SVP, Hospital-Based In Chief

About the Role

The Senior Vice President, Hospital-Based In Chief provides executive physician leadership and strategic direction for Phoenix Children's hospital-based clinical services. This position is responsible for advancing operational excellence, clinical quality, patient safety, physician engagement, patient and family experience, and the continued growth of inpatient and acute care services across the health system.

Reporting directly to the President & Chief Executive Officer, the Senior Vice President partners closely with executive physician and operational leaders to ensure exceptional clinical performance, coordinated care delivery, physician leadership development, and alignment with the organization's strategic priorities.

Reporting to this position are the Division Chiefs and Medical Directors of Critical Care, Neonatology, Emergency Medicine, Fetal Care, Emergency Departments, Pathology, Urgent Care, Radiology, and Hospital Medicine. The Senior Vice President serves as a member of the Executive Physician Leadership Team and collaborates closely with the Chief Medical Officer, Physician in Chief, Surgeon in Chief, Senior Vice President of Research, nursing leadership, and operational executives to ensure an integrated, high-performing hospital-based care model.

Responsibilities

• Provides executive leadership and direction to Division Chiefs and Medical Directors responsible for hospital-based clinical programs, ensuring continued growth, operational excellence, physician engagement, and high-quality inpatient and acute care services.
• Leads initiatives that improve quality outcomes, patient safety, operational performance, throughput, care coordination, and patient and family experience across hospital-based clinical services.
• Develops, mentors, and evaluates Division Chiefs and Medical Directors while strengthening physician leadership capabilities, accountability, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness.
• Leads physician leadership succession planning while partnering with Division Chiefs to recruit, retain, and develop exceptional physician talent.
• Supports expansion of hospital-based clinical programs aligned with Phoenix Children's strategic growth.
• Works collaboratively with the Chief Medical Officer, Physician in Chief, Surgeon in Chief, Senior Vice President of Research, nursing executives, and operational leaders to advance excellence in clinical care, patient safety, research, education, and system integration.
• Partners with operational leadership to ensure effective utilization of clinical systems, electronic health records, care pathways, capacity management, scheduling, documentation, and other technologies supporting hospital-based care delivery.
• Partners with Human Resources and executive leadership to promote physician professionalism, accountability, engagement, wellness, and adherence to Phoenix Children's standards of clinical excellence and professional conduct.
• Serves as a key executive leader supporting strategic initiatives, hospital operations, growth planning, and enterprise-wide physician leadership while performing additional responsibilities as assigned.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as requested.

Requirements

• MD or DO degree from an approved medical school.
• Board Certification in an appropriate pediatric specialty.
• Significant physician executive leadership experience in a complex pediatric healthcare system.
• Demonstrated experience leading hospital-based clinical services.
• Experience overseeing quality, safety, physician operations, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Proven ability to partner effectively with executive leadership.
• Current Arizona Medical License or ability to obtain within six months.

Mission, Vision, & Values

Mission
To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families.

Vision
Phoenix Children's will be the leading pediatric health system in the Southwest, nationally recognized for exceptional care, innovative research and advanced medical education. We realize this vision by:

• Offering the most comprehensive care across ages, communities and specialties
• Investing in innovative research, including emerging treatments, tools and technologies
• Advancing education and training to shape the next generation of clinical leaders
• Advocating for the health and well-being of children and families

Values
We place children and families at the center of all we do
We deliver exceptional care, every day and in every way
We collaborate with colleagues, partners and communities to amplify our impact
We set the standards of pediatric healthcare today, and innovate for the future
We are accountable for making the highest quality care accessible and affordable

Physical Requirements & Occupational Exposure

• Physical Requirements:
  • Climbing - Occasionally
  • Feeling (sensing textures and temperatures) - Occasionally
  • Fine Motor Skills (pinching, gripping, etc) - Occasionally
  • Hearing - Frequently
  • Pushing/pulling - Occasionally
  • Reaching - Occasionally
  • Sitting - Frequently
  • Standing - Occasionally
  • Stooping/crouching/kneeling/crawling - Occasionally
  • Talking - Constantly
  • Tasting/smelling - Occasionally
  • Walking - Frequently
  • Near Vision - Frequently
  • Far Vision - Frequently
  • Color Discrimination - Occasionally
  • Use of keyboard, mouse and/or computer equipment - Constantly
  • Lift up to 35 pounds without assistance - Occasionally
• Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential:
  • Inside office environment - Applicable
  • Airborne communicable diseases - Applicable
  • Bloodborne pathogens or bodily fluid - Applicable
  • Fumes or airborne particles - Applicable
  • Hazardous materials exposure - Applicable

Schedule

Mon-Fri, Days, 8am-5pm