience preferred.
• Gains and maintains an unrestricted Colorado medical licensure.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through influence, data transparency, and relationship-building.
• Commitment to AdventHealth s values, mission, and whole-person care model.

Leadership Competencies

• Mission-Driven Leadership: Models AdventHealth s principles of compassionate, whole-person care.
• Strategic Thinking: Aligns regional hospital medicine strategy with system priorities.
• Emotional Intelligence: Leads with humility, empathy, and strong interpersonal skills.
• Operational Excellence: Understands throughput, capacity, and resource optimization.
• Data-Informed Decision Making: Uses analytics to guide performance improvement.
• Change Management: Effectively leads teams through transitions with clarity and psychological safety.
• Professional Accountability: Addresses performance with fairness, transparency, and respect.

Reporting Structure

• Reports to: AHMG Chief Medical Officer, Rocky Mountain Region.
• Collaborates with: Hospital Medicine Administrative Leadership, Campus Chief Medical Officers, CNOs, COOs, Quality leaders, CDI team, Behavioral Health, Case Management, and other clinical service lines.
• Oversight of: Lead Hospitalists, depending on regional structure.

Position Expectations

• Includes a blend of clinical duties and administrative leadership (customizable to regional needs).
• Participation in regional leadership councils, operational reviews, and system initiatives.
• Travel required across Rocky Mountain Region campuses.