Division Chief, Pediatric Radiology - Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
About the Job
The Emory University Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta are seeking a visionary and collaborative physician leader with a strong clinical and academic foundation to serve as Chief of the Division of Pediatric Radiology for a team of 40+ faculty members. Our pediatric radiology team performs over 300,000 imaging exams annually and provides subspecialized care in Interventional Radiology, Neuroradiology, MSK and fetal imaging.
The Division Chief will serve as the primary physician leader for pediatric radiology services at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Grady Memorial Hospital, and several ambulatory sites, providing strategic leadership and oversight for quality, safety, and clinical operations. This leader will be dedicated to the implementation of professional and clinical care standards, team-based care driven by evidence-based care guidelines and mutual accountability. As the leader of the Division, the Chief will be responsible for clinical program development, faculty recruitment, the advancement of research, scholarly activity, and educational excellence of faculty and trainees within the Division.
The Division Chief is a visible, inspiring leader with a clinical practice presence to foster credibility and to develop an appreciation for pediatric radiology operations and its clinicians. This position requires an individual who has a passion for providing outstanding care, a desire to improve systems to maximize efficiency, the leadership to engage clinicians in team-based care while supporting research, education, and advocacy. This Division Chief will craft the long-term vision for pediatric radiology at Children’s and Emory while advancing the key mission areas to engage and inspire the faculty to reach these goals while holding the team accountable.
Reporting Relationships
Reports To:
• Surgeon in Chief, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Emory School of Medicine.
• Chair of the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Direct Reports:
• Associate Division Director Pediatric Radiology / Medical Outcomes Director
• Medical Director of Pediatric Radiology, Egleston Campus;
• Medical Director of Pediatric Radiology, Scottish Rite Campus;
• Director of Pediatric Neuroradiology
• Director of Pediatric Interventional Radiology
Key Relationships:
• Director, Physician Practice Operations;
• Director, Radiology Operations
• Practice Manager, Radiology (dyad partner);
• Executive Administrator and Vice Chair for Administration, Emory Department of Pediatrics;
The Division Chief must be comfortable operating in a highly matrixed environment to be an effective leader at Children’s/Emory.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
People:
• Communication: Maintain clear lines of communication with leadership, campus medical/surgical directors, program medical directors, and staff within the Division. Assure that system-level strategic and operational messages from executive and campus leadership are directly transmitted to team members, and concerns or recommendations are communicated to senior leadership for closed loop feedback.
• Leadership: Leadership of people is a top priority for Children’s leaders. People leadership includes: hiring, performance management, coaching and mentoring, addressing conflict, determining long term workforce and staffing plans (including models of physician/APP staffing), ensuring development and competency of staff, overseeing recruitment, retention and engagement, and development of strong succession plans for the next generation of leaders.
Strategic Leadership:
• Strategy: Define Division vision and strategy in alignment with Children's strategic plan. Define what constitutes excellence for the Division, develop the strategy to achieve and sustain it. Define the plan for national recognition. Balance the missions of patient care, research, and teaching in leading the Division. Lead program development, identify optimal distribution of services, resources, and compliance for the Division.
• Partnership and Collaboration: Partner with administrative dyad, drive alignment through relationships with employed and faculty physicians and partnerships with community physicians; collaborate with leaders and staff across the system to support Children's goals. Maintain strong partnership with Emory and other relevant academic institutions.
Quality Clinical Care & Outcomes:
• Clinical Care Delivery: Develop and enforce clinical standards, protocols and procedures, ensure effective clinical operation (patient access, throughput and patient experience).
• Quality and Patient Safety: Develop quality plan for Division (in alignment with the system QPS strategy), review and finalize key quality and outcome metrics, prioritize and participate in clinical practice guidelines/process improvement efforts/RCAs, monitor quality, and lead continuous quality improvement and learning.
• Patient Experience: Lead patient experience efforts for Division, monitor performance data and drive improvement in alignment with the system patient experience strategy prioritization, and routinely assess the needs for the respective Division.
• Practice Management: Lead comprehensive practice management including: managing call/coverage schedules, staffing plans, developing budgets, overseeing physician productivity/clinical FTE assignment, providing feedback on physician compensation, and overseeing coding/documentation.
Academic and Research Role:
• Research: Develop the direction and goals of the Division’s research program in collaboration with the Chief Research Officer to align with the system research strategy, guardrails, and priorities; manage and oversee Division’s research portfolio, including funding, and staff; ensure responsible and compliant research.
• Teaching: Create, support, facilitate, and implement the educational programs of the Division, including medical student, resident, and fellow training; and for graduate and postdoctoral training as relevant, to satisfy or exceed national and accreditation standards; communicate key departmental, university, medical group, and hospital information to executive leadership and appropriately assign faculty to carry out the educational programs; evaluates the performance of faculty, students, and graduates ensuring that goals and professional standards are met or exceeded; serve as a mentor or facilitates mentoring opportunities for Division faculty members
• Faculty Affairs: Responsible for overseeing faculty development and promotions within the specialty.
Business Management & Administration:
• Finance: Accountability for Division financial performance, demonstrate stewardship of resources, accountable for the case for support to achieve fundraising targets, partner with administrative dyad to drive optimum financial performance and viability.
