System Medical Director Virtual Health

Lee Health is Actively Seeking a System Medical Director of Virtual Health!

As a System Medical Director of Virtual Health, the right individual will have the opportunity to lead and advance the digital transformation of healthcare delivery throughout all of Lee Health.

What is Lee Health?

Lee Health is a private, non-profit healthcare system in Southwest Florida. Our comprehensive system includes 4 adult acute care hospitals, 1 childrens hospital and over 90 primary care and specialty outpatient locations. Furthermore, we employ over 16,000 individuals including over 1,300 Physicians and APPs to carry out our mission: To be a trusted partner, empowering healthier lives thru care and compassion.

Position Responsibilities

• Serve as a visionary leader in transforming the delivery and models of care through the institution of best practices, clinical redesign, and change management that result in system-wide value enhancements. Conduct and assist in the broader development of the Virtual Care service line, with particular emphasis on adherence to minimum work standards, demonstrating behaviors consistent with the Physician Compact, Lee Health Standards of Conduct and Behavior and organizational policy
• Provide professional guidance and oversight to virtual health physicians and advanced providers to achieve excellence in digital care delivery and a superior patient experience
• Promote and support initiatives to support virtual population health and lower cost of care thru effective resource utilization and management of real-time metrics of all programs
• Participate in the development of quality measures and quality improvement initiatives specific to virtual care application
• Serve as the technical expert and informational liaison in the origination, development, review, approval, and implementation of policies and procedures for Virtual Health
• Assist in providing guidance to legal, compliance, and revenue leaders specific to Digital Health
• Engage with the Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technology governance committee and process
• Possess the ability to manage the application of visionary new technologies with standard workflows and the change management opportunities this presents

Qualifications

Education: Candidate must have an MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school and residency program (or its equivalent).

Experience: Candidate must have at least three (3) years of clinical practice experience including leadership experience and must possess the skills and training commensurate with designated competencies. Candidate should have two (2) years of experience with virtual connected devices, delivery of virtual clinical medical care, and a working knowledge of connections associated with these devices.

EPIC EMR experience is preferred

State of Florida Licensure: Candidate must have and maintain and unrestricted, active license to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine, as applicable, in the State of Florida.

Certifications/Registration: Candidate must have and maintain board certification in relevant specialty.

Other: Candidate must: (i) have demonstrated leadership ability, excellent interpersonal and communication skills with colleagues across specialties, administration, and staff; (ii) lead by example; (iii) focus on teamwork; (iv) provide growth and development to improve provider skills and knowledge base; and (v) emphasize patient first philosophy and strive for excellent patient experience (vi) ability to think and lead with an innovative and visionary approach to care.