Division Director, Medical Specialties

Purpose & Scope

This Division administrative leader partners with the Division physician leader to form a Dyad Leadership Model in which co-planning, co-decision-making, and execution are required. The administrative Divisional leadership role is responsible for strategy development, planning, execution, and performance of the Division and its associated Service Lines. The primary focus is on building high-performing Service Lines within the Division that include; growth, high-quality care, exceptional patient experience, frictionless access, strong production and financial performance, and solid network integrity. Significant focus will be placed on service line strategy, planning, development, provider and staff engagement and integration, communication, and optimization and transformation of key performance indicators. Alignment of the physician services enterprise with VHC Health’s mission, vision and anchors is critical.

About the Role

The administrative leader will partner with the physician leader to develop and execute strategies for the Division and its Service Lines. They will lead the planning, execution, and performance of the Division and its Service Lines, focusing on growth, high-quality care, exceptional patient experience, frictionless access, strong production and financial performance, and solid network integrity. The role requires significant focus on service line strategy, planning, development, provider and staff engagement and integration, communication, and optimization and transformation of key performance indicators. The successful candidate must align the physician services enterprise with VHC Health’s mission, vision, and anchors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategies for the Division and its Service Lines
• Lead the planning, execution, and performance of the Division and its Service Lines
• Foster growth, high-quality care, exceptional patient experience, frictionless access, strong production and financial performance, and solid network integrity
• Focus on service line strategy, planning, development, provider and staff engagement and integration, communication, and optimization and transformation of key performance indicators
• Align the physician services enterprise with VHC Health’s mission, vision, and anchors

Requirements

• Master's degree in health or business administration preferred; or, Bachelor's degree required; and 10 years of experience in practice management, including financial, human resource, and operational management, and a sound understanding of ambulatory care
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive physician practice management or related health care management
• Strong understanding and experience working in a matrix organization and leading by influence
• Excellent communication, good judgment, and strong decision-making skills, build relationships, and ability to create engagement
• Proven ability to perform strategic planning, risk and opportunity assessments, and implement successfully
• Expert understanding of operations, transformation, and change management with a proven record of demonstrating success
• Expert understanding of process optimization, and redesign with the ability to develop performance management and benchmarking to support best practices
• Certification/Licensure: Lean/six sigma training (Green belt preferred); Process improvement experience preferred
• Certifications valued: CMPE or FACHE or Lean Six Sigma

Qualifications

• Education: Master's degree in health or business administration preferred; or, Bachelor's degree required; and 10 years of experience in practice management, including financial, human resource, and operational management, and a sound understanding of ambulatory care
• Experience: Minimum of 7 years of progressive physician practice management or related health care management
• Skills: Strong understanding and experience working in a matrix organization and leading by influence; excellent communication, good judgment, and strong decision-making skills; proven ability to perform strategic planning, risk and opportunity assessments, and implement successfully; expert understanding of operations, transformation, and change management with a proven record of demonstrating success; expert understanding of process optimization, and redesign with the ability to develop performance management and benchmarking to support best practices

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Risk and Opportunity Assessments
• Implement Successfully
• Operations Management
• Transformation and Change Management
• Process Optimization
• Benchmarking

Benefits

No portion of compensation is considered earned until it is vested and determined in accordance with the terms of applicable policies and benefit plans. The availability and amount of any bonuses, incentives, or other benefits are subject to the terms of those plans and may be modified at the sole discretion of VHC Health, in accordance with applicable law.

Pay

The posted hiring range reflects the range VHC Health, in good faith, believes is appropriate for this role at the time of posting. This range may be adjusted in the future based on business needs or market changes. No portion of compensation is considered earned until it is vested and determined in accordance with the terms of applicable policies and benefit plans. The availability and amount of any bonuses, incentives, or other benefits are subject to the terms of those plans and may be modified at the sole discretion of VHC Health, in accordance with applicable law.

Schedule

VHC Health maintains a drug-free workplace. The unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited at all VHC Health locations.

Awards & Recognition

• Received a 'High Performing' designation in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 list of maternity hospitals across the United States.
• Received a top ranking in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals list for 2023-2024.
• Ranked as one of the top hospitals in the region, according to the prestigious annual rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.
• Ranked as Best-in-State for 2024 in Virginia by Newsweek.
• Received 5 stars (the highest) in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service’s Quality rating.
• Renewed 2021 accreditation as a Level II Trauma Center.
• Cancer program received Accreditation with Commendation from the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer Accreditation.

Our Community

Living in Northern Virginia, one of the best places to live near D.C., you can have it all a lucrative job at a forward-thinking company – plus access to the country’s greatest historical sites, a bustling café culture, active nightlife and concert going, a thriving wine region, seven professional sports teams, and a mild four-season climate with year-round kayaking, biking, and hiking. We offer some of the best public and private schools in the nation and access to 60 colleges and universities. In fact, we are the most educated region in the country. Here, there are no compromises.

Equal Opportunity Employer

VHC Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law. VHC Health maintains a drug-free workplace. The unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited at all VHC Health locations.