Chief, Neuropsychology

Emory University•Atlanta, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Children’s) and Emory University Department of Pediatrics are seeking a leader with strong clinical and academic leadership experience to serve as Chief, Neuropsychology at Children’s. Children’s and its academic partner Emory strive to have a preeminent Neuropsychology program that is recognized for advancing clinical, educational, and scholarly activities with the goal of being a top tier program in all areas. The Chief will oversee the administrative, professional, clinical, research and educational activities of the specialty or service. This includes overseeing the delivery of clinical services, developing resources, assuring appropriate coverage, driving provider alignment, implementing continuous improvement, determining rolling plans, prioritizing quality outcomes, determining services offered and opportunities for program development, determining integrated growth and sustainability strategies, and delivering on Operate with Excellence encompassing people, patient experience, quality and patient safety, and financial categories.

Requirements

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology or Doctor of Psychology from an American Psychological Association (APA)/Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) accredited program.
Completion of a formal postdoctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology, with an emphasis in pediatrics.
Board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) or American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN).
Licensed Psychologist in the state of Georgia.
Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of employment.
Meets eligibility requirements for credentialing as part of the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta professional staff.
A minimum of 8 years’ experience in direct assessments and care of children with complex medical and neurological conditions.
5-10 years administrative or leadership experience in a pediatric hospital or health care setting.
Experience building and maintaining partnerships between clinical and non-clinical stakeholders.
Experience in acquiring philanthropic and governmental program support.
Ability to unify and galvanize providers within specialty or service.
Demonstrates transparency by communicating decisions and reasoning early and often.
Able to resolve issues promptly by removing roadblocks as necessary/appropriate.
A transformational and strategic leader who can establish an inspiring vision, who is committed to growing and developing clinicians, faculty, staff, and trainees, achieving prestige through the success of the program and its members rather than primarily through his or her own clinical and research work.
Continually demonstrates excellence in all communications with high energy, enthusiasm, and a professional demeanor. Clearly conveys information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
A confident manager with business skills who knows how to achieve challenging performance goals in complex, evolving environments, including balancing his or her own strengths and weaknesses with complementary associates.
A mentor with strong coaching skills to nurture the development of team members.
A teacher who enjoys interchange with students, residents, and faculty.
An individual of the highest integrity with prominent levels of energy, maturity, and flexibility and a reputation for fairness and idealism.
An approachable and enthusiastic leader who is accessible and visible and who can engage the community for philanthropic support.
Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; compares data from diverse sources to draw conclusions; uses effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; takes action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.
Maintains advanced knowledge of medicine, healthcare, and the functions over which this position provides senior-level leadership.
Broad, visionary thinker. Keeps the organization’s vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action, while proactively seeking opportunities with medical staff to lead process improvement in a positive, collaborative manner.
History of successful team development empowering high performance through visionary leadership, delegation, and operational excellence.
Demonstrates poise and self-control, establishes credibility, addresses conflict diplomatically and instills a sense of trust and confidence in others.
A mentor and leader of people who motivates others toward team orientation, open communication, and trust, drives accountability while supporting faculty and staff.
A role model of personal and professional integrity and a visible leader.
Demonstrates aptitude for resolving conflict and problem solving.
A strong communicator and diplomat who can inspire and effectively communicate with wide and diverse audiences at all levels of the organization and externally.
An ability to inspire and align faculty and staff, both those within the department and those with whom the department interacts.
Demonstrates Leadership Competencies and excels in Building Organizational Capabilities and Driving Accountability and Empowerment.
Builds organizational talent.
Fosters strong relationships.
Communicate effectively.
Delivery results drive accountability.
Develops aligned strategy and thinks as a System.
Make informed decisions.
Leads continuous improvement.
Provides coaching.

Responsibilities

Oversee the administrative, professional, clinical, research and educational activities of the specialty or service.
Oversee the delivery of clinical services in the specialty or service and develop resources related to these services in conjunction with the respective medical directors and administrators.
Assures appropriate and continuous coverage of inpatient, outpatient, and consultative services at all relevant clinical sites.
Drives provider alignment through internal and external provider partnerships and relationships.
Implement continuous improvement, monitoring, and reporting activities for procedures and protocols within the specialty or service.
Determines rolling plan for the specialty or service, balancing all three missions, as applicable (clinical, academic, research).
Decide levers for prioritizing achieving quality outcomes in collaboration with quality leader.
Determines services offered and opportunities for needed program development.
Determines integrated growth and sustainability strategies for the specialty or service.
Delivers on Operate with Excellence, encompassing people, patient experience, quality and patient safety, and financial categories.