Regional Medical Director - Tertiary Care - Central Wisconsin

Aspirus Health is seeking a board-certified physician to join our team in Wausau, Wisconsin as our Regional Medical Director.

Use and grow your leadership skills while continuing to practice medicine in a welcoming and supportive community.

LOCATION: Wausau, WI

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:

• This position will be 80% administrative and 20% clinical.
• Play a vital role in building a partnership between physicians and administration.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures that increase efficiency within the hospital, while ensuring the highest standard of patient care and access possible.
• Join a medical group with a shared leadership structure that pairs physician and administrative leaders in a dyad model to promote collaboration throughout our entire system.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist in the development of local and system growth initiatives and engagement activities.
• Collaborate with leaders and teams to execute the strategic operating plan.
• Collaborate with system, medical group, hospital, and clinic leadership in quality and patient safety initiatives.
• Manage daily concerns by addressing and resolving conflicts.
• Define, lead, and serve as the role model for an organizational culture that embraces quality, access, process improvement, collaboration, trust, and accountability.
• Participate in the credentialing process, including quality and peer review functions.
• Ensure regulatory compliance with all Joint Commission standards and requirements, including the development and implementation of a Performance Improvement program.
• Work closely with the Regional Clinic Director and hospital administration to manage daily operations for physician and APC practices.
• Act as liaison between Aspirus Medical Group and private practices within the central region.
• Administrative and clinical call responsibilities are to be determined.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• MD/DO/DPM degree and completion of a residency program within the United States.
• 3-5 years of clinical leadership experience is preferred.

BENEFITS: Competitive benefits and generous compensation package including relocation assistance, student loan repayment program, annual CME allowance, and a sign-on bonus.

COMMUNITY: Wausau, WI

• Variety of seasonal activities throughout the year, including snowmobiling, skiing, fishing, hiking, kayaking, festivals, farmer’s markets, theater, and a thriving art scene
• Lively, farm-to-table, community-sourced dining scene
• A normal commute is 10-15 minutes from any part of town
• High-performing school districts in the area with over 60 schools, public and private, to choose from
• Close proximity to Central Wisconsin Airport with direct flights to O'Hare International Airport, Minneapolis?Saint Paul International Airport, and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

ASPIRUS HEALTH: We heal people, promote health, and strengthen communities

Aspirus Health serves communities throughout northeastern Minnesota, northern and central Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

• We operate 18 hospitals and 130 outpatient locations and provide home health services, hospice care, and air-medical transport.  
• We employ nearly 14,000 team members, including 1,300 employed physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
• We are committed to being economically, socially, and environmentally responsible.
• We are a non-profit health system based in Wausau, Wisconsin.
• We are dedicated to delivering high-quality care to rural communities.

Medscape named Wisconsin "Best Place to Practice 2024".

Wisconsin boasts the lowest malpractice filings in the country, as well as some of the highest physician salaries coupled with a low cost of living. Beckers Healthcare, 2024

Call 1-800-792-8728, Email PhysicianRecruitment@aspirus.org

or visit https://www.aspirus.org/provider-opportunities

Aspirus Wausau Hospital provides primary, secondary and tertiary care services as a regional referral center. Specialty referral service emphasis exists in cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, orthopedics and cancer. The hospital has an average daily inpatient census of 160 with approximately 15,000 admissions per year. Outpatient visits exceed 50,000 and there are also more than 24,000 annual emergency department visits.

Best known for its world-class cardiovascular program, Aspirus Wausau Hospital also provides leading edge cancer, trauma, women’s health, and spine and neurological care.