Chair, Department of Surgery

WVU Medicine

102d

About The Position

The West Virginia University Health System, the state’s largest health system and largest private employer, comprises 18 hospitals throughout the state and bordering states. In addition, it includes five institutes, as well as providing management services for other local hospitals through affiliate agreements. Whether you are caring for our patients at one of the critical access hospitals, community sites, regional or academic medical centers, we are all one WVU Health System. Work Here. Thrive Here. The Chair of the Department of Surgery is responsible for overseeing the strategy, clinical operations, and academic mission, including undergraduate and graduate medical education in conjunction with a strong commitment to interdisciplinary health sciences education. This includes ensuring the delivery of the highest quality of evidence-based care and service, consistency in the quality standards of practice, and maintaining excellence across the academic spectrum enabling scholarly advances in the field. The Chair facilitates an interdisciplinary approach to achieve excellence in clinical care, education, and research in an environment in which collaboration is highly valued. This position shall report to the Chancellor and Executive Dean of WVU Health Sciences. Allocation of time is forty percent clinical, and sixty percent administrative, educational and research.

Requirements

• Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy from an accredited medical school.
• Certified by the American Board of Surgery and participation in its continuing certification program.
• Hold or able to obtain medical licensure in the State of West Virginia by start date.
• Current medical school appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level.
• At least ten (10) years of clinical practice experience and currently clinically active.
• At least three (3) years’ administrative experience in an academic medical center preferred.
• Familiarity with clinical program administration and graduate medical education required.

Nice To Haves

• Extensive knowledge of clinical operations and management.
• Credibility, problem solving, teamwork, consensus building, conflict resolution, and developing innovative solutions.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and an effective, active listener.
• Ability to give constructive feedback and mentoring.
• Ability to work and function in a matrix organization.
• Ability to seize new opportunities and generate new ideas in a spirit of innovation.

Responsibilities

• Works collaboratively with the Chancellor & Executive Dean, Associate Deans, other Department Chairs, Program Directors, and faculty on curriculum for the medical school.
• Teaches medical students, residents, and allied health professionals.
• Supports the Residency Program Director and complies with the standards of the Office of Graduate Medical Education.
• Maintains accreditation of all educational programs.
• Promotes the recruitment, retention, and mentoring of academic faculty within the Department.
• Assures continuing faculty development activities in education.
• Provides annual summative evaluation and oversight of all faculty within the department.
• Maintains a clinical practice.
• Determines the qualifications and assesses the competency of all members of the department.
• Collaborates with clinical services to support a multidisciplinary approach to patient care.
• Ensures that patient care delivery and clinical standards for the department are consistent with current professional guidelines.
• Monitors clinician, patient, referral, and employee satisfaction.
• Participates in scholarly activities.
• Enables faculty to develop and enhance academic and professional development.
• Encourages and rewards grant funding in education and training, basic, translational, and clinical research.
• Oversees departmental finances with regards to the clinical practice and educational mission.
• Creates and executes an appropriate departmental budget.
• Makes recommendations for annual capital improvements and monitors future fiscal needs of the department.
• Oversees clinical operations, capital purchases and compliance.
• Contributes to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of clinical services.
• Seeks collaborative relationships with clinicians and administrators at system hospitals.
• Participates in active and ongoing strategic planning for the department.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees