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Chief, Academic Emergency Medicine Opportunity
Baystate Health, western Massachusetts’ premier healthcare provider and home to the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School – Baystate, is seeking an experienced Emergency Medicine physician leader to join our organization.
Position Highlights –
• Lead the daily operations of our adult EM team of 45 EM faculty and 18 APPs who practice in our 76-bed ED at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA. BMC is the region’s only level I trauma center and one of the busiest EDs in the state, caring for over 90,000 adult patients annually. Our 58,000 square foot adult ED is equipped with private rooms, behavioral health rooms and top-of-the-line technology.
• Excellent leadership collaboration with our Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Chair of EM, regional partners and administrative team.
• Oversee scheduling, staffing, quality & safety work, initiatives to decrease length of stay, and partner with leadership to improve staff and patient experience. Promote a culture of engagement and respect within our multidisciplinary team. Facilitate strong relationships between faculty and leadership to advocate for the needs of the providers and business.
• Advance the academic mission of the division and work with our medical students, EM residents and EM fellows. Faculty appointment at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate.
• Enjoy an academically rich and progressive community where you will have strong leadership support to innovate and develop your career as an educator and leader within the organization and beyond.
• We are committed to the wellness of our physicians and are pleased to offer excellent benefits, ongoing mentoring and support of your professional development goals, and opportunities to flex FTE to fit your lifestyle.
Qualifications:
• ABMS board certification in Emergency Medicine with evidence of progressive management responsibilities and leadership in an academic department.
• Demonstrable record of collaboration, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enthusiasm for medical education and mentoring junior faculty and ability to engage a broad base of potential stakeholders to work towards a shared vision. Our division greatly values teamwork, collegiality and work/life balance. Leadership training is provided and encouraged.
YOU BELONG AT BAYSTATE. At Baystate Health we know that treating one another with dignity and equity is what elevates respect for our patients and staff. As a Baystate leader, we look to your insights in helping us increase diverse representation among leadership, providers, and all roles across our organization through changes in policies, procedures and practices in order to build equity across the organization.
To learn more about our health system and living in western Massachusetts, please visit our website at www.choosebaystatehealth.org. Interact with us socially at facebook.com/BaystateCareers or on Twitter @BaystateCareers.
To learn more and express interest, please contact:
Dr. Seth Gemme, Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, Baystate Emergency Medicine Department
C/O Melissa Hale, Physician Recruiter at Baystate Health
Phone: 413-794-2624 Email: Melissa.hale@baystatehealth.org
Are you ready to advance your career with us?
Baystate Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.
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Melissa Hale
Baystate Springfield Region
Baystate Medical Center (BMC) is a 716-bed independent academic medical center. BMC is our community's major referral hospital, providing the highest level of care for conditions such as cancer, acute and chronic cardiovascular illness, nervous system illness, digestive illness, and other diseases that affect the major organ systems of the body. BMC is home to the state’s second-busiest emergency department and the region’s only Level 1 trauma center. Baystate Medical Center has 30+ residency and fellowship programs, as well as educational programs for medical students, nurses and advanced practitioners. Departmental research includes participation in a number of national clinical trials that bring our patients options that might not otherwise be available in our community.
Quality of Life
Baystate Children’s Hospital is in the heart of Springfield, with inpatient services at our main hospital and outpatient clinics in the Springfield community. Iconic venues like the Quadrangle museum cluster, Basketball Hall of Fame and Mass Mutual Center give way to picturesque Forest Park and Zoo, Six Flags New England, historic towns, and great dining, shopping and entertainment. The area boasts many beautiful homes in good neighborhoods, a great selection of public and private schools, as well as prestigious colleges and universities. Living costs in Springfield are 14% lower than the Massachusetts average. Other popular towns that our providers choose to live in are Longmeadow, Amherst and Northampton, MA as well as the Connecticut towns of Enfield, Suffield and Granby.
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