VP Medical Affairs- Suburban Hospital
Company: Johns Hopkins Healthcare
Location: Bethesda
Posted on: January 18, 2023
Job Description:
VP Medical Affairs- Suburban Hospital
Requisition #: 615125
Location: Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, MD 20814
Category: Leadership
Work Week: Full Time
Weekend Work Required: Yes
Date Posted: Dec. 16, 2022
Suburban Hospital
Suburban Hospital is a community-based, not-for-profit hospital
serving Montgomery County and the surrounding area since 1943. In
2009, Suburban Hospital became a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine.
The designated trauma center for Montgomery County, Suburban
Hospital is affiliated with many local health care organizations,
including the National Institutes of Health.
- Achieved Magnet Designation from the American Nurse's
Credentialing Center in 2019.
- U.S. News & World Report ranked Suburban Hospital among the
best hospitals nationally in heart failure, COPD, and orthopedics
for both knee and hip replacements in 2020-2021.
- Designated regional trauma center for Montgomery County, one of
nine regional trauma centers in Maryland. Fully equipped with an
elevated helipad. Treats about 1,200 trauma patients each
year.
- Fully accredited by The Joint Commission and has earned the
Gold Seal of Approval - in several specialty areas: Primary Stroke
Center and Joint Replacement (Hip & Knee).
Summary of Position
The VPMA will work closely with the Suburban Hospital President,
Board of Trustees, the organization's executive team, the medical
staff and other physician and clinical leadership. The VPMA
provides medical leadership in decisions affecting the hospital's
clinical programs, clinical practices and medical staff. This
position is responsible for the effective discharge of the medical
staff organization functions as stated in the Medical Staff Bylaws,
in addition to the implementation and adherence to hospital
policies and procedures pertaining to medical staff activities.
The VPMA is responsible for the identification, measurement and
improvement of clinical indicators for patient safety and patient
outcomes. The VPMA will assist in reducing patient length of stay,
increasing the use of clinical protocols, reducing variation in
clinical practice and facilitate success in meeting the quadruple
aim.
The VPMA coordinates transitions of care across the continuum of
care in the most safe, efficient and patient/family centered manner
maintaining transparency in all processes. The VPMA assists in
coordinating physician recruitment and retention activities, the
credentialing process and continuing education programs for the
Medical Staff.
The VPMA will be integrally involved in and provide critical
physician input into the strategic development of the organization
and relationships with physicians within the System and across the
region. The VPMA will play a key role in overseeing physician
quality and performance improvement. Advocacy for patient safety
and quality will be of paramount importance.
Reporting Relationships
The VPMA reports to the Hospital President, with a dotted line of
accountability to the system Chief Medical Officer. The VPMA works
closely with the President of the Medical Staff, the Medical
Executive Committee, Department Chairpersons and clinicians
throughout the hospital and region.
The VPMA will serve on a variety of committees and serves as staff
to the Suburban Quality and Patient Safety Committees of the Board.
The VPMA is a member of the system-wide VPMA Council, which is
facilitated by the System Chief Medical Officer (CMO). The VPMA
serves as an important linkage between the private practice,
community, employed physicians, faculty, and Johns Hopkins
Community Physicians.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical Excellence, Process Improvement, and Value
Stewardship:
- Demonstrate leadership to drive clinical excellence, and high
reliability, throughout the organization.
- Leads and champions efforts to improve patient safety, reduce
hospital mortality, and decrease harm.
- Leads and champions Just Culture principles.
- Monitor organizational clinical performance against performance
goals and benchmarks to ensure progress is being made and
corrective action, if necessary, is taken.
- Identifies clinical indicators of quality, develops measurement
systems, gathers and analyzes data, educates members of the
Hospital and Medical Staff and obtains improvement in patient
outcomes.
- In cooperation with the Chairperson of each Medical Staff
Department and Section Chief, coordinates and implements safety and
quality improvement activities.
- Implements improved processes and management methods to
generate higher ROI and workflow optimization.
- Build an organizational culture in which passion for continuous
improvement is innate.
- Provides clinical input to the development of capital and
operating budgets and annual strategic plans for the organization.
Ensure adherence to annual budgets for areas of oversight.
- Advise the President on clinical issues that relate and impact
the operations of the hospital.
Medical Staff Office Leadership and Clinical Partnerships:
- Ensures competency and quality of Suburban-supported clinicians
and Hospitalists.
