Chair of Hospital Medicine
- Employer
- Dartmouth Health
- Location
- Keene, New Hampshire
- Posted Date
- Mar 12, 2019
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- Specialty
- Hospitalist
- Position Type
- Permanent
Job Details
Qualifications:
- Board Certified in Internal Medicine
- Eligible for a State of New Hampshire medical license
The successful candidate will be:
- A goal-oriented and strategic leader who can collaborate across departments throughout the hospital and clinic, as well as with regional partners
- A team player who can focus on multiple projects within a growing organization and health system
- A relationship builder with strong communication skills who can nurture key partnerships throughout the hospital and clinic
- A process improvement advocate and influencer
- Certification in leadership is encouraged, such as an advanced degree (ex. MHA, MBA, MPH), SHM Leadership Academy, or AAPL Certificate in Leadership
Hospital Medicine at Cheshire Medical Center - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene
- Clinical shifts flex between 10-hour to 12-hour shifts
- Census - 12-15 patients per physician
- 16 Progressive Care Unit beds
- Open ICU, 10 acute beds with Tele-ICU services and collaboration with Pulmonary/Critical Care physicians
- Epic EMR, fully integrated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Dedicated floor social workers, home care coordinators and case managers
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene and Cheshire Medical Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene is a 150-physician and associate provider multi-specialty community practice and division of the Dartmouth Hitchcock Health system. This diverse group of professionals is committed to quality and patient safety, continuous process improvement and clinical measurement. The Clinic is a nationally recognized leader in population health and patient-centered medical home. It is innovative and collaborative in its use of integrative medicine, value-based care, accountable-care models and electronic medical records. It is also the largest community practice in the 650+ physician Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health system, including the academic medical center and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth located in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
The jointly-affiliated hospital, Cheshire Medical Center, is a 169-bed, Level III community hospital. It is only the 14th hospital ever to be named an American Hospital Association "Living the Vision" awardee (2013) and is a recent past recipient of the New Hampshire Healthcare Business of the Decade.
The City of Keene
Keene (population 24,000) is a college town in the beautiful Monadnock Region of southwestern New Hampshire. The city of Keene has a classic New England downtown with varied opportunities for shopping, dining, and an active arts community. The city has excellent public and private schools and extracurricular activities, along with a variety of housing options in the city of Keene or small towns surrounding the city. Outdoor recreation opportunities abound, with mountains, lakes, forests, and ski resorts nearby, and Boston and New Hampshire's Seacoast are just a two-hour drive away.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Company
Our Mission:
We advance health through research, education, clinical practice, and community partnerships, providing each person the best care, in the right place, at the right time, every time.
Our Vision:
Achieve the healthiest population possible, leading the transformation of health care in our region and setting the standard for our nation.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock is a national leader in academic medicine, particularly in evidence-based and patient-centered health care, medical research, and health care policy reform. The
system includes hundreds of physicians, specialists, and other providers who work together at different locations to meet the health care needs of more than 1.5 million patients in northern New England. Dartmouth-Hitchcock patients have access to specialists in almost every area of medicine in addition to primary care services at local community practices as well as world-class research at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. With a focus on achieving the healthiest population possible, Dartmouth-Hitchcock is also leading the transformation of health care in partnership with the Geisel School, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, and Dartmouth College’s business, engineering, and undergraduate faculties. From modest origins as a rural, regional medical college to national stature as a leading academic health care system, Dartmouth-Hitchcock is well aligned with the demands on medicine now and for the foreseeable future.
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