Vice President of Adult Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Inpatient Psychiatry

Company: MaineHealth
Location: Portland
Posted on: May 2, 2024

Job Description:

Summary
The Administrative Vice President works collaboratively with a team of key clinical and administrative executives who together are charged with full responsibility and accountability for advancing and supporting all aspects of the quadruple aim as they relate to the population served. This leader is charged with executing the MaineHealth three-part mission, and explicitly work toward realizing the metrics of the system and southern region balanced scorecard.



The Vice President's work efforts are centered on the patients served, transforming care by ensuring improved access to care, decreased variation in care delivery, removing waste from care delivery, and optimizing the patient experience while supporting the academic and research mission. The Vice President engages in, and informs strategic planning; is on point with all regulatory and fiscal requirements of the program; generates and informs operating and capital budgets; and effectively recruits and retains highly qualified providers and physician scientists to support the clinical/research enterprise. This leader may also be charged with key direct operational areas of the unique clinical enterprise; and as opportunities arise, will accept leadership duties as assigned.



The scope of responsibility is inclusive of the Adult Medicine and Emergency Medicine Service lines, and the departments of Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine and Psychiatry at Maine Medical Center.



Essential Functions:

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  The Administrative VP will have an accomplished understanding of the clinical needs of the population served.
  
  
  Exceptional leadership skills, with proven ability to foster a spirit of consensus and collaboration with a variety of clinical and administrative stakeholders across organizational boundaries.
  
  
  When necessary, is comfortable and adept in leaning into conflict and working issues through to resolution.
  
  
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  Serves in a consulting capacity for Service Line decisions related to physician recruitment, deployment, compensation planning, as well as the definition and administration of physician performance incentives.
  
  
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  Supports the Chair in their roles related to academic strategy and portfolio management.
  
  
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  Appraises and analyzes the qualifications and performance of others as well as the ability to direct their activities; dedication and commitment to mentoring direct reports and other team members.
  
  
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  Be flexible and nimble in an evolving, complex system and to lead via influence versus authority, working with leaders both at MMC, MH and within the communities we serve.
  
  
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  Facilitates teams through cultural and organizational change.
  
  
  Serves in a consulting capacity for the Chair in his/her roles relating to the definition and allocation of academic resources; the initiation, expansion or discontinuation of academic partnerships and the assignment and deployment of faculty learners.
  
  
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  Supports the Chair in their role in establishing the criteria and qualifications for clinical privileging.
  
  
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  Collaborates with the SL team on work efforts with Marketing and Communications related to overall strategy, branding, outreach communication and activities media campaigns, and website content.
  
  
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  Uses their advanced technical skills in utilizing desktop applications and databases to generate SL specific reports to inform clinical and business analysis and strategy.
  
  
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  Responsible for serving as the key SL liaison with the Risk and Patient Safety Department as well as Patients and Guest Relations.
  
  
  
  
  
  Requirements:
  
  
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    Graduate degree in related field (MD, RN, MBA, MHA, MA, or MS) preferred.
    
    
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    7 years of progressive senior administrative leadership experience directly in health care required. Experience must be inclusive of working and collaborating closely with more senior management and physician leadership and solving complex problems, demonstrating creative and innovative thinking, and incorporating external and internal best practices in providing solutions, and using data to drive quality improvement.
    
    
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    Experience in leading strategic clinical program and business planning and quality assurance.
    
    
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    Supervisory, management and collaboration skills, with physicians, nurses and administrators.
    
    
    

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