Medical Director - EMS - Emergency Medicine - Up To $100K Sign On Bonus! - Saint Joseph Medical Center, Joliet at Vituity in Joliet, Illinois

Job Description:

Up to $100K Sign On Bonus - Joliet, IL - Seeking Emergency Medicine Medical Director

Join the Physician Partnership Where You Can Increase Your Impact

Vituity's ownership model provides autonomy, local control, and a national system of support, so you can focus your attention where you want it to be - on your patients.

Join the Vituity Team. Vituity is a 100% physician-owned partnership and is led by frontline physicians that are all equitable owners. As an equal and valued partner from day one, our ownership model provides you with financial transparency, a comprehensive benefits package including profit distribution, and multiple career development opportunities. Our leadership understands what your practice needs to thrive and gives you autonomy and local control so you can provide care when, where, and how your patients need it. You are backed by a best-in-class corporate healthcare team and supported by the broad peer-level expertise of 6,000 Vituity clinicians. At Vituity we've cultivated an environment where passion thrives, and success comes through shared purpose. We were founded in a culture that values team accomplishments more than individual achievements, an approach we call "culture of brilliance." Together, we leverage our strengths and experiences to make a positive impact in our local communities. We foster this through shared goals and helping our colleagues succeed, and we also understand the importance of recognition, taking the time to show appreciation and gratitude for a job well done.

Vituity Locations: Vituity has opportunities at 475 sites across the country, serving 9 million patients a year. With Vituity, if you ever need to move, you can take your job with you.

The Opportunity

• Up to $100k sign-on bonus for qualified candidates.
• The EMS Medical Director is the Vituity leader, accountable for EMS oversight, quality review, education and outreach.
• The EMS Medical Director represents Vituity to patients, the hospital, health systems, EMS districts, governmental agencies, providers and the local community.
• Medical Direction


• Communicate and promote Vituity's mission, vision, values, culture, and strategy.
• Ensure accurate and compliant EMS medical protocols.
• Review case reports, quality concerns and ongoing Peer review related to EMS medical care.
• Educate ED Medical Directors, and ED providers on EMS protocols, and policies regarding EMS care and communication.
• EMS Outreach and Education


• Possess a full understanding of EMS and health system expectations and ensure compliance.
• Develop, implement and monitor an annual outreach and education plan.
• Cooperate with health system educators and leadership to ensure physician oversight and involvement in outreach and educational measures.
• Plan and execute annual events with EMS leadership and providers to ensure engagement in the clinical and operational goals of partner entities.
• Represent health system interests on the Regional and State level committees
• Client Relationships


• Ensure practice is appropriately represented and demonstrates their value through leadership roles (as applicable) and/or participation with hospital management, medical staff leadership, Medical Executive, Medical Staff and other hospital committees, and within the local community.

Required Experience and Competencies

• Licensed physician as a Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree from an accredited medical school and completion of residency through an accredited residency program required.
• Completion of EMS Fellowship required.
• Superior clinical skills in order to serve as role model by setting high standards.
• Administrative experience, operational experience preferred, and aptitude.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, ability to motivate physicians and APs, work successfully with a diversity of people and locations, maintain good working relationships. Ability to establish effective relationships quickly with both clients and non-clients.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

The Practice

Ascension Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet, Illinois

• 498-bed Level II Trauma Center with a 48-bed Emergency Department.
• Comprehensive Stroke Center and full STEMI Center.
• Annual volume of 50,000 with a 35% admit rate (14-15% critical care).
• Meditech EMR with Dragon dictation and Sayvant AI scribe support.
• On-site case management and behavioral health workers.

The Community

• Located 45 miles southwest of the large Chicago metropolis.
• Home of the Blues Brothers.
• Known as the City of Excitement, Joliet provides easy access to many entertainment venues and sports arenas, such as the Hollywood Casino, Chicagoland Speedway, and Harrah's at Joliet.
• Year-round events including concerts put on by the Bicentennial Park and Theatre and the summer-long Route 66 Street Markets Festival.

Benefits & Beyond*

Vituity cares about the whole you. With our comprehensive compensation and benefits package, we are mindful of what matters most, and support your needs of today and your plans for the future.

• Superior Health Plan Options.
• Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA, life and AD&D coverage, and more.
• Partnership models allows a K-1 status pay structure, allowing high tax deductions.
• Extraordinary 401K Plan with high tax reduction and faster balance growth.
• Eligible to receive an Annual Profit Distribution/yearly cash bonus.
• EAP, travel assistance, and identify theft included.
• Student loan refinancing discounts.
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives including LGBTQ+ History, Dia de los Muertos Celebration, Money Management/Money Relationship, and more.
• Purpose-driven culture focused on improving the lives of our patients, communities, and employees.

We are unified around the common purpose of transforming healthcare to improve lives and we believe everyone has a role to play in that. When we work together across sites and specialties as an integrated healthcare team, we exceed the expectations of our patients and the hospitals and clinics we work in. If you are looking to make a difference, from clinical to corporate, Vituity is the place to do it. Come grow with us.

Vituity appreciates differences; our dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion is at the heart of our organization. Vituity does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information (including family medical history), veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law. Vituity is committed to complying with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity.

*Visa status applicants benefits vary. Please speak to a recruiter for more details.

Applicants only. No agencies please.