Physician Services Director

Memorial Physician Practices; Las Cruces (NM); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits

Financial Protection & PTO

Financial & Career Growth

Employee Well-being

Professional Development

Job summary

Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, NM, is seeking a Physician Services Director to lead departmental operations across patient care, IT, and service delivery. You will manage staff, budgets, and audits while driving strategic goals that align with regulatory requirements and organizational ethics.

You will oversee staffing, performance evaluations, and continuing education initiatives, ensuring consistent high-quality care and compliance across the continuum of care.

Qualifications

• Business mathematics: add, subtract, multiply, divide, interpret graphs.
• Moderate computer skills with standard business software.
• Effective communication across management levels.
• Analyze varied business problems requiring judgement and precedent.
• Make departmental policy recommendations and independent decisions.
• Plan and organize multiple projects and resources.

Responsibilities

• Directs departmental activities and resources to meet objectives.
• Develops and implements goals, plans, and standards per regulatory and ethical requirements.
• Oversees operations including patient care delivery, IT, service levels, and complaints.
• Manages staff by planning, scheduling, and reviewing work.
• Plans staffing, hiring, orientation, evaluations, and education initiatives.
• Prepares and monitors departmental budgets within funding.
• Coordinates internal and external audits.
• Fosters professional growth and development.
• Ensures department contributes to continuum of care.

Skills

Business math

Computer skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Decision making

Project planning

Education

Bachelor's degree (related field)

Job description

Your experience matters

Memorial Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Physician Services Director, joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

How you'll contribute

• Directs departmental activities and resources to achieve departmental and organizational objectives.
• Develops and implements departmental goals, plans, and standards consistent with the organization's clinical, administrative, legal, and ethical requirements and objectives.
• Directs and evaluates departmental operations, including patient care delivery, information technology, service-level management, and complaint resolution, to achieve performance and quality objectives.
• Manages the work of others by planning, assigning, scheduling, and reviewing work while ensuring quality standards are met.
• Plans and monitors staffing activities, including hiring, orientation, performance evaluation, disciplinary actions, and continuing education initiatives.
• Prepares, monitors, and evaluates departmental budgets and ensures the department operates within allocated funding.
• Coordinates and directs internal and external audits.
• Creates and fosters an environment that encourages professional growth and development.
• Ensures the department remains focused on its important role within the continuum of care.
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
• Serves internal colleagues and external customers, clients, patients, contractors, and vendors.
• Accesses and works with sensitive and confidential information.
• Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of healthcare regulations and compliance requirements, including HIPAA, and applies policies and procedures effectively.
• Maintains knowledge of Business Office Standards and Recommended Practices.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What we're looking for

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in related field preferred. Applicable work experience may be used in lieu of education.

Skills & Experience

• Business Mathematics Skills - Demonstrates the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Computes rates, ratios, percentages and interprets graphs.
• Moderate Computer Skills - Demonstrates proficiency with email, word processing, data entry, spreadsheets, graphics, and other business applications. Creates, maintains, and incorporates basic functions into documents, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations to support business objectives.
• Complex Communication - Effectively communicates complex information and interacts with all levels of management. Presents information clearly, resolves and addresses sensitive situations, and motivates and persuades others.
• Varied Business Problems - Analyzes and resolves varied and complex problems requiring interpretation of situations and the application of knowledge, skills, established practices, and general precedents.
• Department-Specific Decision-Making - Makes decisions that impact the management and operations of the department and may contribute to broader business and operational decisions affecting the department.
• Functional Independent Judgment - Establishes goals and priorities for the functional area. Makes recommendations regarding departmental policies, practices, and programs and independently makes decisions and resolves problems for others.
• Project Planning and Organization - Manages multiple projects simultaneously, including task delegation, project oversight, and resource allocation.

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits:Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time andpart-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO:Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth:Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being:Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development:Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

More about Memorial Medical Center

Memorial Medical Center is a 199-bed acute medical/surgical teaching hospital located in Las Cruces, NM, and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone-your experience matters.

EEOC Statement

Memorial Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Memorial Medical Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.