Physician - Chair, Department of Surgery - Jefferson Abington - Montgomery County, PA

Jefferson Health Plans • Abington, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Chair, Department of Surgery at Abington-Jefferson Health works in collaboration with Hospital Leadership, the Chief Medical Officer and the Medical Executive Committee, and Enterprise service lines to provide leadership, strategy, and oversight over the Surgery Department for Jefferson Abington Hospital. Responsibilities are divided equally between clinical work hours and administrative chair duties. It is the expectation of Jefferson Abington Hospital that the Surgery Department Chair full time equivalent (FTE) splits time equally between clinical hours (0.5 FTE) and administrative hours (0.5 FTE) fulfilling the responsibilities of the Department chairperson. The Chair, Department of Surgery will provide overall leadership of Divisions and Sections within the Department of Surgery and will have responsibility for strategic execution, clinical services, professional performance, business performance, medical education, scholarship, and physician practice. The chair will promote an environment that facilitates job satisfaction and well being among physicians within the department, in part by ensuring that lines of communication are well established and by seeking input from key stakeholders in strategic planning. The Chair establishes and evaluates performance expectations of all divisions and sections, which provide for the highest quality patient care and consistency in clinical care standards, driven by patient safety requirements, regulatory requirements and clinical outcomes monitoring. The chair will take the lead in multidisciplinary programs to ensure the efficiency and equity of the care provided and will champion all efforts to enhance the patient experience. The Chair will be essential to the business development activities of expanding existing and developing new clinical programs, of recruiting and building the necessary work force, and to the setting of policy and protocols to build a higher-volume technically sophisticated and efficient department. This includes collaboration in the development of the strategic plan, the implementation of the annual operating plan, and the selection of meaningful initiatives and projects that will drive the desired outcomes to achieve safety, organizational growth, service, quality, and cost objectives. The chair is responsible for department level key performance indicators as defined by the Hospital Leadership including partnering with other departments to drive operational efficiencies in the surgical venues across the JAH campuses. The chair will assume the de facto role of chief education officer within the department, working with the residency and fellowship program directors of general surgery, dentistry, and bariatrics, to ensure an optimal learning environment for medical students, residents, staff physicians, and other health care providers. The chair will champion scholarly achievement and clinical research and will actively seek collaboration with relevant ongoing research initiatives at Thomas Jefferson University, with department fiduciary oversight of the general surgery residency, the dental residency, and the bariatric fellowship. The chair is expected to have an active role attending and, upon occasion, leading education conferences for faculty, residents, and students. The Chair assures that excellent clinical education and advanced training is delivered to learners, including medical students, residents, fellows, Advanced Practice Clinicians and Medical Staff as appropriate by service line. The Chair is responsible for aligning employed and community-based physicians within the department and acts as a visible champion of change initiatives to continue to improve performance. The Chair, Department of Surgery will provide overall leadership of the Department functions and will have responsibility for strategic execution, clinical services, professional performance, business performance, medical education, clinical research, and physician practice. The Chair will establish a vision for the Department, focusing on increasing referrals and expanding and developing innovative clinical programs. The Chair will continue to achieve the highest level of department academic performance in training medical students and residents and develop a stronger commitment to departmental research efforts. The chair is expected to have active patient practice, ideally involving both hospital based and ambulatory care. The Chair will lead the Department of Surgery in a manner that unifies integration to enhance patient access and achieve delivery of high-quality services to our community. The Chair is a voting member of the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff.

Requirements

• Experience as a distinguished leader.
• Passion for medical education and a reputation as a charismatic educator.
• Fully committed to principles of quality improvement and the promotion of safe medical care.
• Devoted to enhancing the patient experience.
• Reputation among colleagues and patients as a “great doctor”.
• Demonstrate the ability to negotiate and collaborate with diverse stakeholders, including both administrative staff and physicians.
• Track record of success in recruitment and project development.
• Embrace diversity among the workforce and promote an environment free of bias and micro-aggression.
• Work in a manner that inspires unerring professionalism.
• Fulfill the requirements outlined in the Jefferson Medical Group physician contract.
• Split time equally between clinical hours (0.5 FTE) and administrative hours (0.5 FTE).

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership of Divisions and Sections within the Department of Surgery.
• Responsible for strategic execution, clinical services, professional performance, business performance, medical education, scholarship, and physician practice.
• Promote an environment that facilitates job satisfaction and well being among physicians within the department.
• Establish and evaluate performance expectations of all divisions and sections.
• Take the lead in multidisciplinary programs to ensure the efficiency and equity of care provided.
• Champion all efforts to enhance the patient experience.
• Essential to business development activities of expanding existing and developing new clinical programs.
• Recruit and build the necessary work force.
• Set policy and protocols to build a higher-volume technically sophisticated and efficient department.
• Collaborate in the development of the strategic plan and implementation of the annual operating plan.
• Select meaningful initiatives and projects that will drive desired outcomes.
• Responsible for department level key performance indicators.
• Partner with other departments to drive operational efficiencies in surgical venues.
• Assume the de facto role of chief education officer within the department.
• Ensure an optimal learning environment for medical students, residents, staff physicians, and other health care providers.
• Champion scholarly achievement and clinical research.
• Actively seek collaboration with relevant ongoing research initiatives at Thomas Jefferson University.
• Provide department fiduciary oversight of the general surgery residency, the dental residency, and the bariatric fellowship.
• Have an active role attending and, upon occasion, leading education conferences for faculty, residents, and students.
• Assure that excellent clinical education and advanced training is delivered to learners.
• Align employed and community-based physicians within the department.
• Act as a visible champion of change initiatives to continue to improve performance.
• Establish a vision for the Department, focusing on increasing referrals and expanding and developing innovative clinical programs.
• Continue to achieve the highest level of department academic performance in training medical students and residents.
• Develop a stronger commitment to departmental research efforts.
• Have active patient practice, ideally involving both hospital based and ambulatory care.
• Lead the Department of Surgery in a manner that unifies integration to enhance patient access and achieve delivery of high-quality services to our community.
• Serve as a voting member of the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff.

Benefits

• Medical (including prescription)
• Supplemental insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts
• Retirement plans
• Tuition assistance
• Voluntary benefits (group rates on insurance and discounts)
• Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed