A Highly Visible Role in the Hospital

For those considering a future as a physician executive, this role is an excellent professional development opportunity! As a Medical Director of Advisory Services, you will work elbow-to-elbow with physicians, staff, hospital leadership, and utilization management personnel to provide direct education and support in key areas including patient status, clinical documentation, compliance, and utilization management (UM).

Our physician advisors are trained in best practice clinical documentation and workflows, concurrent, secondary reviews, and performance improvement. This role provides the opportunity to use your clinical expertise away from the bedside. A rewarding part of being a physician advisor is providing continuous improvement feedback through physician-to-physician education.

• Act as a bridge between medical staff and case management, interpreting the most complicated UM issues and serve as an expert resource for other clinicians
• Ensure clinicians receive proper credit for the work they do through improved documentation
• Impact hospital health and support fellow physicians

Join a Collegial Practice Where You Will Thrive

With the Sound Advisory Services clinical management team’s support, you will expand your knowledge, drive value, and steward the well-being and financial stability of the hospital. A medical director of advisory services is a highly visible leadership opportunity for a motivated and engaged physician with a minimum of 3 years of inpatient medicine and advisory experience required. Board certification (base specialty) recognized by ABMS or ABQAURP – Hospitalist, emergency medicine, or intensivist experience preferred.

• Quality of Life: Monday through Friday and no call
• Benefits: Comprehensive Sound Physicians benefits package including 15 paid days off
• Education: CME allowance, paid CME time off, and a comprehensive training and onboarding program
• Development: Mentoring from the Sound Advisory Services clinical leadership team

We deliver high-quality case reviews and audit defense services to our partner hospitals while driving measurable changes to compliance, and key metrics such as case mix index and length of stay.

Location and Lifestyle

St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach is part of the Dignity Health network, the fifth largest health care system in the nation and the largest hospital provider in California. The hospital provides state-of-the-art services and is committed to providing healthcare and education to the community. The facility offers a full range of services to include neonatal intensive care, oncology, pediatrics, palliative care, and more. St. Mary is a recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety and excellence award for 5 years in a row, a 5-Star recipient for treatment of Heart Attacks and Strokes, and is also a certified Advanced Primary Stroke Center.

Long Beach is a beautiful, vibrant beachfront community located ½ hour from Los Angeles. Numerous unique dining and shopping destinations mixed with eclectic neighborhoods, arts and culture, history, family-friendly activities, and endless sports and recreation opportunities in this urban waterfront playground. Enjoy a live performance at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center, home to the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, or enjoy a fun family day at the Long Beach Aquarium. Catalina Island, Disneyland, and Universal Studios Hollywood are all a short car drive away.