Division Chief Primary Care

Renown-Health; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 280,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Renown Health is seeking a Division Chief Primary Care to lead the health system's primary care physician group, oversee recruitment and retention, and partner with clinical and administrative leaders to drive patient experience, outcomes, utilization, and financial performance.

The role requires strong physician leadership, data-driven decision making, and the ability to mentor providers within a complex, accountable care framework.

Qualifications

• Medical degree from an accredited medical school.
• Board certification in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine.
• Nevada license to practice medicine.
• DEA registration and controlled substances authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead Renown Health’s primary care physician group and oversee recruitment and retention.
• Develop patient-centered strategies to improve clinical outcomes and utilization.
• Mentor primary care providers and guide performance analytics.
• Collaborate with administrative and physician leadership to drive regulatory compliance and credentialing.
• Report performance against budget, benchmarks, and prior results.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

Mentoring

Strategic planning

Communication

Education

MD/DO

Board certification in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine

Nevada medical license

DEA registration

MBA or business degree desirable

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Under the direction of the Chair/Chief of the Department of Primary Care and Urgent Care as a member of the Renown Medical Group (RMG), the Division Chief Primary Care will work directly and jointly with the Primary Care providers. Direct Reports may include physicians and/or advanced practice clinicians within the Department. The role will need to work effectively within matrix relationships and with other Clinical Integrated Health Network (CIHN) leadership.

Nature and Scope

Position is responsible for leading Renown Health’s primary care physician group, recruitment and retention of primary care providers. The role will be instrumental in developing a patient centered approach that will drive the practices, strategies, and performance of primary care within the medical group and the Integrated Health Network (IHN). This role will serve as the leader of the provider reporting structure for primary care providers and will be required to work with administrative and physician leadership to drive performance including but not limited to patient experience, clinical outcomes, utilization, transformational healthcare, and financial outcomes.

The role will maintain a positive relationship and act as a liaison with all providers and others necessary to execute the initiatives needed to drive outcomes. The incumbent will need to ensure that any initiatives that are implemented are done so consistently and compliant with regulatory or policy requirements. Division Chief shall support the mission to build an integrated academic health system through the primary care network.

Incumbent will mentor primary care providers to be successful in an accountable care environment. This includes developing clinical best practices for the primary care team, helping drive utilization efforts within the primary care group, and successfully navigating the financial implications of accountable care. The role needs to be able to successfully analyze data and be able to effectively educate providers around these initiatives.

Position shall have experience with electronic medical records systems that incorporate evidence based medicine protocols and order sets. The incumbent shall work with these systems to maximize efficiency, quality and outcomes.

Position will navigate strategic and operational challenges within a dynamic industry and balance achieving set accountabilities with constraints of limited resources.

This position does provide patient care.

The leader will be responsible for continuous performance improvement across all Renown Health Values and for regularly reporting on the opportunities and risks they have identified, the strategies and initiatives they are implementing, and the performance they are achieving compared with budget, benchmarks, and prior results.

Supporting the company culture and fostering employee engagement are expectations of this position and are central to a leader’s role. The leader will be responsible for motivating and inspiring employees to be more engaged in their work duties and interactions with others, leading to exceptional leadership, a desirable culture, high levels of workforce engagement, and high-performing teams.

Performance is expected to be measured empirically and compared with organizations of similar size, scope, and complexity. Such performance is expected to exceed that of peer organizations and functions.

The accumulation of data and the development of findings, conclusions, and recommendations are significant expectations of this position, along with the development and leadership of initiatives to improve organizational performance in all areas of Strategy and Values.

Minimum Qualifications
Requirements - Required and/or Preferred

Name

Description

Education:

Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform job duties safely and effectively. Medical Degree from an accredited Medical School required. Advanced degree in business desirable.

Experience:

Minimum of 5 years of experience in healthcare and previous experience in a medical director, section chief, executive, or similiar physician leadership role desired. Experience within a large medical organization with demonstrated success. Experience with transformational healthcare required.

License(s):

Must possess and maintain a current and valid State of Nevada Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic (DO) medicine license. Controlled substance License to Prescribe issued by the State of Nevada and Controlled Substance Registration Certificate issued by the DEA, required.

Certification(s):

Board Eligible or Board Certified in Family Medicine through the American Board of Family Medicine or Board Eligible or Board Certified in Internal Medicine through the American Board of Internal Medicine. If Provider is Board Eligible at time of hire, Certification must be obtained within two (2) years of employment.

Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and Word and have the ability to use the computer to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.

Ability to credential through Renown’s Medical Staff and/or payor credentialing, as applicable.

Renown Health is Nevada’s largest, not-for-profit integrated academic healthcare networks serving northern Nevada, Lake Tahoe and northeast California. With a diverse workforce of more than 8,000 employees, Renown Health has fostered a longstanding culture of excellence, determination and innovation. Our organization is comprised of the area’s only Trauma Center, two acute care hospitals, a children’s hospital, an acute rehabilitation hospital, a physician-led, highly esteemed medical group, and the insurance company, Hometown Health. In 2021, Renown Health and UNR Med joined to form Nevada’s first integrated academic health system to advance our mission of commitment to supporting health and advancing healthcare across the state by expanding clinical care, medical education, clinical research and access to evidence-based care.

The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) is a research-intensive, community-based medical school. With over $30 million in annual grants and contracts, our transformative and ground-breaking research not only sets us apart but serves to attract top-tier researchers and students. UNR Med currently trains future physicians in our M.D. program, resident physicians in our Graduate Medical Education programs, physician assistants, speech pathologists and audiologists, and scientists in our Physician Assistant, Speech Pathology and Audiology and graduate degree (Ph.D.) programs.

Actual salary offered may vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, an individual's location and their knowledge, skills, and experience as well as internal equity.