Medical Director of Hospital Medicine (Full‑Time Academic)

About the role

Ochsner LSU Health System – Monroe Medical Center & LSU Health Sciences Center seeks an experienced leader to serve as Medical Director of Hospital Medicine. The role combines clinical hospitalist duties with faculty scheduling, quality metric oversight, and teaching responsibilities.

Key responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care as a hospitalist within an integrated teaching hospital.
• Publish and manage the schedule for faculty hospitalists.
• Create, track, and incentivize quality metrics for the hospital medicine program.
• Teach and evaluate house staff and medical students, ensuring completion of learner evaluations.
• Conduct annual performance evaluations for all hospitalists.
• Serve as Director of Quality, leading quality‑improvement initiatives across the hospital.

Required profile

• Board certification or eligibility in Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine (ABIM) or Family Medicine.
• Minimum five years of experience as a hospitalist.
• Excellent clinical, leadership, communication, and teaching skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with diverse faculty, staff, and students.
• Forward‑thinking, collaborative leadership style that promotes faculty recruitment and innovative clinical programs.

Required skills

• Clinical expertise in internal or hospital medicine.
• Leadership and program management abilities.

What we offer

• Salary commensurate with experience and training.
• Generous health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life, long‑term disability, and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
• Flexible spending account and optional retirement plans.