Area Vice President Clinical Anesthesia Division

M-F 8a-5p

Pay Range

Major Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning & Alignment

• Develops and executes strategic plans for anesthesia services across the Division that are aligned to Enterprise Divisional and Area strategies and goals.
• Maintains deep understanding of broader industry and more local trends and dynamics to ensure strategies appropriately incorporate and account for key elements.
• Maintains close effective working relationships with both employed and aligned anesthesia clinicians and groups across the Division and ensures strategies pertaining to these relationships and activities are optimized in accordance with Divisional needs.
• Ensures integration and optimization of the academic and research mission related to Anesthesia services for the Division.

Operational Excellence

• Oversee staffing models scheduling and coverage plans for AAs CRNAs and anesthesiologists.
• Monitor and improve key performance metrics related to efficiency patient throughput resource utilization and others in alignment to organizational objective achievement
• Collaborate with Perioperative Facility and Surgery service line leadership to promote optimal operating room efficiency with alignment to best practices and Divisional standards.
• Collaborate with Area Presidents Hospital Leaders CMOs and CNOs to ensure consistent standards and practices are maintained and implemented.
• Represent Anesthesia services in Medical Staff meetings and Divisional or Enterprise Councils as required.
• Works closely and effectively with their administrative dyad partner in all duties.

Quality & Safety

• Maintain deep knowledge of clinical best practices and evidence-based protocols and ensure their successful implementation across all sites of care.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and internal quality benchmarks.
• Maintain responsibility for leading proactive initiatives to improve patient outcomes and reduce clinical variation.
• Engage in oversight planning and execution of specialty duties related to peer review credentialing and similar processes as required.

Workforce Engagement & Development

• Foster a culture of collaboration innovation professional growth and accountability.
• Maintain focus on and alignment to our Best Place To Care culture and strategies.
• Leads workforce planning for the clinical areas in collaboration with senior administrative leader clinician recruitment and Division leadership. Partners with Division and medical group leadership to develop and execute workforce plans including candidate screening interviews contract discussions and onboarding support.
• Performs human resources responsibilities for staff which include interviewing and selection of new employees promotions staff development performance evaluations compensation changes resolution of employee concerns corrective actions terminations and overall employee morale.
• Responsible for understanding and adhering to the organizations Code of Ethical Conduct and for ensuring that personal actions and the actions of employees supervised comply with the policies regulations and laws applicable to the organizations business.

Financial Stewardship

• Partner with finance teams to manage budgets monitor cost centers and evaluate ROI for service line initiatives.
• Participate in compensation planning and role evaluation processes for new positions such as Anesthesia Practice Managers Quality roles etc
• Directly responsible for applicable budgets and indirectly supports annual facility and growth budgets for all venues where their clinical service activities occur.
• Develops and recommends operating and capital budgets and controls expenditures within approved budget objectives.

Minimum Job Requirements

Education

• Doctorate Degree in Medicine

Certification / Registration / License

• Medicine and Surgery MD-DO license issued by the state in which the physician practices.

Experience

• Typically requires 15 years of experience in physician leadership. Board Certification in a clinical field. Includes 10 years of management experience in overseeing physician practices healthcare administration or strategic planning including developing and executing multiyear business plans.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Ability to establish excellent working relationships and strategic partnerships with various teams physicians executives and other team members across a large organization to achieve a shared vision values and objectives.
• Results oriented and strong execution skills.
• Tenacity and attention to detail to effectively evaluate programs.
• Ability to successfully work in a matrixed organization. Analytical and problem-solving skills creative facilitation and innovation in collaboration with leaders across the organization.
• Skills in consulting designing/conducting studies and developing/implementing solutions for issues with significant finical and operational impact on the organization.
• Knowledge of trends in health care delivery and understanding of health care dynamics within an integrated health care system.
• Financial acumen and excellent communications skills.
• Strong emphasis on diversity equity and inclusion.
• Proven experience in Change management and leadership.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Will generally be exposed to a normal office environment.
• This position requires travel so will be exposed to weather and road conditions.
• May be exposed to human blood and body fluids so therefore must wear protective clothing as required.
• Must have functional speech vision smell touch and hearing.
• Must be able to operate all equipment essential in performing the job.

Preferred Job Requirements

Preferred Education

• Advanced degree in research policy healthcare administration or business.

Preferred Certification / Registration / License

• Holds an active clinical license.

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

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Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications skills relevant experience and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift on call and more based on a teammates job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical dental vision life andShort- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program