Medical Directors
Medical Director Leadership
Medical practitioners who move into a Medical Director role take on important leadership responsibilities. They will provide high-quality care to the residents of a medical facility and provide leadership to the staff. The Medical Director embraces right leadership and skills to make a positive impact on the lives of each health care facility both for patients and workforce they lead.
To ensure the standards of a health care facility are met medical directors play a pivotal role in leading the approaches to treatment and medications, administration processes, physician quality and health and well being of patients.
Medical Directors are a pivotal role
Leadership Role
- Work with the executive team to ensure smooth running of hospital facility
- Provide guidance oversight and ongoing quality care
- Provide leadership to physicians and team leaders
- Provide oversight of delivery model
Physician Leadership
- Plays a key role in physician professional development
- Ensure patients have appropriate physician coverage
- Review physician and health care practitioners’ credentials
- Monitor and give feedback to physicians and other practitioners’ on performance
Clinical Leadership
- Provide administrative and development of policies and procedures leadership related to patient care
- Implement clinical practices to ensure the facility is in compliance with regulations and laws
- Review and participate in federal, state and local surveys and inspections
- Monitor policies and procedures in regard to the protection of patients’ rights, advanced care planning
Quality of care
- Overview systems and methods for reviewing the quality and appropriateness of care and other health services
- Engage in the facility’s quality improvement processes
- Implement policies and procedures related to protect against the spread of infections.
- Ensure a safe and caring environment is provided for patients while in facilities
- Continue affiliations with primary care providers to ensure continuity of care for patients
Education and Communication
- Encourage a learning culture among the staff and patients within the facility
- Lead staff workforce health and safety by implementing policies and procedures
- Maintain communication between staff, patients and families
- Connect to the professional and lay community on medical and health services o
- Keep updated on changing social, regulatory, political and economic factors that affect the facility and its patients
- Provide best practices and deliver effective solutions to needs raised by patients, staff and community
Business development
- Promote the benefits of the facility to the professional and lay community
- Establish effective relationships with all providers, health care organisations and community
- Create relationships with key referral sources.
