Anesthesiologist Medical Director, St. Joseph's Hospital, Full Time

Medical Director Anesthesiology BayCare Medical Group

• Anesthesiology is an essential foundation of acute care deliverysupporting surgical services procedural care critical care obstetrics trauma and perioperative services across BayCareHealth Systemsacute carehospitals. As one of thelargest and fastest-growing clinical departmentswithin BayCare Medical Group anesthesiology plays a pivotal role in access throughput quality safety and the reliability of hospital operations.
• This role provides unified physician leadership for anesthesiology across BayCares acute care hospitals ensuring high-quality safe and efficient anesthesia services while fostering a culture where anesthesiologists CRNAs and Anesthesiologist Assistants can thrive. Success in this role depends ondeep partnership with hospital leadership surgical services and theVice President of Perioperative Services for BayCare Health System a critical enterprise partner in the delivery of high-performing acute and perioperative care.
• Through strong physician leadership disciplined execution and close collaboration with hospital and perioperative leaders anesthesiology serves as a critical enabler of system-wide clinical performance.

Position Overview

• TheMedical Directorserves as the senior physician leader for BayCare Medical Group Anesthesiology with responsibility for clinical excellence professional practice workforce leadership and operational performance of anesthesiology services across the majority of BayCares acute care hospitals.
• This role provides direct physician leadership for employedanesthesiologists CRNAs and Anesthesiologist Assistants supporting anesthesia coverage across operating rooms procedural suites labor and delivery interventional areas and other hospital-based settings.
• The Medical Director operateswithin ahighly integrated hospital-partnered model working in close collaboration with Hospital Presidents Chief Medical Officers surgical leadership perioperative services nursing and enterprise partners to ensure safe reliable and efficient anesthesia coverage that supports BayCares acute care mission.
• This role is intentionally designed arounddyad leadership with the Medical Director partnering closely with an anesthesia operations leader responsible for staffing scheduling operational execution and financial performance. Together thedyadshares accountability for quality access operational reliability physician experience and long-term sustainability.

Role Scope and Accountability

• The Medical Director Anesthesiology holds shared accountabilitythroughdyadpartnershipfor thequality safety experience operational performance workforce sustainability and growthof anesthesiology services across BayCare Medical Group.
• This role provides physician leadership across professional practice clinical standards and care delivery while partnering closely with hospital perioperative and operational leaders on access staffing models throughput operating room efficiency and patient addition to core leadership and management responsibilities outlined belowadditionalassignmentsmay be assigned.
• The Medical Directoroperateswithin amatrixed health system balancing medical group leadership responsibilities with continuous partnership across BayCares acute care hospitals.

Core Leadership Domains

1. Clinical Excellence Quality and Safety

• Ensure delivery of high-quality safe and evidence-based anesthesia care across all hospital-based settings
• Establish and oversee anesthesia clinical standards protocolsqualitymetricsand policies
• Drive performance in patient safety perioperative outcomes and regulatory compliance
• Reduce unwarranted variation while supportingappropriate site-specificclinical needs
• Lead quality improvement initiatives using performance data and key clinical metrics
• Partner with hospital quality safety and risk leaders to ensure high reliability in acute care environments

2. People Culture & Professional Fulfillment

• Serve as leader mentor and advocate for anesthesiologists CRNAs and Anesthesiologist Assistants
• Recruit onboard develop andretaina high-performing anesthesia workforce
• Partner with medical group and hospital leadership to design and execute a multi-year anesthesia workforce strategy
• Foster a culture of professionalism accountability collaboration and mutual respect
• Promote team-based care models within perioperative and procedural environments
• Champion clinician well-being sustainability and joy in practice
• Develop emerging physician leaders and support succession planning

3. Operational & Financial Excellence

• Serve as the physician lead for anesthesia services across BayCare acute care hospitals
• Partner tooptimizeanesthesia staffing models scheduling coverage and call structures
• Support operating room efficiency throughput and procedural access
• Collaborate closely with surgery perioperative services nursing and hospital operations
• Provide physician leadership for operational improvement initiativesimpactinganesthesia and perioperative performance
• Support responsible stewardship of clinical and financial resources

4. Growth Access & Acute Care Enablement

• Support BayCares surgical procedural and hospital growth strategies through scalable anesthesia coverage models
• Anticipate and plan for growth in surgical volumenew programs and new sites of care
• Ensure anesthesia servicesremainaligned with evolving hospital perioperative and service line needs
• Contribute to system planning for new ORs procedural areas and acute care expansion
• Serve as a physician voice in enterprise discussions related to perioperative and acute care strategy

5. System Integration & Hospital Partnerships

• Serve as a key physician partner to Hospital Presidents Chief Medical Officers and perioperative leadership
• Maintain close collaboration with theVice President of Perioperative Services BayCare Health System ensuring alignment across enterprise perioperative strategy standards and execution
• Ensure anesthesiology is fully integrated into hospital governance planning and operational forums
• Build strong trust-based relationships with surgical leaders and other hospital-based specialties
• Represent anesthesiology in medical group hospital and enterprise leadership settings
• Support alignment across hospitals whilemaintainingconsistent standards of care

Key Relationships

• Reports to: ChiefMedical Officer BayCare Medical Group
• Dyad Operational Partner:Director of OperationsBMGAnesthesiology
• Direct Reports:
• Associate Chief ofAnesthesiology(one)
• Anesthesia Residency Program Director (Indirect supervisoryrelationship)
• AssistantMedical Directors of Anesthesia at Acute Care Hospitals
• Executive Partnerships:
• Vice President of Perioperative Services BayCare Health System
• Hospital Presidents
• Hospital Chief Medical Officers
• OtherPerioperative Services Leadership
• Collaborative Relationships:
• Surgical Chiefs and Medical Directors
• Nursing and perioperative leadership
• Critical care obstetrics trauma and procedural service leaders
• Quality Safety and Provider Experience leaders

Leadership Expectations

The Medical Director of Anesthesiology is expected to embody:

• Palpable leadership: Visible trusted and consistently present in hospital environments
• Operational credibility: Deep understanding of acute care and perioperative dynamics
• Relationship excellence: Strong respectful partnerships with hospital and perioperative leaders
• Collaborative leadership: Effectiveness in dyad and matrixed environments
• Emotional intelligence: Navigating high-acuity high-stakes settings with clarity and composure
• Commitment to people: Prioritizing clinician experience development and sustainability
• Decisiveness and reliability: Providing stability and clarity in time-sensitive environments
• Execution excellence: Translating strategy into dependable high-performing operations

Qualifications

• MD or DOrequired
• Board Certified Anesthesiologist
• Significant leadership experience in a hospital-based or large medical group anesthesiology practice
• Demonstrated success in physician leadership clinical operations quality improvement and workforce management
• Experience leading anesthesia services across multiple hospitals strongly preferred
• Proven ability to lead through influence in a collaborative matrixed health system

At BayCare we are proud to be one of the largest employers in the Tampa Bay area. Our network consists of 16 community-based hospitals a long-term acute care facility home health services outpatient centers and thousands of physicians. With the support of more than 34000 team members we promote a forward-thinking philosophy thats built on a foundation of trust dignity respect responsibility and clinical excellence.