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System Stroke Medical Director, Northwell Health

Employer
Northwell Health
Location
Manhasset, New York
Salary
negotiable
Closing date
Sep 7, 2022

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The Neurology Service Line at Northwell Health is seeking a full-time Stroke Medical Director to join the faculty at our Comprehensive Stroke Center at North Shore University Hospital. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a high acuity environment managed and supported by a very experienced team. This candidate is responsible for the stroke program across the Health System. You will report to the Department Chair, to direct, identify, implement & monitor the standardization of best practices.

As a leader, you will be a contributing member of the hospital leadership team. You will manage the Stroke Program Team and lead Neurology Service Line Performance Improvement initiatives as well as lead the System Enterprise Stroke Initiative. The newly appointed Medical Director will act as a liaison between hospital administration & the stroke team.

As an innovator and an influencer, you will identify opportunities to improve patient satisfaction, quality of care and the delivery of quality services. Achievement of all System goals for publicly reported quality measures related to the stroke program is paramount. Participation in hospital-wide improvement processes is imperative in partnership with service-line leadership to expand, develop, implement, and promote the best care for the patients we seek to serve.

As an educator, you will collaborate with medical school leadership on the design and implementation of educational curriculums and train the next generation of physicians at The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. The program fully supports a stroke fellowship program fully integrated with Neurology’s Telestroke and Interventional Program.

 

The Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Northwell Health

Our Approach

Northwell Health strives to address the diverse injury needs of the communities we serve by providing a continuum of high-quality services and resources. You will join a Health System-wide team of hundreds of knowledgeable surgeons on staff at our many hospital locations. Our renowned physicians are board-certified specialists in their areas of clinical focus, and many have teaching appointments through the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Our surgeons are part of an expansive team of physicians, nurses and other health professionals dedicated to providing the best care for the patients we seek to serve.

 

Our Vision

The Neurology Service Line now supports 16 stroke centers throughout the health system: 2 Joint Commission and New York State Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center (North Shore University Hospital & Lenox Hill Hospital), 1 Joint Commission and New York State Primary Stroke Center (Northern Westchester Hospital); and 14 Department of Health designated Primary Stroke Centers (Staten Island University Hospital North, Staten Island University Hospital South, Phelps Memorial Hospital, Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center, LIJ Valley Stream, LIJ Forest Hills, Glen Cove Hospital, Syosset Hospital, Plainview Hospital, Huntington Hospital, Peconic Bay Medical Center, Mather Hospital and South Shore Hospital. South Shore Hospital received to Joint Commission Thrombectomy accreditation as of May 2021.

Northwell stroke centers treated 15% of all strokes in NYS. Northwell emergency departments treated 15% of NYS patients with IV thrombolytic and 10% with Thrombectomy in 2020.

Neurology’s vision is to continue to advance efforts to become Thrombectomy Capable designations as well as Joint Commission Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center designations or primary stroke centers.

Focus on the Whole Patient

As the largest health care system in the New York metropolitan area—and the 13th largest in the nation—patients benefit from Northwell Health’s entire continuum of care. Due to our extensive breadth and depth of clinical services, including 74 neurologists with different specialties, we are equipped to care for the most complex patients and meet 100% of their clinical, social, and emotional needs.

Comprehensive Depth and Breadth of Services

From quaternary hospitals nationally recognized for their care, to convenient doctors’ offices within the community, the Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery is able to provide exceptional, patient-centered care for every neurological and neurosurgical condition. Our multidisciplinary team includes neurosurgeons, neurologists, neurointensivists, physician assistants, nurses and nurse practitioners who work together to coordinate your treatment.

Nationally-Recognized Research Institute with State-of-the-Art Laboratories

The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research are composed of more than 1,500 clinicians, scientists and staff who work in laboratories and clinical research programs in collaboration with clinicians and patients throughout the many facilities of Northwell Health. Every year, more than 15,000 patients and volunteers participate in over 2,000 research studies.  Our state-of-the-art laboratories provide the infrastructure needed to conduct groundbreaking, disease-oriented research. It also houses the largest genotyping facility in the state of New York. The Feinstein Institute ranks in the top 6th percentile of all National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants awarded to research centers. The Feinstein Institute has produced more than 200 patents in 80 distinct technologies and has generated a dozen successful biotech start-ups.

Candidate Qualifications

The successful candidate will ideally possess the following qualifications and experience:

Education and Experience

  • MD or DO degree from an accredited College of Medicine Board Certified in Neurology and cerebro-vascular disease Must be licensed as a physician in the State of New York Proven leadership experience with a minimum of 5 years of experience Nationally recognized Stroke Expert and Researcher

Capabilities

  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills to establish credibility quickly, build rapport, and easily interact with clinical and administrative leadership, as well as physicians and staff throughout Northwell Health. Proven ability to cultivate strong relationships with various stakeholders and create an environment that fosters collaboration and trust. Exceptional presentation skills and a high degree of poise when interacting with internal and external senior leaders. Expertise in the latest evidence-based clinical guidelines and technological advances. Genuine enthusiasm for working in an environment of constant change and growth. Desire to train the next generation of physicians.

Responsibilities and First-Year Aspirations

The newly appointed Stroke Medical Director will be expected to achieve the following goals in the first twelve months of their tenure:

  • Earn the trust and confidence of the regional players and hospital leaders, administrators at each ambulatory location, physicians and staff throughout Northwell Health.
  • Ensure high quality patient care through development and standardization of care processes and protocols, educational seminars, metrics, outcome measures and process improvement initiatives.
  • Develop interdisciplinary collaborations with the Feinstein Institute and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to expand and enhance research programs, with an emphasis on expanding access to clinical trials.
  • Participate in research projects (basic/clinical/applied), and advise fellows and house staff.

We continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of the diverse patients we seek to serve; as a result, our Health System is proudly ranked Diversity Inc’s #1 Hospital and Health System. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do, from education, to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being. For more information and resources regarding our initiatives, please visit our Center for Equity of Care, https://www.northwell.edu/education-and-resources/community-engagement/center-for-equity-of-care

For further information please contact the Office of Physician Recruitment, opr@northwell.edu.

EOE M/F/D/V

 

 

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About Northwell Health

Huntington Hospital (HH) is a 371 bed hospital recognized by US World US News Report in 9 specialties including Neurology/Neurosurgery. HH received a 5-star quality rating from the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and it is a recipient of the Magna designation.

The Department of Neurology has seen tremendous growth over the past five years across all regions, with the goal of providing comprehensive, integrated health care and wellness services.  Inclusion within the service line offers the opportunity to connect with a large group of neurologists, academic, teaching, world class grand rounds, conferences and the ability to discuss and share cases with experts in every subspecialty.

The Department of Neurology brings together the vast resources of Northwell Health and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to provide state-of-the-art care while contributing to advances in technology, education and research. Opportunities for academic appointments.

Incentives include, among others:

  • Competitive salaries with annual incentive compensation bonus
  • Paid medical malpractice insurance
  • Retirement contribution 403 (b) match and 457 (b) plans
  • CME allowance

We continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of the diverse patients we seek to serve; as a result, our Health System is proudly ranked Diversity Inc’s #1 Hospital and Health System. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do, from education, to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being. For more information and resources regarding our initiatives, please visit our Center for Equity of Care, https://www.northwell.edu/education-and-resources/community-engagement/center-for-equity-of-care

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