Chair, Department of Radiology at Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital & Jefferson Montgomery Hospital

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The Jefferson Health System is seeking a new Chair, Department of Radiology at Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital (JEPH) and Jefferson Montgomery Hospital (JEMH).This position represents an outstanding opportunity for a distinguished physician to provide strategic leadership, direction, and coordination for the clinical, teaching, and research components of the Department of Radiology, while working collaboratively with clinical and administrative leadership to meet and exceed hospital and practice goals. The position is a Department Chair role that will enable a physician to run a successful department while continuing to work in clinical practice, as well as being a valuable member of the senior management team.

The Chair will maintain the highest quality of medical care for the Department while growing volume. He/she will provide leadership, ensuring a high level of cooperation, communication among the faculty and staff, and will be personally responsible for promoting and maintaining excellence and integrity in quality and patient care. This individual will monitor volume, clinical quality, operations improvements, residency programs and financial performance of the Department. It is anticipated that he/she will be an active clinician and educator and will be a visible leader and mentor.

The new Chair must share and demonstrate a passion for the institutional mission of exceptional clinical, education, and research services, including inter-professional team building. He/she must have the business acumen and cultural sensitivity to manage in a complex matrixed organization and demonstrate the interpersonal skills that will assure successful relationship building with a variety of external and internal stakeholders, including community clinicians, leaders, and donors.

• A minimum of 10 years of demonstrated accomplishment as a member of the leadership team of a large, community teaching hospital and/or academic medical center.

• A regional or national reputation as an outstanding clinician/educator in radiology; a proven track record as an effective leader in a complex, highly competitive setting.

• Professional accomplishments that would support a faculty appointment with an academic rank at the Associate Professor or Professor level.

• Demonstrated effectiveness in clinical program development and professional education in a large teaching hospital environment.
• Demonstrated success in creating, executing and monitoring strategic plans to achieve established goals.

• Demonstrated success in leading an imaging enterprise with the ability to effectively identify opportunities for advancement/improvement and recommend/advocate for specific actions.

• Exceptional analytic and communication skills with the ability to effectively and concisely communicate complex findings to diverse groups and individuals.

• A proven ability to effectively and efficiently manage several high-priority projects at the same time and delegate appropriately.

• Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities or threats and apply effective management principles to achieve success.

• Consistently strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and sustain effective working relationships with professionals in other disciplines.

• The ability to create a high energy, results-oriented work environment that encourages colleagues and staff to value each other's contributions.

• The ability to share and celebrate success with colleagues and staff.

• Excellent verbal, written and group presentation skills.

• Ability to work effectively with public and private organizations.

• Strong personal and professional commitment to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and ability to work effectively with individuals with diverse backgrounds.

Preference will be accorded candidates who have demonstrated the ability to organize and oversee the strategic and operational aspects of a large clinical service in a teaching environment. Strong communication skills are essential and a track record of leading a group of physicians and collaborating effectively with hospital management and professionals in other disciplines is valued.

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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.