- Keeps the President of the Medical Staff and the President of
the Hospital apprised of all Medical Staff activities and issues.
Communicates Board, Medical Staff and Management initiatives to the
entire Medical Staff using a variety of methods.
- Provides clinical information to the President of the hospital,
President of the Medical Staff, Executive Committee of the Medical
Staff, Department Chairmen, Section Chiefs and individual
physicians on physician practice patterns and patient
outcomes.
- Works with the appropriate leaders of the Medical Staff, in
accordance with the medical staff bylaws, to review and investigate
provider related quality and/or professionalism related
concerns.
- Using data available for quality and outcome monitoring,
assists the President of the Medical Staff and appropriate Medical
Staff leaders in educating individual physicians to adjust their
practice patterns when necessary.
- Promotes and assists with professional relationships and open
communications between Patient Care Services, Professional Services
and members of the Medical Staff in an effort to ensure optimal
levels of patient care.
- Structures, coordinates and presents a program that meets
educational and continuing education needs of the Medical
Staff.
- Ensures Medical Staff Credentials Office and all areas assigned
follow standards of the Joint Commission.
- Ensures Medical Staff compliance with regulations of the State
of Maryland Regulatory Affairs & CMS.
Goals and Objectives- Measures of Success
- Develop strong relationships at all levels of the entity,
region, and health system.
- Be a visible leader who engages employees across the
organization and promotes a supportive culture built upon trust;
focus on workforce development initiatives.
- Learn the culture of Suburban Hospital physicians and gain an
understanding and appreciation for their practice and community
environment. A key element to being an effective catalyst for
collaboration and integration will be starting from a place of
being viewed as a credible, trustworthy leader and demonstrating an
interest in learning about the people, history and needs of the
organization.
- Continue enhancing patient safety and quality and building on
measures of core competencies for physicians as required by Joint
Commission; assess and enhance procedures for ongoing measurement
and reporting. The VPMA will provide leadership for facilitating
action plans to continually improve patient satisfaction and
physician satisfaction scores.
- Establish oneself as a credible and vocal champion for the
vision for high reliability of safe and quality care. Lead focus on
embedding and sustaining a High Reliability Organization (HRO)
Culture.
- Continue to build a collaborative, trusting spirit with the
medical staff and administration by leveraging communication,
engagement and commitment of the physicians. It is critical that
the VPMA helps to foster a culture and initiatives that promote
"systemness", and supports best practices of clinical
integration.
- Engage all members of the medical staff, voluntary and
employed, in the pursuit of the highest possible level of quality
care, employing the most contemporary methods of measurement,
performance improvement and utilizing national best practices.
- Develop positive and beneficial relationships and be a highly
visible presence within the Suburban physician community. Establish
trust with physicians and build rapport. Build productive
relationships with the medical staff and serve as an advocate for
their needs.
- Ensure the quality program is exemplary in both design and
operation, making sure its outcomes are transparent to the Board of
Trustees, hospital stakeholders and the community; develop
mechanisms of accountability for the program across all areas of
the hospital and the medical staff.
- Provide leadership in the development of strategies to improve
the financial performance of the organization, not only through
service line and volume growth, but also through such initiatives
as the review of clinical documentation, as well as ancillary
utilization.
- Establish strong relationships with appropriate leaders at
Johns Hopkins and within the National Capital Region. Establish
oneself as a collaborative, contributing member of the Suburban
Medical Staff and the Johns Hopkins VPMA council.
Candidate Qualifications
- The position requires seven to ten years of experience in
clinical practice. The successful candidate should have management
experience in a large healthcare organization or physician
group.
- Prior experience in a community hospital is essential and
exposure, beyond the training level to an academic environment
would be beneficial. He or she will have had responsibility for
leading clinical quality, patient safety improvement and medical
management functions.
- The ideal candidate will be an innovative physician executive
with a track record of positive working relationships with others,
and a passion for quality, access and health as well as a
demonstrated ability in leading change in a complex
environment.
Education
Candidates will be a Board Certified M.D. or D.O. A post graduate
degree (MBA, MPH) would be beneficial. Eligibility for or current
licensure in the State of Maryland is required.
Keywords: Johns Hopkins Healthcare, Bethesda , VP Medical Affairs- Suburban Hospital, Executive , Bethesda, Maryland
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