Vice Chair, Administration - Neurology

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

About The Position

The Vice Chair for Administration (VCA) is the senior administrative leader for the Mount Sinai Health System Department of Neurology. The VCA partners on oversight and advancement of the Department’s clinical, research, and educational activities and faculty, while overseeing related administrative affairs. The role operates in a matrixed structure and reports dually to the Department’s System Chair and the Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs, with shared accountability to departmental and enterprise leadership. The VCA collaborates with senior and executive leaders to advance the One Mount Sinai enterprise vision and balance departmental priorities with system-wide objectives. The VCA directs the Department’s administrative, financial, operational, academic, and research affairs across the Health System. Working with departmental and system leaders, the VCA develops and supports the Department’s clinical, academic, and research missions in alignment with system strategy, policies, and performance expectations. The position oversees strategic planning, faculty affairs, personnel and change management, financial management, revenue cycle, ambulatory operations, research administration, and education and residency program administration. Success is measured by the sustainability and performance of departmental programs, effective leadership and talent development, financial results, improvements in clinical access and productivity, operational efficiency and compliance, and adoption of enterprise initiatives across divisions and sites.

Requirements

Master’s degree or greater; a degree in Healthcare Administration or a Health Science is preferred.
At least 10 years of progressive and substantial leadership experience in an academic health system, including direct managerial responsibility.
Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed organization and collaborate with leaders across organizational units and functions, as well as faculty.
Strong working knowledge of academic health-system missions and operating models, including performance metrics, incentive alignment, and cross-subsidization requirements.
Commitment to financial stewardship, data rigor, and fairness.
Execution-focused approach that incorporates strategic, operational, and financial considerations.
Excellent communication skills, poise, confidence, and commitment to advancing thought leadership, implementation, and change management.
Ability to clearly communicate complex issues to stakeholders with varying levels of subject-matter knowledge.

Nice To Haves

More than 10 years of progressive and substantial academic health-system leadership experience is preferred.
A Master’s degree or greater in Healthcare Administration or a Health Science is preferred.

Responsibilities

Partner with the Chair, departmental leadership, Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs, and Health System leadership to advance departmental clinical, academic, research, and operational priorities in alignment with the One Mount Sinai strategy.
Balance advocacy for departmental priorities with stewardship of enterprise-wide objectives, policies, performance expectations, and regulatory requirements.
Identify growth and performance-improvement opportunities and collaborate on or lead initiatives to improve clinical, academic, research, and financial performance.
Advise department leadership and faculty on external business ventures, professional service agreements, and affiliations, working with legal and compliance teams to protect Health System interests.
Oversee relationships with external for-profit and not-for-profit entities and ensure potential conflicts of interest are identified and managed.
Represent the Department on institutional and system committees and serve as a liaison with School, Hospital, and System leadership.
Coordinate departmental implementation of enterprise administrative initiatives and operational directives, including regulatory and compliance requirements, emergency preparedness, compensation, and bonus programs.
Identify and mitigate operational, financial, regulatory, and reputational risks.
Oversee faculty affairs with the Chair, including recruitment, engagement, retention, appointments, promotion, tenure, compensation, effort allocation, and human resources and disciplinary matters.
Support faculty recruitment and program start-up through business plans, cost-benefit analyses, budgets, space planning, and organizational and program design.
Monitor faculty performance against Health System, FPA, and ISMMS standards; recognize strong performance and develop improvement plans with relevant leaders when needed.
Build a collaborative, respectful, high-performing administrative leadership team and foster teamwork, accountability, operational excellence, and execution.
Lead, develop, and mentor non-faculty leaders and staff; collaborate with Human Resources as directed to resolve personnel matters.
Lead organizational change, including implementation of initiatives, operating models, and organizational structures.
Oversee Department budget development and management, forecasts, monthly variance reporting, and remediation plans in collaboration with Finance and in accordance with applicable controls and requirements.
Coordinate with Health System Office teams and shared services, including FP&A, Revenue Cycle, FPA Finance and Budgeting, and Ambulatory Operations.
Use data, analytics, digital tools, and key performance indicators to guide decisions, monitor results, and address or escalate variances.
Ensure adherence to revenue-cycle policies and agreed service-level targets; partner with Revenue Engagement specialists to resolve issues.
Coordinate timely clinical documentation, revenue-cycle query responses, coding, charge capture in EPIC where applicable, and charge reconciliation.
Support standard ambulatory workflows across locations and embed access, capacity, patient experience, and operational goals in provider expectations.
Identify opportunities to expand clinical services and develop practices; participate in planning, monitoring, and implementation of clinical programs.
Oversee or collaborate on the research enterprise, including grants management, clinical research compliance, core facilities, and research space planning and utilization.
Collaborate with ISMMS teams to support investigators and ensure efficient administrative coordination and aligned data.
Provide administrative leadership and oversight for undergraduate and graduate medical education, residency, fellowship, and other trainee programs.
Ensure operational, financial, and regulatory support for training programs, including applicable ACGME and LCME requirements and institutional policies.
Oversee education-program budgets, financial management, and resource allocation, and coordinate trainee onboarding, compensation, benefits, payroll, visas, and timekeeping with central offices.
Support analysis and reporting of trainee satisfaction, performance, accreditation outcomes, and program effectiveness, and align clinical operations with educational needs.