Division Chief - Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Responsibilities

Norton Children’s Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, is seeking a chief of pediatric hospital medicine. The selected candidate will have demonstrated leadership experience in both academic research and clinical innovation. The chief will have the opportunity to grow the specialty through recruitment and to support faculty in developing innovative programs. The opportunity is both a clinical and faculty position, with responsibility for supervising research, teaching excellence and cutting-edge clinical care.

The chief will collaborate with university and hospital partners to create a strategic plan that garners research funding and philanthropic support. This leader will help make pediatric hospital medicine a regional trusted partner in the care of hospitalized children and a destination of choice for trainees, clinicians and scientists in the region. Additionally, the selected candidate will be skilled at engaging with community stakeholders, creating a team environment where all team members feel engaged with the mission of the program, and building a highly motivated and engaged academic physician workforce.

As an integrated entity since 2020, Norton Children’s Medical Group, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, has recruited well over 100 providers; added four new accredited fellowships; increased outreach throughout Kentucky; and increased National Institutes of Health grants, industry-sponsored grants, and registry and trial drug network funding through Norton Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine.

“This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced physician to work with a highly skilled pediatric hospital medicine team with a wide array of clinical and research interests in the areas of pediatric inpatient care, including chronic complex care, newborn medicine, quality improvement, advocacy and medical education. -Dr. Jeffrey Grill, MD - Division Chief 

• The incoming Division Chief of Pediatric Hospital Medicine will:
• Provide executive and strategic leadership for the program, in partnership with the chair of pediatrics
• Build a culture of engagement, team collaboration, and excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service
• Develop and implement a research plan integrating clinical, translational, quality, and health services research opportunities
• Supervise clinical training and education for medical students, residents, and fellows
• Manage clinical services while carrying an appropriate clinical load within the specialty
• Recruit additional faculty whose clinical expertise and research interests are consistent with the goals and direction of the program

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. 

Qualifications

The ideal candidate for the Division Chief role will possess:

• An excellent clinical background with a national or international reputation stemming from academic/research contributions or achievements
• Leadership style based on respect and humility; demonstrating a commitment to servant-leadership principles
• Dynamic, interpersonal approach focused on team building and motivating others
• A track record of innovative program-building with a focus on quality Improvement
• Experience leading studies and publishing original scholarship in pediatric hospital medicine
• Academic credentials that merit appointment at the associate professor or professor level
• Board certification in pediatric hospital medicine