System Medical Director - Acute Care Services

St. Luke’s Health System seeks a System Medical Director to lead our St. Luke’s Acute Care Service Line

Overview:

Reporting to the President of St. Luke’s Medical Group, the Service Line Medical Director (SMD) has the shared with the service line Administrator for development, design, and execution of the service line’s vision and strategy for St. Luke’s Health System. The SMD is responsible for oversight, supporting, and innovating with existing and new programs that will drive the best possible outcomes at the lowest total cost of care and for facilitating variation reduction efforts across the health system within the service line.

Service Line Highlights:

St. Luke’s Acute Care Services delivers advanced, coordinated care across eight hospitals, spanning tertiary and critical access settings. Our comprehensive service line includes hospital medicine, emergency care, radiology, and pulmonary critical care, working together to provide seamless, high-quality care across the health system. Across Acute Care Services, we are committed to operating as one integrated system, connecting physicians, clinical teams, operational leaders, and resources across sites and specialties to improve access, strengthen coordination, and deliver a consistently exceptional standard of care.

What You Can Expect:

• Maintain a part-time clinical practice.

• Serve to inspire, develop, and execute on best practice services & programs focused on access, quality, safety, experience, & culture.

• Lead physicians and APP's within the service line to adopt care models that progressively improve outcomes of care, experience of care, and cost of care.

• Drive best-in-class care by leveraging performance indicators in patient safety, care experience, clinical operations, and finance across ambulatory operating units.

Why St. Luke’s:

Inside St. Luke’s, the standout feature isn’t equipment or facilities—it’s the culture.

We believe exceptional care begins with an environment that supports our clinicians. Nationally recognized by the American Medical Association's Joy in Medicine program for reducing burnout and boosting clinician well-being, St. Luke’s leads in team collaboration, professional growth, and shared decision-making.

Minimum Qualifications:

• MD/DO from accredited medical school and successful completion of an accredited residency program

• At least 5 years of clinical practice, with demonstrated progressive leadership roles within healthcare. Medical group leadership experience strongly preferred

• Active, unrestricted medical license in the state of practice

• Maintain board certification within specialty

• Current licenses with full prescriptive authority from the Federal DEA and Idaho Board of Pharmacy

• Eligibility to obtain Medical Staff Privileges with St. Luke’s Health System

Please apply directly or contact Jan Greene, recruiter, at [email protected] to learn more.

At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission - and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.