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FTE: 0.2, Shift: Days, Schedule: Monday - Friday

This position is designated as 0.2 FTE administrative; 0.8 FTE clinical.The clinical compensation is $481,000 based on a 1.0 FTE.Administrative compensation is $416,000 based on a 1.0 FTE

Position Summary

The Critical Care Medical Director is responsible for the clinical, administrative, and operational oversight of the intensive care unit(s) (ICU). This position ensures the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care while supporting hospital and system-wide quality initiatives, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency. The Medical Director collaborates with hospital and system leadership, physicians, and clinical teams to enhance patient outcomes, evidence-based practices and foster a culture of improvement and teamwork, as well as highly reliable organization principles. Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills are required.

Responsibilities

Clinical leadership: Provide medical oversight for the ICU, ensuring the delivery of evidence-based, patient-centered care.Quality Improvement: Develop, implement, and monitor quality improvement initiatives in conjunction with system processes to enhance patient safety, clinical outcomes, and operational efficiency.Staff Oversight: Collaborate with physician and nursing leadership to ensure appropriate staffing, competency and performance.Provider Oversight: Collaborate with MultiCare Medical Partners (MMP) medical leadership to ensure adherence to provider staffing, competency and performance management. In addition, the Medical Director serves as the default collaborating physician and mentor for critical care Advance Practice Providers unless otherwise delegated and agreed upon.Protocol Management: in conjunction with system processes, design and maintain clinical protocols, guidelines and best practices consistent with national standards.Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Facilitate collaboration between critical care, emergency medicine, and other specialties to ensure seamless patient care.Regulatory Compliance: Ensure ICU operations meet local, state and federal regulations, including CMA and Joint Commission standards.Resource Allocation: Advise on equipment, technology, and resource needs to maintain standard critical care servicesScheduling: Establish equitable and sustainable ICU coverage 24/7 with attention to continuity of careCredentialing: participate with medical staff services to ensure privilege and credentialing requirements are up to date and the providers are appropriately credentialed.Conflict Resolution: Address patient, staff, and provider concerns in a timely and professional manner while working with applicable hospital parties.Policy Development: Establish and review ICU policies and procedures to ensure compliance with evolving clinical standards.System Integration: attend and engage with system critical care work with leadership in local implementation, education and performance improvement.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited medical school (MD or DO)Licensure to practice medicine in Washington State as a physicianBoard-certified in Critical Care Medicine (ABIM)Minimum of 3-5 years of clinical experience in critical care, with 2+ years of leadership or administrative experience.

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our employeesMission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serveMarket leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health systemEmployee-centric: Named Forbes “America’s Best Employers by State” for several years runningTechnology: "Most Wired" health care system 15 years in a rowLeading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communitiesLifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $416,000.00 - $416,000.00 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.

Associated benefit information can be viewed here.