Chair and Medical Director, Hospital Medicine - HealthAlliance Hospital

UMass Memorial Medical Group, in our Community Medical Group, is seeking a highly skilled and dynamic Medical Director and Chair of Hospital Medicine at HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital. In this exciting leadership opportunity, you will lead our diverse team and initiatives to maintain HealthAlliance Hospital’s great clinical outcomes, including state leading mortality rates, length of stay, and overall patient satisfaction. This position requires a clear focus of improving patient experience, with special attention to communication and overall care delivery.

About our Department of Hospital Medicine:

· Serve as the Medical Director and Chair of the Hospital Medicine Department at HealthAlliance, reporting directly to the Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Medical Officer (CMO). Provide leadership, guidance, and direction to a team of 20-25 physicians. Ensure the department operates efficiently, maintaining high standards of clinical care and patient safety.

· This position offers a 50-50 balance between clinical duties and administrative responsibilities. As the Medical Director and Chair, you will oversee scheduling, physician performance, and day-to-day department management while maintaining direct involvement in patient care.

· Lead recruitment efforts to attract and retain top-tier hospital medicine physicians. Manage onboarding, training, and professional development for both new hires and current team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and mutual support.

· Oversee peer review processes, performance evaluations, discipline, and conflict resolution, ensuring adherence to best practices, standards of care, and hospital policies.

· HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital is a top community hospital in the Northeast, known for its commitment to high-quality care and patient outcomes. With 8,000 annual discharges and 57,000 ED visits per year, we handle a robust patient volume. Our department typically sees an 17% admission rate and consistently achieves strong mortality scores and length of stay outcomes. While we maintain excellent clinical results, we are focused on improving patient experience to ensure exceptional care for every individual we serve.

Visit our website HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital | UMass Memorial Health to learn more about our facility.

Qualifications:

Eligible individuals should have the following qualifications:

· Board-certified in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine with experience working as a Hospitalist

· A minimum of five years of hospitalist medicine experience

· Proven hospital leadership experience supporting hospitalist medicine, quality improvement, credentialing, peer review, utilization review or other medical staff support function

· Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills to work across departments

· Experience navigating multidisciplinary teams in a hospital setting

· Ability to balance clinical duties with administrative responsibilities, with protected administrative time for leadership responsibilities

· Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to addressing challenges in patient care

Top Tier Benefits to Reflect Your Value and Needs:

· Sign-on bonuses and newly added referral bonus program

· Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage

· 7-weeks of paid time off (vacation/CME/holidays)

· Practice/CME allowance - $4,000 per fiscal year

· Employer-funded retirement contributions of 8% of base salary, with additional retirement vehicles

· Comprehensive tuition reimbursement and loan repayment benefit

· Paid family and medical leave; short-term and long-term disability programs

· Hospital liability insurance

· Concierge Services for Relocation

How to apply:

To apply please send a letter of intent and a curriculum vitae to:

Patrick Hannon, Provider Recruiter Patrick.Hannon@umassmemorial.org

Mobile: 774.364.3565.

We are able to consider and support candidates who will need Visa sponsorship.

HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital

HealthAlliance Hospital is located in beautiful Central Massachusetts, approximately 45 minutes from Boston and 25 minutes from Worcester. It is a full service, acute care hospital that serves the communities of North Central Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. It is also a member hospital of The UMass Memorial Health System. The HealthAlliance System includes a 135-bed community hospital, a regional cancer center, a complimentary care center, outpatient physician therapy centers, and a home health and hospice agency.

UMass Memorial Health is the health and wellness partner of the people of Central Massachusetts.

Through pain and pandemics, our commitment to our communities never wanes. We use knowledge and innovation to create breakthrough medicine. To create jobs. To make life better for those we serve. We are leaders in the training of physicians and those who work in every facet of health care. We make outstanding care accessible for all, regardless of ability to pay. We stand for quality, compassion, dignity, opportunity and fairness. And we are relentless in our pursuit of healing.

UMass Memorial Health is the largest health care system in Central Massachusetts. We are the clinical partner of the UMass Chan Medical School, with access to the latest technology, research and clinical trials.

Our health system includes four hospitals and behavioral health services:

• UMass Memorial Medical Center (Worcester)
• UMass Memorial Health – HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital (Fitchburg, Clinton and Leominster)
• UMass Memorial Health – Marlborough Hospital (Marlborough)
• UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital (Southbridge)
• Community Healthlink (Worcester)

Our hospitals are fully accredited by the Joint Commission, a national organization that sets quality standards for hospitals. In addition to our fully equipped medical centers, our health system also includes home health and hospice programs, behavioral health programs and community-based physician practices.

We have an affiliation with CareWell Urgent Care to provide regional urgent care services. Also, the UMass Memorial Medical Group provides high quality, low-cost outpatient surgery services at The Surgery Center in Shrewsbury.

We are committed to using our breadth of connected health resources to ensure you receive the best, most appropriate care you need to heal.

With our knowledge, innovation, and compassion, we relentlessly pursue healing for you and all of our patients. Our team includes specialists who are nationally acclaimed for their expertise and leadership in areas such as:

• Heart and vascular care
• Orthopedics
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Surgery
• Newborn intensive care
• Children’s services
• Women’s services
• Emergency medicine and trauma

UMass Memorial Medical Center leads the region in providing cutting edge medical technology, including innovative diagnostic and treatment options. Our experienced staff includes specialists who are experts in their field. No matter where you receive health care within our network of hospitals, you have access to the knowledge, innovation and expertise of UMass Memorial Medical Center:

• The only designated Level I Trauma Center for adults in Central Massachusetts
• Home to the Duddie Massad Emergency and Trauma Center and Life Flight, New England’s first hospital-based air ambulance
• The region’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, providing expert care for ill or premature newborns
• Ranked sixth in Massachusetts by US News & World Report as best regional hospital
• Recognized by US News & World Report as high performing in diabetes, heart attack, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), kidney failure, lung cancer surgery, and stroke
• Named one of America’s Top 50 Teaching Hospitals by The Washington Monthly 
• Ranked 24^th in the nation’s top hospitals by the Lown Institute
• Recognized by Healthgrades with the following awards and designations: Critical Care Excellence Award, Coronary Intervention Excellence Award, America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care Award, America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery Award