• Fundraising: Partners with Foundation in fundraising efforts. Participates in meetings with key donors and on donor calls.
Candidate Qualifications
The candidate will have the following credentials:
Education and Certification Summary
• Graduate of an accredited, four-year medical school
• Graduate of an accredited, post-graduate residency program
• Completed an ACGME-accredited fellowship in pediatric radiology.
• Board certified in a relevant specialty and current, unrestricted license to practice medicine in the state of Georgia
• Meets eligibility requirements for credentialing as part of the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta medical staff
Experience and Skills
• In addition to clinical experience, 5-10 years administrative or leadership experience as a Division Director, Associate or Medical Director role in a pediatric hospital or health care setting
• Experience building and maintaining partnerships between clinical and non-clinical stakeholders
• Experience building a successful Division, inclusive of all missions (clinical, research, and teaching)
• Experience in acquiring philanthropic and governmental program support is a plus
Personal Characteristics
• Ability to connect with employees and physicians at all levels
• Strong problem solver, lead prioritization, organization, positive behavior, strong values, and negotiating skills and aptitudes
• Flexibility and adaptability: Ability to change direction and right the course as needed to meet organizational goals
• Possesses excellent communication skills including effective listening, straight talking, deep understanding of non-verbal communication, and appropriate emotional control
• Leadership presence and ability to lead change
• Passion for our Mission – taking care of kids
Key Leadership Competencies
• Demonstrated experience influencing partners to drive collaborative, system-wide initiatives.
• Demonstrated aptitude for resolving conflict and problem solving.
• Evidence of being a proactive self-starter, autonomous yet highly collaborative and resourceful.
• Demonstrated ability to develop strong teams and empower high performance through visionary leadership, delegation, and operational excellence.
• Proven ability to understand physician dynamics and work processes.
• Extensive experience leading large change efforts.
• Proven track record of developing a strategy, detailed implementation plans and tactical execution.
• Demonstrated ability to drive collaboration at all levels.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to drive results.
Expectations of Leadership
Together, Children’s and Emory strive to be recognized as a preeminent pediatric emergency medicine in advancing clinical, educational, and scholarly activities with the goal of being a top tier program in all areas. To that end, the Division Chief will have made significant progress in the following areas within the first 18 to 24 months of their tenure:
• Establish themselves as a credible, trusted and highly collaborative clinical team leader among the medical staff and administrative leaders at Children’s and Emory through performance as a clinician and a physician leader. It is essential this leader be visible and gain credibility quickly.
• Evaluate the current clinical operations model, provide recommendations working with administration to improve system performance, quality, service excellence, family experience and more efficient ways to meet patient care needs. Consistent performance of care delivery and clinical outcomes will be achieved.
• Define vision and strategies in alignment with Children’s, program development, identifying which services are offered, identifying optimal distribution of services, resource prioritization, and routinely assessment the needs for the hospital medicine program, balancing missions of patient care, research, and teaching.
• Prepare the Division's delivery model, resources and workforce plan required for the opening of Arthur M. Blank Hospital in 2024.
• Establish a “team care” culture within all aspects of Children’s services and initiatives strengthening the partnership of physicians, advanced practice professionals, allied health professionals and staff in delivering outstanding patient centered care.
• Advance clear communication channels with staff within the Division, leaders, campus medical/surgical directors, and program medical directors resulting in alignment, trust, accountability, and collaborative working relationships in the pursuit of inter-Divisional collaboration and esprit de corps.
• Consistently improve the timeliness and efficiency of patient evaluation and admission procedures to optimize patient care throughput across the enterprise.
• Maintain a high level of scholarly achievement, with a notable increase in clinical research, publications, and national presence.
• Continue to invest in the effective recruitment of fellows and attending physicians, ensuring that we continue to attract the highest caliber trainees and faculty.
• Create professional development plans for individual faculty, providing access to mentorship and alignment to key mission areas. Focus on the retention and development of faculty.
Procedure for Candidacy
Qualified candidates should complete the online application and upload a CV. Inquiries should be sent to Mark Lotz, Children’s Director of Executive and Physician Recruiting, via email at mark.lotz@choa.org.
Additional Information
The Emory + Children’s Pediatric Institute is an affiliation between Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta that is improving the lives of children in Georgia and beyond. The Pediatric Institute combines the unique strengths and resources of each institution in support of our three-part academic missions of providing outstanding clinical care, conducting innovative basic science discovery and clinical research, and coordinating exceptional education of the future healthcare workforce. Our physicians, researchers, and educators have created a model where leadership, commitment and quality are fundamental components of success.
The Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences has 200+ faculty, 1000+ staff, and 130+ residents and fellows serve Emory Healthcare, Grady Health System, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and the Atlanta VA Medical Center. Clinical sites are in the metro Atlanta area, an incredibly diverse, vibrant, and growing community. Emory Radiology is a leader in innovative training and encompasses highly acclaimed educational programs. Our multidisciplinary research teams benefit from bridging academic programs and numerous closely aligned entities across Atlanta.
Together, we are transforming pediatrics by achieving new levels of clinical excellence—driven by research, teaching and wellness. We look forward to our future together.
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