Vice President Cancer Service Line – Physician Leader (Remote)

Major Responsibilities:

• Serves as the senior physician leader for the clinical service line to ensure alignment of service line clinicians in achievement of strategic priorities and goals. Co-leads clinical service line leadership structure together with senior administrative leader, to ensure participation in and ongoing dialogue between clinicians and key stakeholders in the execution of the strategic plan.
• Provides internal consulting services to stakeholders including Region, Area, hospital, medical group, and operations leaders specific to the incumbent’s service line. Assesses technology, industry, professional and national developments, reimbursement trends, and market dynamics to develop short- term and long-term strategic plans.
• Responsible for maintaining a broad knowledge of clinical service line products and services and articulates the respective value propositions to enhance safety and health outcomes, reduce clinical variation, cost of care, and enhance revenue opportunities.
• Serves as subject matter expert and region- level resource within scope of defined clinical service line in collaboration with senior administrative leader. Partners with the senior administrative leader to establish, strategize, coordinate, and collaborate in the achievement of key performance metrics, goals, and objectives.
• Develops key performance dashboards and together with senior administrative leader, accountable for analysis and interpretation of trends and action planning to ensure goals and objectives are achieved.
• Leads workforce planning for the clinical service line in collaboration with senior administrative leader, clinician recruitment, and operations. Partners with Operations, Area, and Region leadership to develop and execute workforce plans including candidate screening, interviews, contract discussions, and onboarding support.
• Support merger and acquisition activity, including providing subject matter expertise on candidate assessments, facility and equipment needs, existing care gaps, competitive analysis, and workforce plan adjustments. Supports efforts to achieve specialty-based national certifications and accreditations to improve clinical quality, enhance payor alignment, and public recognition.
• Partner with Operations and Business Development to identify growth opportunities. Establish strategy to increase clinician engagement and alignment in accordance with and beyond enterprise standards and initiatives. Establishes clinical service line-specific research and education goals and objectives. Identifies transformational care opportunities, conducts analysis, and identifies programmatic strategies to achieve first to market care delivery models.
• Directly responsible for regional clinical service line budget and indirectly supports annual facility and growth budgets for all venues where service line activities occur.
• 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.
• Develops and recommends operating and capital budgets and controls expenditures within approved budget objectives. Responsible for understanding and adhering to the organization's 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 organization's business.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:

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

Education Required:

• Doctorate Degree in Medicine.

Experience Required:

• 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 Required:

• Ability to establish excellent working relationships and strategic partnerships with various teams, physicians, executives, and other team members across a large organization to active 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 financial 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.
• Change 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.

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.