Emergency Medicine Regional Medical Director

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision and disability

401K with company matching

Malpractice coverage

CME allowance

PTO

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare is seeking a full-time Emergency Medicine Regional Medical Director to join our leadership team in Houston, Texas. The role is approximately 80% administrative and 20% clinical, overseeing multiple sites to standardize and improve emergency care.

The position focuses on accountability, collaboration, safety, and continuous improvement within a large health system, with emphasis on physician leadership across the region.

Qualifications

• Board Certified in Emergency Medicine (ABEM or AOBEM).
• Master's Degree preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience.
• Leadership experience in a large, complex hospital or regional health system.
• Texas Medical License and DEA

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior physician leader for emergency services across a defined region.
• Provide clinical, operational, quality, and professional leadership to ensure high-quality care.
• Align multi-site ED performance with organizational goals through oversight and collaboration.
• Act as liaison among Site Chiefs, emergency clinicians, hospital leaders, and system leaders.

Skills

Leadership experience

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Master's Degree preferred

Job description

Description

Emergency Medicine

Job Summary

HCA Houston Healthcare is seeking a full-time Emergency Medicine Regional Medical Director to join our Emergency Medicine leadership team in Houston, Texas.

Position Summary

The Regional Medical Director of Emergency Medicine serves as the senior physician leader for emergency services across a defined region of hospitals and/or freestanding emergency departments and provides comprehensive clinical, operational, quality, and professional leadership to ensure high-quality, patient-centered emergency care. The Regional Medical Director is accountable for aligning multi-site emergency department performance with organizational and division-level goals through oversight, standardization, collaboration, and physician leadership rather than prescriptive task execution. The Regional Medical Director functions as the primary physician liaison among Site Chiefs, emergency clinicians, hospital leaders, system/division leaders, and community stakeholders, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, safety, and continuous improvement across the region. Duties may be performed directly or through appropriate delegation to Site Chiefs and other physician leaders, with the Regional Medical Director retaining oversight and accountability. This position is approximately 80% administrative and 20% clinical.

Qualified Candidates

• Board Certified in Emergency Medicine through American Board of Emergency Medicine or American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine
• Master's Degree is preferred
• 5+ years of leadership experience
• Leadership experience in a large, complex hospital or regional health system
• Texas License and DEA

Incentives/Benefits

• This position includes a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision and disability
• 401K with company matching
• Malpractice coverage
• CME allowance
• PTO

Facility Information

• 45,000 annual adult patient volume
• 29 beds Emergency Department
• 2.2 PPH
• Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine Residency Program
• Dedicated Adult and Pediatric emergency rooms
• Robust GME programs with future fellowships: Internal Medicine, Transitional Year, Emergency Medicine, Surgery
• EM Residency: Dedicated Ultrasound, Education, Sim, and Toxicology Faculty
• One of the busiest snakebite services in the U.S.
• EMR- Meditech

HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood is a 457-bed acute care facility that has provided quality care to the Lake Houston area for over 30 years. It is home to the area’s only Level II trauma center, designated heart hospital, comprehensive cardiac, advanced neuroscience and orthopedic joint programs. HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood is a certified comprehensive stroke center, certified chest pain center and is a Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation of Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. The Women’s & Children’s Center provides a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, high-risk obstetrics, a breast diagnostic center and is an accredited Mothers’ Milk Bank. The hospital offers a designated pediatric inpatient unit and the area’s only pediatric emergency department. HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood is also a recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award 2023, America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery Award 2023, America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Excellence Award 2023, America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Vascular Surgery Award 2023, Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award 2023, Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award 2021 - 2022, Labor and Delivery Excellence Award 2020-2022 and Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award 2020 - 2021. The hospital is also nationally recognized as a Spring 2023 Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Grade “A” recipient for its commitment to patient safety.

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