Job Details

To fulfill the mission and role of Jefferson Abington Hospital, the Chair, Department of Surgery is an employed position with administrative, educational, and clinical responsibilities. This position reports directly to the Chief of Staff, Jefferson Abington Hospital.

Job Description

The ideal candidate should (a) have experience as a distinguished leader; (b) have passion for medical education and a reputation as a charismatic educator; (c) be fully committed to principles of quality improvement and the promotion of safe medical care; (d) be devoted to enhancing the patient experience; (e) have a reputation among colleagues and patients as a “great doctor”. (f) demonstrate the ability to negotiate and collaborate with diverse stakeholders, including both administrative staff and physicians. (g) have a track record of success in recruitment and project development; (h) embrace diversity among the workforce and promote an environment free of bias and micro-aggression; (i) work in a manner that inspires unerring professionalism.

In addition to fulfilling the requirements outlined in the Jefferson Medical Group physician contract, the Chair of the 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 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. Divisions and sections include:

Divisions

· Cardiac Surgery
· Dentistry
· Orthopedic Surgery
· Otolaryngology
· Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
· Podiatry
· Surgery (General)
· Thoracic Surgery
· Urology

Sections

· Adv. Laparoscopy Section
· Bariatrics Section
· Colon and Rectal Surgery Section
· Orthopedic Hand Surgery Section
· Surgical Oncology Section
· Surgical Critical Care Section
· Trauma Section
· Vascular Surgery Section
· Surgical Critical Care Section

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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.

Work Shift

Rotating (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Primary Location Address

1200 Old York Road, Abington, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Physician – Chair

Department of Surgery, Jefferson Abington, Montgomery County, PA

Jefferson Health

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