Anesthesiologist/ Medical Director, St. Joseph's ...

Medical Director Anesthesiology, BayCare Medical GroupAnesthesiology is an essential foundation of acute care delivery—supporting surgical services, procedural care, critical care, obstetrics, trauma, and perioperative services across BayCare Health System’s acute care hospitals. As one of the largest and fastest-growing clinical departments within 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 BayCare’s 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 on deep partnership with hospital leadership, surgical services, and the Vice 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 OverviewThe Medical Director serves 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 BayCare’s acute care hospitals.This role provides direct physician leadership for employed anesthesiologists, 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 operates within a highly 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 BayCare’s acute care mission.This role is intentionally designed around dyad leadership, with the Medical Director partnering closely with an anesthesia operations leader responsible for staffing, scheduling, operational execution, and financial performance. Together, the dyad shares accountability for quality, access, operational reliability, physician experience, and long-term sustainability.Role Scope and AccountabilityThe Medical Director, Anesthesiology holds shared accountability—through dyad partnership—for the quality, safety, experience, operational performance, workforce sustainability, and growth of 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 experience. In addition to core leadership and management responsibilities outlined below, additional assignments may be assigned.The Medical Director operates within a matrixed health system, balancing medical group leadership responsibilities with continuous partnership across BayCare’s acute care hospitals.Core Leadership Domains1. Clinical Excellence, Quality, and SafetyEnsure delivery of high-quality, safe, and evidence-based anesthesia care across all hospital-based settingsEstablish and oversee anesthesia clinical standards, protocols, quality metrics and policiesDrive performance in patient safety, perioperative outcomes, and regulatory complianceReduce unwarranted variation while supporting appropriate site-specific clinical needsLead quality improvement initiatives using performance data and key clinical metricsPartner with hospital quality, safety, and risk leaders to ensure high reliability in acute care environments2. People, Culture & Professional FulfillmentServe as leader, mentor, and advocate for anesthesiologists, CRNAs, and Anesthesiologist AssistantsRecruit, onboard, develop, and retain a high-performing anesthesia workforcePartner with medical group and hospital leadership to design and execute a multi-year anesthesia workforce strategyFoster a culture of professionalism, accountability, collaboration, and mutual respectPromote team-based care models within perioperative and procedural environmentsChampion clinician well-being, sustainability, and joy in practiceDevelop emerging physician leaders and support succession planning3. Operational & Financial ExcellenceServe as the physician lead for anesthesia services across BayCare acute care hospitalsPartner to optimize anesthesia staffing models, scheduling, coverage, and call structuresSupport operating room efficiency, throughput, and procedural accessCollaborate closely with surgery, perioperative services, nursing, and hospital operationsProvide physician leadership for operational improvement initiatives impacting anesthesia and perioperative performanceSupport responsible stewardship of clinical and financial resources 4. Growth, Access & Acute Care EnablementSupport BayCare’s surgical, procedural, and hospital growth strategies through scalable anesthesia coverage modelsAnticipate and plan for growth in surgical volume, new programs, and new sites of careEnsure anesthesia services remain aligned with evolving hospital, perioperative, and service line needsContribute to system planning for new ORs, procedural areas, and acute care expansionServe as a physician voice in enterprise discussions related to perioperative and acute care strategy5. System Integration & Hospital PartnershipsServe as a key physician partner to Hospital Presidents, Chief Medical Officers, and perioperative leadershipMaintain close collaboration with the Vice President of Perioperative Services, BayCare Health System, ensuring alignment across enterprise perioperative strategy, standards, and executionEnsure anesthesiology is fully integrated into hospital governance, planning, and operational forumsBuild strong, trust-based relationships with surgical leaders and other hospital-based specialtiesRepresent anesthesiology in medical group, hospital, and enterprise leadership settingsSupport alignment across hospitals while maintaining consistent standards of careKey RelationshipsReports to: Chief Medical Officer, BayCare Medical GroupDyad Operational Partner:Director of Operations, BMG AnesthesiologyDirect Reports: Associate Chief of Anesthesiology (one)Anesthesia Residency Program Director (Indirect supervisory relationship)Assistant Medical Directors of Anesthesia at Acute Care HospitalsExecutive Partnerships:Vice President of Perioperative Services, BayCare Health SystemHospital PresidentsHospital Chief Medical OfficersOther Perioperative Services LeadershipCollaborative Relationships:Surgical Chiefs and Medical DirectorsNursing and perioperative leadershipCritical care, obstetrics, trauma, and procedural service leadersQuality, Safety, and Provider Experience leadersLeadership Expectations The Medical Director of Anesthesiology is expected to embody:Palpable leadership: Visible, trusted, and consistently present in hospital environmentsOperational credibility: Deep understanding of acute care and perioperative dynamicsRelationship excellence: Strong, respectful partnerships with hospital and perioperative leadersCollaborative leadership: Effectiveness in dyad and matrixed environmentsEmotional intelligence: Navigating high-acuity, high-stakes settings with clarity and composureCommitment to people: Prioritizing clinician experience, development, and sustainabilityDecisiveness and reliability: Providing stability and clarity in time-sensitive environmentsExecution excellence: Translating strategy into dependable, high-performing operationsQualificationsMD or DO requiredBoard Certified AnesthesiologistSignificant leadership experience in a hospital-based or large medical group anesthesiology practiceDemonstrated success in physician leadership, clinical operations, quality improvement, and workforce managementExperience leading anesthesia services across multiple hospitals strongly preferredProven ability to lead through influence in a collaborative, matrixed health systemAt 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 34,000 team members, we promote a forward-thinking philosophy that’s built on a foundation of trust, dignity, respect, responsibility and clinical excellence.

Created: 2026-05-11