AboutTroyHospital
Recognized by the US News & World Report as one of the best in the nation for orthopedics and urological services. It has also been ranked #3 on the World’s Best Hospitals list by Newsweek.Thisstate-of-the-artcenter provides advanced specialty and routine care with an emphasis on patient satisfaction and a focus on medical advancement.
Scope of Work
The Physician Lead, Length of Stay is responsible for advancing inpatient throughput, optimizing length of stay (LOS), and improving patient flow across the assigned hospital(s). This role serves as a real-time physician leader embedded with frontline teams, partnering closely with case management, Mission Control, nursing, and physician leaders to identify, escalate, and resolve barriers to efficient care progression. The Physician Lead works in partnership with LOS Administrative Leader. This position functions as a throughput-focused Physician Lead, partnering and collaborating closely with the Chief Medical Officer of regional hospitals. The role emphasizes proactive, daily engagement in care progression activities and rapid escalation of system barriers to improve patient outcomes, access, and operational performance.
Essential Functions
Real-Time Throughput Leadership
Serve as an embedded, on-the-ground clinical operations leader supporting inpatient teams in real time
Participate in and as needed, facilitate multidisciplinary/progression rounds to drive timely care progression
Provide at-the-elbow support to physicians, APPs, and care teams to accelerate decision-making and reduce delays
Maintain situational awareness of hospital capacity, patient flow, and operational bottlenecks
Barrier Identification and Escalation (Core Accountability)
Proactively identify clinical, operational, and social barriers to discharge and care progression.
Aggregate and escalate high-impact barriers to system leadership (e.g., daily huddles, executive forums).
Partner with operational and clinical leaders to rapidly remove barriers and deploy solutions.
Establish standard work for escalation pathways and promote appropriate utilization by frontline teams.
Actively participate in complex patient review processes to remove discharge barriers.
Care Progression & Length of Stay Management
Lead efforts to reduce observed-to-expected (O/E) LOS and excess/opportunity days.
Support early and proactive discharge planning, including patient and family engagement.
Promote parallel processing and timely completion of diagnostics, consults, and procedures.
Partner with service lines/specialties, employed and independent physicians / APPs to address LOS outliers and complex cases.
Program Development and Continuous Improvement
Identify recurring barriers and lead or sponsor hospital or system-level improvement initiatives.
Contribute to development of standardized workflows, escalation pathways, and best practices.
Support data-driven prioritization of throughput initiatives.
Success in this role will be measured by improvement in key operational and clinical metrics, including:
Length of stay (LOS), including observed-to-expected (O/E) LOS.
Excess days / avoidable days/ opportunity days.
Discharge time (or equivalent throughput metrics).
Throughput-related delays (e.g., time to consult, procedure, discharge readiness).
Readmission rates (in coordination with care teams).
Physician engagement in care progression processes.
Escalation effectiveness and resolution of barriers.
Qualifications
Medical Doctor Degree (M.D.) Graduate of approved Medical College. Required
Licensure and board certification, as required by the hospital’s medical staff bylaws.
Physician Leadership - Must have led physician initiatives that required oversight & influence on physician behavior. Required
Care Progression & Utilization Management-Demonstrated experience in hospital operations, care progression, or utilization management. Required
LOS Management - Familiarity with throughput metrics, LOS management, and operational improvement. Required
Physician Advisor, Medical Director-Experience as a Physician Advisor, Medical Director, or similar leadership role. Preferred
Working in Complex Health Systems-Experience working with multidisciplinary teams in complex health systems. Preferred
Physician (MD) - State of Michigan Upon Hire required Or
Osteopathic Physician (DO) - State of Michigan Upon Hire required
About Corewell Health
As a team member at Corewell Health, you will play an essential role in delivering personalized health care to our patients, members and our communities. We are committed to cultivating and investing in YOU. Our top-notch teams are comprised of collaborators, leaders and innovators that continue to build on one shared mission statement - to improve health, instill humanity and inspire hope. Join a nationally recognized health system with an ambitious vision of continued advancement and excellence.
Primary Location
SITE - Troy Hospital - 44201 Dequindre Rd - Troy
Department Name
Site Admin - Troy Hosp
Employment Type
Part time
Shift
Variable (United States of America)
Weekly Scheduled Hours
20
Hours of Work
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Variable)
Days Worked
Monday to Friday (Variable)
Weekend Frequency
Variable weekends
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