Medical Director Community Hlth & Advocacy

Medical Director: Community Health & Advocacy )

Job Description

The Medical Director Community Health and Advocacy will work closely with the Vice President of Community Engagement, the Community Mental Health CORE, and CHAI leadership; and interdisciplinary care teams to successfully develop and implement the community health advocacy strategic vision across the divisions. The Medical Director will collaborate with CNMC leadership to promote academic success for community health and advocacy faculty and related programs.

The Medical Director will assist with representing both divisions in leadership meetings and philanthropic engagement.

Minimum Education

Medical Doctor (M.D.) Plus MHA or MPH highly desirable. (Required)

Minimum Work Experience

5 years Physician leadership role with demonstrated achievement community health and adocacy. (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge

• Provide strategic planning support and guidance to community engaged clinical programs with in the Goldberg Center and CHAI, with a specific focus on coordination of efforts across programs and divisions, program evaluation, and alignment with the 5 Year Strategic Plan, CHNA and CHIA
• Serve as a mentor to faculty in both divisions focusing on academic productivity in community health and advocacy, to include mentorship regarding goals and objectives, and guidance on grant writing, project planning and academic career planning
• Work collaboratively with both divisions and the Children’s Hospital Foundation to develop and implement a strategic plan for fundraising and donor cultivation
• In collaboration with leadership of Goldberg Center, CHAI and other divisions as appropriate, provide strategic planning support, guidance and/or oversight (e.g. community mental health) to initiatives focused on the priority health conditions as reflected in the Community Health component of the 5 Year Strategic Plan).
• Lead the coordination of communication and collaboration among divisions working on initiatives focused on the priority health conditions.

Required Licenses and Certifications

• Board certification or board eligibility required. (Required)
• Board eligible individuals must apply for certification within two years of appointment. (Required)

• Contributes to the strategic plan for department services, including short-term and long-term objectives
• Implements strategic plan through management of day-to-day operations of the department
• Collects and analyzes customer feedback and evaluates department effectiveness
• Incorporates findings into plans to modify program and service delivery

• Develops, directs, implements and evaluates services, programs, policies and procedures, and performance standards to achieve departmental goals
• Works with senior management, physicians, and community organizations to plan, develop, implement and monitor community outreach and health services in accordance with the institutional strategic plan
• Maintains knowledge and expertise in areas of responsibility, leadership and change management, and general healthcare legislation
• Creates, develops, and maintains an environment conducive to learning and growth for self and staff
• Troubleshoots operational issues and develops action plans to resolve
• Ensures compliance with CNMC policies and procedures, and regulatory standards

• Hires, trains, develops and directs assigned staff to meet departmental objectives
• Ensures that performance evaluations, medical requirements and all other organizational circuit breakers for all staff are complete and on time
• Monitors staffing plans/schedules to optimize productivity and ensure quality services
• Establishes, builds and sustains professional contacts for the purpose of building networks of people with similar goals that support similar interests

• Sees the potential in and understands the use of administrative and clinical information resources and decision-support tools in process and performance improvement
• Actively supports the utilization and continuous upgrading…