WHAT DOES A PHYSICIAN ADVISOR DO?

1:1 conflicts or differences
Working with colleagues to solve issues
Support creating processes within your team
Issues being a highly successful part of your team, or in your practice
Working through complaints or concerns
Understanding Bylaw issues
Supporting being heard in various forums/situations
Having support in meetings, to ensure your ideas are heard
Working with non-physician health providers and operational leaders
Working within a practice to optimize workplace wellness, and operational successes
Psychosocial supports related to concerns or issues
Working with your leaders to address issues (individual or team)
Support your growth as a physician creating healthy work environments, work-life integration, leadership development issues.
Support understanding health system issues, and how you as a practitioner are impacted.
Working through personal and professional goals

Resolving team issues
Working through changes
Supporting process development within the team
Supporting team approach to issues being faced by more than 1 member of the team
Supporting team leaders in multiple capacities
Working through dynamics with non-physicians and operational leaders
Supporting teams dealing with complaints or concerns from other teams or individuals within or external to the organization
Psychosocial supports related to concerns or issues for the team (creating healthy workplaces)
Supports relating to managing differences within the team

Focused psychosocial supports (PFSP is the preferred support)
Issues that may impact privileging should also include CMPA
Some individuals and teams may. Need a higher level of support than is available and this can be discussed in the first several meetings with the physician advisor