Internal Medicine Department Chair - Premier Health

Internal Medicine Department Chair - Premier Health

Wright State University

EEO Statement: Premier Health and Wright State University are equal employment opportunity employers.

Faculty Rank or Job Title: Internal Medicine Department Chair - Premier Health

Job Category: Faculty/Instructional

Department: School of Medicine Admin

EEO number: 26PN005

Position FTE: 100%

Minimum Annual or Hourly Rate:

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Job Summary/Basic Function
This position is a Premier Health Network position.

Wright State University and Premier Health have entered into an enhanced affiliation agreement that will transform health care delivery in the Miami Valley and beyond. As part of this transformative collaboration, Wright State's Boonshoft School of Medicine and Premier Health are seeking physicians with a demonstrated ability to enhance and elevate academic health organizations in their mission of clinical care, research, and education.

Together, we seek dynamic individuals with a comprehensive understanding of our mission of developing and overseeing innovative health care delivery models, sustaining excellence in clinical care, supporting academic endeavors and promoting and advancing research initiatives and scholarly activity.

Outstanding strategic communication and diplomacy skills are critical as Wright State and Premier Health continue to transform the health of the region in new and innovative ways.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: M.D. or D.O. degree with board certification in Internal Medicine or Internal Medicine Specialty.
• Experience: 10 years or more of leadership experience at an academic medical center, with a record of professional accomplishments on a national and international scale.
• Licensure: Active medical license.
• ACGME Expertise: Comprehensive knowledge of ACGME standards and graduate medical education regulations.
• Rank: Qualified for appointment at the rank of associate professor or full professor at an LCME accredited medical school.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous leadership roles at the Chair, Associate Director, Director or program leader level
• Experience in the recruitment, retention, and oversight of clinicians, educators, and researchers.
• Outstanding reputation in academic medicine. A distinguished academic record and national presence in the discipline as evidenced by such activity as peer-reviewed publications, involvement/leadership in major national organizations, or equivalent experience.
• Strong organizational, business, and financial acumen with the ability to bring scientific leadership and organizational innovation to the department.

Essential Functions and percent of time
Wright State University's Boonshoft School of Medicine and Premier Health are seeking an accomplished leader with a demonstrated ability to grow and elevate academic health platforms in their mission of clinical care, research, and education to serve as the Department of Internal Medicine Chair. This important leadership position requires a dynamic individual with a comprehensive understanding of the organizational mission for developing and overseeing innovative health care delivery models; sustaining excellence in clinical care; promoting and supporting educational endeavors; organizing research initiatives and promoting scholarly activity within the department. Outstanding strategic communication and diplomacy skills are essential, and an ability to function well is vital.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide visionary and innovative leadership to the department of Internal Medicine, advancing the mission of Wright State University and Premier Health.
• Promote and maintain standards of excellence in compliance with national standards, promoting strong departmental performance.
• Stabilize and grow the physician workforce. Lead the recruitment of clinical faculty to support the clinical and educational missions of Wright State University and Premier Health.
• Provide the vision and leadership to foster superior clinical and educational programs within medicine as well as related disciplines.
• Provide oversight to ensure delivery of excellent clinical education and advanced training to the medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Engage in communications across departments within the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine and Premier Health.
• Exemplify values of diversity and inclusion within the department and the community. Support the values the promote health equity within the department and the community.

Essential Functions and percent of time (cont'd)
BSOM IM Chair Academic Responsibilities:

• Establish a strong vision for the department which is in concert with and supportive of the mission of BSOM and WSU.
• Provide oversight to ensure delivery of excellent clinical education and advanced training to the medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Leader will have direct academic oversight and responsibility of the current internal medicine residency program in addition to the hematology/oncology, infectious disease, gastroenterology and palliative care fellowships
• Leader will be responsible for all undergraduate medical education and research vision and activity within the academic department
• Engage in communications across departments within the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine and Premier Health.
• Pursue opportunities to grow the department in educational endeavors and research while responsibly stewarding resources.
• Appropriately manage faculty and staff resources in the advancement of the mission of the department, BSOM, and WSU
• Represent the academic needs of the department to the Dean and other medical school administrators, while collaborating with the Dean to apply BSOM and WSU policies to the department.
• Provide mentorship and support for faculty and staff development, acting as a resource for their development and promotion as appropriate.
• Promote strong departmental performance as educators at both the undergraduate and graduate level; ensure compliance with LCME and ACGME standards.

Premier Health Integrated Medicine Chair Responsibilities:

• Institute Lead will have enterprise oversight of their respective institute. They are responsible for the execution of the overarching vision and alignment of the institute.
• Physician leader who partners with VP PPN/System Operations & Service Line (dyad VP) on strategic growth initiatives that will further differentiate Premier Health as the provider of choice for consumers
• Responsible with their dyad VP for strategic growth initiatives and capital planning prioritization
• Identify growth opportunities, program development, and innovation to enhance service offerings and market position
• Key leader Responsible for manpower planning within Institute. Engaged leader through the recruitment process with direct responsibility of the recruitment process for providers within Institute.
• Serve as the physician champion for clinical integration across hospitals, practices and care settings.
• Responsible and accountable for specific area of responsibility for service line operations involvement to strategy implementation.
• Leads the development of clinical pathway and model management. Holds physician members accountable to the Guiding Principles.
• Improves provider engagement and productivity. Builds relationships with referring providers
• P&L oversight with dyad partner of Institute and Divisions within Institute
• Foster a culture of engagement, accountability and collaboration among physicians, advanced practice providers and staff
• Works with physician leads on clinical improvement, innovation, and education. Ensures a balanced scorecard metrics are created and measured to drive performance. Work with physicians to reduce clinical variation and unit cost while improving outcomes and patient experience.
• Leads service line meetings, encourages participation and perspectives from all members while ensuring a system view.

Non-Essential Functions and percent of time

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