Assistant Medical Director in Memphis, TN

TeamHealth; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation bonus

Paid professional liability insurance

Job summary

TeamHealth seeks an assistant medical director for Baptist Memorial Hospital - Memphis in Memphis, TN. The role combines direct inpatient hospitalist care with leadership responsibilities overseeing operations, quality initiatives, physician engagement, and care coordination.

Ideal candidates will have hospitalist leadership experience and a strong track record in quality improvement, throughput, and healthcare operations, with a focus on team engagement and program delivery.

Qualifications

• Hospitalist leadership experience preferred.
• Experience with quality improvement, throughput, and healthcare operations.
• Willing to mentor hospitalists and advanced practice clinicians.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct inpatient care as a practicing hospitalist
• Assist in overseeing daily hospital medicine operations and clinician scheduling
• Support quality, patient safety, and performance improvement initiatives
• Mentor and support hospitalists and APCs
• Collaborate with nursing, case management, and medical staff leadership to improve patient outcomes and operational efficiency
• Participate in recruitment, onboarding, and clinician performance management
• Demonstrate leadership experience in physician roles
• Experience with quality improvement, throughput, and healthcare operations

Skills

Inpatient care

Leadership

Quality improvement

Operations

Job description

Join TeamHealth as assistant medical director at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. The hospital medicine AMD supports the HM director in leading the hospitalist program and ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centered inpatient care. This role combines clinical practice with leadership responsibilities focused on operations, quality improvement, physician engagement, and care coordination

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct inpatient care as a practicing hospitalist
• Assist in overseeing daily hospital medicine operations and clinician scheduling
• Support quality, patient safety, and performance improvement initiatives
• Mentor and support hospitalists and advanced practice clinicians
• Collaborate with nursing, case management, and medical staff leadership to improve patient outcomes an operational efficiency
• Participate in recruitment, onboarding, and clinician performance management
• Previous physician leadership experience
• Experience with quality improvement, throughput, and healthcare operations

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• 12-hour shifts
• Closed ICU with 24/7 intensivists
• No procedures required
• Dedicated nocturnist team with physician on-call and APC support
• 18-20 PPD
• Competitive compensation
• Paid professional liability insurance and tail
• Assistant director monthly stipend
• Sign-on and relocation bonus