Academic Chair of Internal Medicine Opportunity in Greenville, NC

Location: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd, Greenville, NC 27858. Employment Type: Full Time. Candidate Type: MD, DO. Visas Accepted: No J-1 or H-1B. Loan Repayment: Not Specified. Salary Range: Not Specified. Bonus Offered: None. Firm Status: Accepting candidates from search firms.

About the role

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians
• Affiliation with ECU Health Medical Center, a 974-bed Academic Medical Center and the teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine
• Reporting to the executive dean of Brody School of Medicine, the chair is responsible for all planning, policy, operations, and oversight of academic, clinical and research programs for the department
• Responsibility for all patient care activities and quality of care for a large department
• Financial authority over the state appropriated budget assigned to the department, extramural research funding received, practice plan revenues and expenses, philanthropic funding, and other financial matters for the department in accordance with applicable ECU, Brody School of Medicine, and ECU Health Academic Physicians policies and practices
• Oversight of the department’s coordination of the formal academic program and curricular design for medical students
• Leadership for all clinical programs, including quality of care, participation in credentialing of practitioners, promotion of new programs, and meeting budget targets for the practice plan
• Administer the ECU Health Academic Physicians Clinical Faculty Compensation Plan objectively and consistently, in accordance with all relevant policies, rules and regulations, so that high performers are appropriately recognized and individuals not meeting their targets are identified
• Serve as Executive Medical Committee Department Chair for ECU Health reporting to EMC Governing Board, this purpose leads clinical function for a specialty as defined in the medical staff bylaws including medical staff appointment, privileging and peer review function, collaborating with system service line chief to drive operational excellence and support providers in academic, community employed, and independent providers
• Coordinate the department’s involvement in and growth of patient care programs with ECU Health and ECU Health Medical Center
• Provide overall leadership for all research programs, including promotion of new programs and meeting school and university targets for research effort
• Supervise the scientific investigative work by faculty and staff of the department, to assure high-quality conduct, adherence to internal and external regulatory requirements, and production of high-quality publications that advance scientific knowledge
• Assign research space within the department based on objective assessment of need; and monitor the flow of intramural and extramural funds expended for research in the department, including indirect cost recovery funds
• Lead efforts to recruit and retain highly qualified faculty and staff
• Assigns responsibilities and resources within the department to support the growth and welfare of faculty and staff individually and collectively
• Mentor faculty and staff directly or through a structured system that provides appropriate support
• Lead budget planning for the department for all sources of funding applicable to the department, and assures that staffing and funding are appropriate for mission requirements
• Lead departmental planning initiatives and participate in continuing efforts to link/integrate the department initiatives with both school and the university strategic plans
• Ensure department compliance with Brody School of Medicine and ECU’s administrative policies and procedures

Responsibilities

• Ensure the continued excellence of the clinical, educational, and academic programs within a growing department
• All planning, policy, operations, and oversight of academic, clinical and research programs for the department
• All patient care activities and quality of care for a large department
• Financial authority over the state appropriated budget assigned to the department, extramural research funding received, practice plan revenues and expenses, philanthropic funding, and other financial matters
• Oversight of the department’s coordination of the formal academic program and curricular design for medical students
• Leadership for all clinical programs, including quality of care, participation in credentialing of practitioners, promotion of new programs, and meeting budget targets for the practice plan
• Administer the ECU Health Academic Physicians Clinical Faculty Compensation Plan objectively and consistently
• Serve as Executive Medical Committee Department Chair for ECU Health reporting to EMC Governing Board
• Coordinate the department’s involvement in and growth of patient care programs with ECU Health and ECU Health Medical Center
• Provide overall leadership for all research programs, including promotion of new programs and meeting school and university targets for research effort
• Supervise the scientific investigative work by faculty and staff of the department
• Assign research space within the department based on objective assessment of need; monitor the flow of intramural and extramural funds expended for research
• Lead efforts to recruit and retain highly qualified faculty and staff
• Assign responsibilities and resources within the department to support the growth and welfare of faculty and staff
• Mentor faculty and staff directly or through a structured system
• Lead budget planning for the department for all sources of funding
• Lead departmental planning initiatives and participate in continuing efforts to link/integrate department initiatives with school and university strategic plans
• Ensure department compliance with Brody School of Medicine and ECU’s administrative policies and procedures

Requirements

• 10 years in academic health care leadership
• Experience in supervising the work of others in academic medical settings
• Experience working directly with senior medical school administration, hospital administration, and other organizational executives

About the organization

ECU Health Physicians – ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of more than 15,000 team members, nine hospitals, a children's hospital and a physician group that encompasses over 1,200 academic and community providers