Chair, Department of Surgery

* Works collaboratively with the Chancellor & Executive Dean, Associate Deans, other Department Chairs, Program Directors, and faculty on curriculum for the medical school.
* Teaches medical students, residents, and allied health professionals.
* Supports the Residency Program Director and complies with the standards of the Office of Graduate Medical Education.
* Maintains accreditation of all educational programs.
* Promotes the recruitment, retention, and mentoring of academic faculty within the Department.
* Assures continuing faculty development activities in education.
* Provides annual summative evaluation and oversight of all faculty within the department, particularly with regards to the promotion and tenure cycle, as well as ongoing formative evaluation and feedback.
* Maintains a clinical practice.
* Determines the qualifications and assesses the competency of all members of the department and coordinates and provides oversight of all medical staff as it relates to credentialing, re-credentialing, and privileging.
* Collaborates with clinical services to support a multidisciplinary approach to patient care.
* Ensures that patient care delivery and clinical standards for the department are consistent with current professional guidelines, accreditation standards, and the mission, vision, and values of WVU Medicine.
* Monitors clinician, patient, referral, and employee satisfaction in accordance with organizational goals and guidelines, while maintaining clinical excellence.
* Ensures the practice of evidence-based medicine, as well as optimal patient care by clinicians.
* Collaborates with the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer to develop and monitor continuous performance improvement.
* Participates in scholarly activities.
* Enables faculty to develop and enhance academic and professional development.
* Provides appropriate mentoring for academic, scholarly, and professional growth.
* Encourages and rewards grant funding in education and training, basic, translational, and clinical research.
* Seeks interdisciplinary collaboration in research and scholarly activities.
* Supervises and mentors faculty research focused on practice changing contributions and scientific importance with a focus on high impact journals and national/international presentation.
* Mentors faculty and promotes development in voluntary national academic organizations.
* Oversees departmental finances with regards to the clinical practice and educational mission.
* Creates and executes an appropriate departmental budget, with the assistance of Departmental and Hospital Administrators, and other key personnel.
* Provides recommendations regarding equitable compensation for faculty, and staff working in Surgery and updates them regularly.
* Makes recommendations for annual capital improvements and monitors future fiscal needs of the department.
* Seeks collaborative relationships with clinicians and administrators at system hospitals.
* Maintains active professional relationships with former graduates practicing in the state and region.
* Participates in local and regional leadership forums and societies or delegates these responsibilities.
* Remains active in local, state, regional and national professional societies.
* Participates in the Council of Chairs and Executive Council of the School of Medicine.
* Serves on committees and councils as assigned by the Dean, CMO, hospital CEO, other ranking officials, or as peer elected.
* Promotes and participates in endeavors of philanthropy on behalf of the Department, School of Medicine, and University.
* Serves in other duties as assigned.
* Extensive knowledge of clinical operations and management.
* Credibility, problem solving, teamwork, consensus building, conflict resolution, and developing innovative solutions.
* Ability to handle unusual, demanding, and unrelated tasks.
* Strong organizational skills.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and an effective, active listener.
* Ability to give constructive feedback and mentoring.
* Ability to work and function in a matrix organization.
* Ability to seize new opportunities and generate new ideas in a spirit of innovation.
* Viewed by his/her colleagues as an exemplar of professionalism and is passionate regarding the provision of superb clinical care.
* A management philosophy that exemplifies accountability, integrity, self-awareness, respect for others, collaboration, willingness to share and teach, customer service orientation, and commitment to excellence in all endeavors.
* Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy from an accredited medical school.
* Certified by the American Board of Surgery and participation in its continuing certification program.
* Hold or able to obtain medical licensure in the State of West Virginia by start date.
* Current medical school appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level.
* At least ten (10) years of clinical practice experience and currently clinically active.
* At least three (3) years’…