Vice President, Chief Physician, Orthopedic Service Line

Overview

The Vice President & Chief Physician – Orthopedic Service Line is the senior physician leader accountable for the strategic, clinical, operational, and financial performance of the entire Orthopedic Service Line across a rapidly growing, multi-hospital and ambulatory health system.

This dual clinical/executive role (working clinician and 0.5 FTE as executive) combines hands-on physician leadership and, in collaboration with their dyad partner, full P&L responsibility for one of the system’s highest-volume and highest-margin service lines. The Chief Physician Executive serves as the primary dyad partner to the service line vice president and works in lockstep with system CEO, COO and the surgical services leadership to drive sustainable growth while maintaining national-caliber quality, safety, and patient experience.

This leader is accountable for the quality and productivity of the physicians and will ensure that physicians and advanced practice professionals maintain core professional competencies, including Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, Patient Care and Procedural Skills, Systems-Based Practice, Medical Knowledge, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, and Professionalism. The leader will support clinical innovation efforts, including the development, implementation, evaluation, and improvement of clinical pathways and models of care, as well as establishing and maintaining relationships with referring providers.

This role will drive outreach initiatives and cultivate strategic partnerships to support North Bay in achieving its key strategic objectives and goals.

• Develop and execute a 3-5 year strategic plan to make the health system the partner of choice orthopedic destination in the region(s).
• Lead de novo orthopedic ambulatory centers, joint-venture surgery centers, and hospital-based program expansions.
• Support physician and APP recruitment, alignment, and integration (employed and PSA models).

• Serve as the ultimate clinical authority for orthopedic standards of care, protocols, and order sets across the system.
• Drive top-decile performance in CMS, Leapfrog, U.S. News & World Report, and private payer quality metrics (SSI, readmissions, complications, PROs).
• Champion advanced subspecialty development (spine, total joints, sports medicine, trauma, oncology, hand/upper extremity, foot & ankle, pediatrics).

• Co-own P&L responsibility for the service line.
• Partner with the service line administrator on capacity optimization, block-time allocation, efficiency, throughput, and supply-chain standardization.
• Achieve or exceed annual growth, contribution margin, and market-share targets.

• Act as the primary advocate, mentor, and escalation point for all orthopedic surgeons and advanced practice providers.
• Foster a unified culture across locums, employed and private-practice physicians.
• Support recruitment efforts regarding fair-market-value compensation models, productivity incentives, and citizenship expectations.

• Collaborate with neurosurgery, sports medicine, rheumatology, pain management, and PM&R leadership to build a comprehensive musculoskeletal institute.
• Partner with population health and ACO leadership on bundled-payment readiness and risk contracts.
• In collaboration with physician leadership, support fair-market-value compensation models, productivity incentives, and citizenship standards.

• Medical degree (MD or DO) from an accredited medical school.

• MD license required. Board certification in a relevant specialty.

• Previous experience in a leadership role within a healthcare organization, preferably in program development or medical directorship. Previous experience demonstrating strong interpersonal skills and the ability to manage relationships in professional circumstances, including leadership skills, conflict management and resolution, and teambuilding skills, etc.

• Exceptional political savvy and relationship-building skills with independent physicians…