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Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Thomas Jefferson University and System Leader, OB/GYN at Jefferson Health

Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
833 Chestnut Street (Show on map)
Jan 20, 2025
Job Details Job Description Thomas Jefferson University seeks a visionary and engaging academic physician leader to serve as the next Chair of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology in its Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC), located in the heart of Center City, Philadelphia. The successful candidate will also serve as the System Leader for OB/GYN at Jefferson Health a a clinical footprint that spans southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey and encompasses a total of 10 Labor & Delivery units and 53 outpatient practice locations staffed by 160 employed OB/GYN physicians (academic and community). The Department Chair will directly oversee the academic departmentas 33 full-time faculty physicians and will ensure exceptional care is provided at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, which sees approximately 3,000 deliveries each year, and the Departmentas 4 outpatient practice locations. The Chair will be a relationship-based leader capable of empowering faculty, promoting accountability, and developing future leaders to advance the Departmentas residency and fellowship programs and expand its research portfolio, ensuring the Department's ability to recruit an exceptional and diverse faculty. Reporting to the Dean of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, the Chair will direct the Departmentas programs to ensure an outstanding education, clinical training, and research opportunities for its residents and fellows, and students at the Medical College. The Chair will be responsible for faculty development and mentoring toward academic advancement through fostering opportunities for impactful patient-centered research with a focus on interdisciplinary and collaborative team-based scholarship. As the System Leader , the successful candidate will strategically lead the OB/GYN service lineas evolution a determining how Jefferson delivers care, educates, and promotes health equity in strategic and sustainable ways that serve the needs of its patients, learners, and communities. Working closely with the regional OB/GYN leadership team of Jeffersonas community-based hospitals and outpatient sites of care, the System Leader will collaboratively drive initiatives to harmonize the delivery of Obstetrics & Gynecology services across the entire Jefferson Health system. Reporting to the President of the Jefferson Medical Group at Jefferson Health, the System Leader will be responsible for developing strategies, overseeing implementation, and driving the service lineas progress towards Jeffersonas goal of becoming a fully integrated academic health system. Committed to a strategy of continuous performance improvement and innovation, the System Leader will optimize and standardize care delivery across all sites, enhancing clinical quality and safety for a consistent patient experience and improved outcomes. The ideal candidate will be: A clinical leader with experience working across blended practice models, including academic, community, and contractually-aligned physicians. An emotionally intelligent leader skilled at facilitating shared understanding through open and authentic communication and their ability to ask questions, listen, and incorporate ideas from all levels of the organization. A leader capable of galvanizing diverse perspectives and priorities towards a transformational and shared vision for OB/GYN across Jeerson Health. An effective strategist who can translate organizational vision into operational goals and mobilize progress. A relationship-based leader skilled at fostering engagement and collaboration, vertically and horizontally, across a large, matrixed health system with shared decision-making. Adept at leading through influence and coalescing support around "win-win" relationships. A track record of building and leading inclusive clinical teams across multiple hospitals and successfully driving system-wide performance initiatives to advance the integration of care delivery. Qualifications At least 5 years of leadership experience in clinical operations, ideally gained across a large academic health system. A practicing academic physician with a career trajectory showing increasing levels of administrative responsibilities, ideally culminating in serving as Chair, Vice Chair, System Chief or another relevant role for a Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. A strong record of championing excellence in clinical quality, program development, cultivating academic-clinical partnerships, facilitating the expansion of clinical research opportunities, and supporting the growth, development and mentorship of faculty, physicians, trainees, and students . Experience with the operational and financial management aspects of administering a department, including prior responsibilities for budget management, strategic planning, and resource management. A record of scholarship and academic accomplishments which merits appointment at the rank of associate or full professor at Sidney Kimmel Medical College. An MD/DO or equivalent international degree, board certification in Obstetrics & Gynecology , and be eligible for /possess an unrestricted license to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Click here for the full, comprehensive position description. Applicants should submit a single PDF containing a Statement of Interest (see guidance below) and detailed curriculum vitae to jennifer.rumain@jefferson.edu . Confidential inquiries, expressions of interest, and nominations can be sent to the same address. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. The Statement of Interest should highlight the applicantas academic and clinical leadership experience, including departmental service and system accomplishments. With regards to large-scale initiatives, applicants should elaborate upon their degree of involvement and include metrics, when possible. Applicants should specifically speak to how theyave contributed to: Optimization of service delivery and patient access to meet the changing needs of patients, hospitals, and the community. Standardization or other efforts to improve quality and patient experience. Service line integration efforts to improve operational efficiency. Fostering educational programs and the learning environment. Growth (academic or clinical) in strategic ways, e.g., leveraging clinical footprint to expand clinical trial network. Facilitating and expanding research (clinical, basic, and translational). Innovative ways to s upport, develop, and recruit faculty and clinicians in response to the challenges facing the field of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Achieving health equity and/or advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Work Shift Workday Night (United States of America) Worker Sub Type Regular Primary Location Address 833 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years. Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.