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Primary Care Network Medical Director – Award Winning Hospital and Community: Saratoga Springs, New York 

Consider this opportunity to join Saratoga Hospital Medical Group (SHMG) as Primary Care Network Medical Director - Collaborating MD Partner.  We seek a physician with a passion for primary care excellence to guide the vision for our dynamic group of primary care physicians and providers, in partnership with site-based Medical Directors and SHMG Leadership. The Network Medical Director will maintain a clinical practice with a reduced patient panel and will dedicate the remainder of time to leadership activities.

Work as part of Saratoga Hospital Medical Group in an envi­ronment that is exceptional, unique, collaborative, and collegial between physicians, clinicians, support staff and administration.

SHMG Primary Care Network Highlights:

• Nine community-based geographically dispersed primary care practices
• Practices have earned National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recognition, each certified as a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home.

As Medical Director, serve as the clinical leader and participate in operational financial performance, strategic planning, recruitment, mentorship, retention and provider oversight, including 360-degree provider evaluations. Create an environment to enhance physician/provider and staff engagement and clinical integration, with responsibility to drive key population health goals: access to care, quality, utilization within primary care.

Lead Primary Care transition from a fee-for-service to capitated payment model, working with administrative and clinical team members to design the care delivery approach to achieve optimal patient outcomes and ensure long-term viability and sustainability.  Collaborate with Hospital leadership on choosing payer quality/incentive initiatives.

• Provide leadership to support the practice and organizational goals to include, but not limited to:
• Quality improvement
• Patient satisfaction
• Fiscal responsibility
• Provider Engagement

Requirements: Board Certified MD or DO (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine)

• Experience in clinical transformation: developing and implementing quality programs, care pathways, clinical guidelines and best clinical and operational practices in primary care.
• Exemplary leadership qualities and clinical expertise in the execution of our clinical model of care, understands the underlying business model and provides input into administrative policy development and decision-making processes.
• Flexible team player, with exceptional communication skills – able to collaborate well with diverse set of team members.
• Participate and promote clinical and interdisciplinary team member collaboration to meet common goals.
• Five to seven years of progressive leadership advancement within primary care.

Saratoga Hospital Medical Group

Saratoga Hospital Medical Group, a multispecialty group of 300+ providers including physicians and advanced practice providers, contributes significantly to the hospital’s continued growth and reputation for excellence. Collegiality plays an integral part in that, too. Doctors enjoy a shared governance approach to leadership and tremendous support of hospital administration.

Saratoga Hospital

For the second year in a row, Saratoga Hospital has been named one of “The World’s Best Hospitals” by Newsweek — a distinction earned by just 11 hospitals in the state. Saratoga Hospital is by far the smallest New York facility to earn the designation.

Saratoga Hospital is a 171-bed independent, locally governed, thriving community hospital and a leading healthcare provider in the region. We have enjoyed continuous growth for more than a decade, along with a reputation for high quality, personalized, compassionate care. Since September 2004, Saratoga Hospital has maintained Magnet® recognition for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center — the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice.

The Albany Med Health System

Saratoga Hospital is an affiliate of the Albany Med Health System. This gives our physicians access to shared best practices, continuing medical education (CME), and teaching opportunities. This partnership has added access to services typically not offered by community hospitals, as well as a seamless connection to the Capital Region’s only academic medical center and the highly specialized medical care it can provide. If interested, our physicians have the opportunity to have medical students rotate through their practice as well as Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner students from local programs.

The compensation and benefit package is competitive and includes eligibility for bonus incentives Year I, based on Quality and Citizenship.

• We offer loan forgiveness, a sign-on bonus, moving expenses.
• Health and Prescription Plan
• Dental and Vision Insurances
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer contributions and 457(b) Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan
• For full time: Employer-Paid Life Insurance & Accidental Death and Dismemberment; LTD
• Flexible Spending Account(s) including Medical Reimbursement and Dependent Care Account
• Paid Time Off
• Paid CME, CME stipend
• Professional dues; professional liability coverage
• $200 annual YMCA discount, a number of supplemental insurances, services, discount programs and more!

Saratoga Hospital is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) entity for those participating in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Saratoga Springs is a great place to live and work, where you will feel a sense of community.

• Located a half hour from Albany, New York State’s Capital City,
• Three hours from New York City, Montreal and Boston — right on the edge of New England,
• Saratoga County offers family-oriented communities and excellent schools — both public and private.
• Saratoga Springs and surrounding towns and villages are experiencing growth and revitalization evidenced by new homes, upscale apartments, shops, eateries, and businesses. 
• TravelMag named Saratoga Springs, NY, one of the Most Charming Small Cities in the USA, 2021.
• Known for world-class entertainment, and abundant year-round recreational and athletic opportunities. 
• Famous venues include: Saratoga Race Course featuring world-class thoroughbred racing, Saratoga Performing Arts Center hosting a multitude of pop and cultural events each summer, the beautiful Saratoga Spa State Park, and Saratoga National Historic Park, where the Battles of Saratoga in 1777 changed the face of history! 
• Outdoor enthusiasts will love the natural beauty of the Adirondacks, nearby Berkshires and Green Mountains, Saratoga Lake, Lake George, other waterways, and more!

Learn more about us: http://www.saratogahospital.org; http://iloveny.com/; http://www.discoversaratoga.org; https://capital-saratoga.com/; https://www.iloveny.com/places-to-go/adirondacks/.

EOE

Send CV: Denise Romand, CPRP, Medical Staff Recruiter/Liaison, Saratoga Hospital e: dromand@saratogahospital.org p: 518.583.8465

Requirements: Board Certified MD or DO (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine)

• Experience in clinical transformation: developing and implementing quality programs, care pathways, clinical guidelines and best clinical and operational practices in primary care.
• Exemplary leadership qualities and clinical expertise in the execution of our clinical model of care, understands the underlying business model and provides input into administrative policy development and decision-making processes.
• Flexible team player, with exceptional communication skills – able to collaborate well with diverse set of team members.
• Participate and promote clinical and interdisciplinary team member collaboration to meet common goals.
• Five to seven years of progressive leadership advancement within primary care.