DEPT CHAIR BREAST MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

Essential Function Job Specific Duties

• Leadership
  • Provides leadership to Physicians and APPs, demonstrating through their own behavior the principles of servant leader, collegiality and mutual respect.
  • Works with Department Administrator, DPIC and MMG VP to develop Faculty and APP recruitment proposals, to ensure a balanced approach to Faculty recruitment, taking into account the needs for Research, Clinical service, teaching and other responsibilities.
  • Works with Faculty Affairs and Organizational Development to support Faculty Coaching/Mentoring and Provider Burnout prevention.
  • Oversees implementation of clinical research dedicated effort assignment, productivity assessment, strategies for clinical research and equitable distribution of research effort support funds.
  • Responsible for completion of the Faculty Annual Review, including goal-setting, seeking out and taking into account feedback and information provided by Program Leaders, Service Chiefs and other Leaders who interact with the faculty.
  • Works closely with Faculty to support their professional development, including promotion and tenure.
  • Participates as requested in the strategic planning process.
  • Actively participates and leads Physician and APP Clinical care delivery redesign and optimization process efforts.
• MMG Operations
  • Aligns development goals of the Department with MMG and MCC priorities.
  • Works closely with Department Administrator in a dyad Leadership role to plan, evaluate and manage Department financial performance, including tactics to achieve timely documentation and billing.
  • Collaborates with Department Administrator in support of annual budget preparation, including assessment of ambulatory care volume, inpatient volume, surgical volume, and infusion volume estimates.
  • Interacts closely with Program Leaders in Department strategic planning and Program development
• Clinical & Medical Services
  • Promotes a professional clinical environment in all settings involving clinician care givers.
  • Supports and fosters effective collaboration between clinical programs to ensure an integrated approach to providing services and fulfilling the hospital’s clinical, research and educational goals and objectives.
  • Supports the development and implementation of multi-disciplinary, disease-oriented clinics.
  • Works with Program Leaders/Physicians relative to Hospital and Clinic activities.
  • Ensures that all members of their department maintain the highest ethical standards in the conduct of their clinical responsibilities, research, teaching and service activities.
  • Strives to develop Department, through the balanced recruitment of appropriate Specialists, developing a portfolio of specialists across the spectrum of skill sets, including Clinical Academicians, Clinical Investigators and Physician Scientists.

Fiscal Responsibilities

• Manages operating expenses forecasts for multiple Cost Centers, which may be created by this position or the position’s direct reports

Experience/Skills/Specialized Training

• Minimum Experience Required: A minimum of 7 years’ experience as a medical practitioner with appropriate experience in clinical care, research and education in an Academic Medical Center setting.
• Minimum Skills/Specialized Training Required: Effective leadership skills, particularly applied to Physicians and other Professionals, where team-based leadership is an essential skill. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Preferred Experience: Experience in Physician Leadership is desirable, but not essential.
• Preferred Skills/Specialized Training: Experience practicing in an oncology related specialty.
• Minimum Education: MD/DO
• As applicable: Board certification in area of specialty

Other, if any:

• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Florida Medical License
• MD Medical Doctor (MD)
• DEA License