Physician Lead, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology – Fall River, MA

Southcoast Health System, Charlton Memorial Hospital

Coastal Southeastern Massachusetts – less than 30 minutes from Providence, Rhode Island and less than 1 hour from Boston, Massachusetts

Southcoast Health is focused on bringing together high-quality health care providers to deliver exceptional care and services.  Southcoast Health is a physician-led non-profit organization and one of the largest and fastest growing health systems in New England. Southcoast Health Obstetrics & Gynecology is part of Southcoast Physicians Group which has grown to 800+ providers and still growing. Since its inception in 1996, Southcoast has become a sought-after destination for health care professionals. As a thriving part of the New England medical community, Southcoast Health offers practice excellence in an environment you want to call home.       

The new role of the Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) Physician Lead – Fall River, MA is critical to ensure optimal quality, service, regulatory/policy compliance, and efficiency of the ambulatory practice location(s), and hospital service line in this designated market.  The Physician Lead, in partnership with the Chief of OB/GN, and Director of Operations and Practice Administrator will be accountable for managing all dimensions of practice development, growth, and performance including clinical, cultural, operational, and financial.  Physician Leaders must be self-driven and committed to effectively execute this role while keeping the organization’s mission statement and best interests as priority.

Reports to: Chief, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Scope and Duties

Practice Leadership

• Work with Practice Manager to drive ongoing operational improvement and successfully manage change.
• Mentor new providers and be a role model to staff.
• Take the lead in assessing staff satisfaction and identify actions to lead to improvement.
• Collaborate with Chief to develop a recruitment strategy and when indicated, participate in the vetting and interviewing process.
• Work collaboratively with leadership team in all respects.

Charlton Hospital Family Centered Unit

• In collaboration with the Chief of OBGYN, Executive Director of Family Centered Unit and Director of Operations, lead the Charlton site department of OBGYN in all respects.
• Help to both grow and strive to strategize retention within the department.
• Foster a culture of safety, compassion, communication, and respect.
• Work together with leadership team at St. Luke’s Hospital with coordinated efforts.

Clinical/Quality Standards

• Monitor provider performance and implement plans and actions in collaboration with Chief to result in success and to address any issues hindering highest quality of care.
• Assure all members of the care team function to the highest level commensurate with their training and position.
• Assure patient satisfaction is meeting or exceeding target goals.
• Providers are meeting or exceeding quality metrics determined annually.

Productivity/Financial Outcomes

• Understand the ambulatory practice financials and ensure adherence to budgets.
• The practice meets or exceeds patient access standards.
• All members of the care team are utilized to their fullest capacity.
• In collaboration with appropriate systems departments, i.e., Corporate Compliance and Billing and Coding, as well as with the Practice Administrator, ensure providers are appropriately trained and adhering to contemporary coding, documentation and billing standards including E&M, procedural based, ICD-10

Citizenship and Culture

• Communicate to all staff and patients in a professional and collegial manner.
• Promote a culture of teamwork and collaboration.
• Provide support and engagement of all staff.
• Providers maintain the highest quality of professional and ethical standards.
• Corporation, clinical and operational leaders are fully informed of all relevant issues.

Position Highlights

This outstanding opportunity will provide patient care within a high-volume, quality focused and established practice.

• Clinical FTE: .9 / Physician Lead .1
• 9 physician practice supported by 7 Certified Nurse Midwives & 3 Nurse Practitioners with reputation for quality and community commitment.
• Family Centered Unit at Charlton Memorial Hospital maternity unit offers excellence in obstetrical care.
• Approximately 1400 deliveries per year,
• Board certified / board eligible in Obstetrics & Gynecology
• In process of developing an OB Hospitalist laborist program
• State-of-the-art Level II Nursery staffed by Boston Children's Hospital physicians with 24/7 in house Level II provider.
• 24-7 Maternal Fetal Medicine consultative/support/transfer Services with Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
• Gynecologic Oncology Program led by Dr. Tina Robison and affiliated with Tufts Medical Center with 24-7 consultative/support/transfer services.
• Urogynecology consultative/support/transfer and co-management, outpatient, and inpatient
• Opportunity to participate in scheduled OBGYN educational Grand Rounds held quarterly and M&M conference held within the organization.
• Competitive salary with base plus productivity design and quality incentives
• Sign-on Bonus / Relocation Assistance
• Comprehensive benefit package / 41 days PTO / 6% match on retirement after 2 years
• Malpractice coverage of $2M / $6M

Community Highlights

• Situated less than 30 minutes southeast of Providence, RI and Cape Cod and within 60 minutes of Boston with convenient access to major highways.
• Four-season coastal living with sailing and boating in Buzzard’s Bay with opportunity to live on the water.
• Conveniently located within 2-3 hours of multiple New England ski areas.
• Options to live in desirable suburbs within Massachusetts or Rhode Island.
• Multi-cultural communities with great family-oriented neighborhoods
• Excellent private and public schools

About Southcoast Health

Southcoast Health has outstanding specialty services, one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Pulmonary Care, with advanced heart programs, a Level II Trauma Center, and highly recognized perinatal and bariatric services.  It has an IDSA Antimicrobial Center of Excellence.  It has been recognized by Newsweek in the World’s Best Hospitals, by US News as a top regional hospital and for its Maternity Care 2022-2023, by ChiME for Most Wired, with the EPIC Honor Roll (#9 in the country), and by SouthCoast Today as a best place to work in the region for multiple years in a row. 

Southcoast Health, Charlton Memorial and St. Luke’s hospitals recognized by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts with a Blue Distinction^® Centers+ (BDC+) designation for Maternity Care, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care Program 

• The Blue Distinction Centers for Maternity Care program plays a key role in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s (BCBSA) National health Equity Strategy aimed at reducing racial health disparities across the care spectrum and improving patient outcomes for all Americans.
• To align with this strategy, the Blue Distinction Centers for Maternity Care program enhanced its quality and measurement standards to recognize higher-quality facilities that respond effectively to obstetric emergencies, reduce racial disparities, and improve maternal health outcomes.

Southcoast Health Recognized by the U.S. News & World Report 2024 Maternity Care Access Hospitals, an inaugural designation

• This year, the U.S. News’ Best Hospitals for Maternity Care evaluation recognizes 73 “Maternity Care Access Hospitals” across the nation. These essential hospitals provide quality care to expectant parents who would not otherwise have access to maternity care and serve communities that would otherwise be maternity care deserts. Southcoast Health is the only system in Massachusetts and Rhode Island to earn this recognition.

Re-designation as Baby-Friendly®:  St. Luke’s Hospital-Southcoast Hospital Group

• Successfully completed the work in the Corrective Action Plan and is now Re-Designated as Continued commitment to upholding the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

Southcoast New Beginnings Moms Do Care ProgramTteam

• Recipient of the 2024 Perinatal-Neonatal Quality Improvement Network (PNQIN) Hospital Team Award
• Participation with PNQIN and utilization of continuous and data-driven process improvement, and longstanding commitment to improving the equitable care of birthing people and families impacted by substance use in our community.

Within the medical staff of ambulatory and inpatient providers, there are over 1000 members, serving over 135,000 patients in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  Southcoast is a desirable place for medical student and advanced practitioner rotations, with collaborative agreements with nearby prestigious schools.

Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit charitable organization that depends on the support of the community to provide services. More information is available online at www.southcoast.org

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Special Care Nursery, with couplet care features among first in state, set to open at St. Luke’s | Southcoast Health

For confidential consideration:  Email CV to Holly Lestage @ lestageh@southcoast.org

or call 508-525-3585.https://www.southcoast.org/special-care-nursery-st-lukes/