Chief, Primary Care

JOB DESCRIPTION

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Work Shift

Day

Work Day(s)

Monday-Friday

Shift Start Time

8 : 00 AM

Shift End Time

5 : 00 PM

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

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Job Description

The Chief, Primary Care is responsible for the overall strategic and administrative leadership and operational execution of the broad Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Primary Care Affiliation Model, which includes Children’s primary care physicians, as well as a variety of Children’s affiliation models, including partnerships with Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). This leader will also build strong relationships with independent primary care groups in Atlanta and throughout Georgia. Responsibilities include appropriate coordination and collaboration with The Children’s Care Network (TCCN), a clinically integrated network that encompasses the associated pediatric primary care network.

The Chief will develop a market-leading primary care enterprise that supports and enables pediatricians to thrive, consistently achieves operational excellence, meets the evolving needs of Atlanta’s children and families, trains future generations of pediatricians, and aligns with independent pediatricians.

The Chief will work with the Chief of Academic Primary Care and Chief Teaching Officer to ensure the availability of teaching sites that meet or exceed LCME / ACGME requirements for pediatric experiences and support the development of a sustainable pediatric workforce. The Chief will be responsible for leading and ensuring the delivery of exceptional clinical care through efficient and effective operations and sustainable financial models.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Develop a strategy for Children’s primary care that builds a network of pediatricians and clinicians and allows for multiple models of affiliation with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, leveraging our work with our community integrated network (TCCN).

Build a best practice and replicable and scalable practice management system, inclusive of tools that can be utilized for Children’s practices and offered to physicians to enhance the practice of pediatrics and importantly be responsive to patient and family needs. This system should be transportable and available to the Mercer scholars to support their ability to stand up and run practices in rural Georgia.

Build and identify practices that will serve as training sites for pediatric residents to provide an optimal training experience and to encourage pediatricians to stay in Georgia to practice. The leader will work with our academic partners to include developing curriculum for pediatric residents on how to effectively run a practice that will prepare them for being successful and providing sustainable primary care in Georgia. Partners with the Chief Teaching Officer to incorporate training program needs at Emory, Morehouse, Mercer, UGA, and others to develop workforce plans to meet the needs of Atlanta and Georgia’s pediatric population.

Lead conversations with physicians interested in transitioning their practices either through sale or employment. Lead the due diligence and comprehensive assessment of each practice, recommend plan for each and if determined to become part of the Children’s system, lead transaction and transition.

Identify and build key relationships.

Partner with TCCN leadership to meet with Atlanta-based pediatricians to understand and anticipate their needs, working to ensure Children’s offerings meet those needs.

Partner with TCCN leadership to actively ensure that the supply and complement of primary care pediatricians meets the needs of the community and continues to support a robust pediatric-dedicated health system.

Partner with Atlanta-based Federally Qualified Health Centers to deliver quality pediatric care through partnerships.

Maintain relationships and build trust with pediatricians across the greater Atlanta area and the broader network of pediatric providers. Chairs the Primary Care Leadership Council.

Responsible for operational oversight of practices and clinics within Children’s Primary Care.

Ensure appropriate staffing enabling efficient, effective, and high-functioning primary care operations.

Establish and maintain high standards of professional practice to drive superior quality and a culture of safety.

Actively participate in and encourage team engagement with patient experience improvement initiatives.

Attract, retain, and engage talent.

Develop, test, and implement new models of care.

Develop and implement new patient / family engagement strategies.

Develop strategies for the development of the Primary Care Practice of the Future including the integration of telehealth, Behavioral Mental health, developmental pediatrics, APPs, digital integration, machine learning / artificial intelligence, remote monitoring, etc.

Work with IS&T leadership to develop and refine a primary care electronic health record offering (EPIC), a governing council, and integration with TCCN information systems to maximize quality, safety, and clinical outcomes.

Accountable for robust program growth and market distinction of pediatric primary care.

Candidate Qualifications

The candidate will have the following credentials :

Education

Doctor of Medicine (MD / DO) from an accredited four-year school of medicine.

Graduate of an accredited, post-graduate residency program

Master’s degree in health administration or business administration is strongly preferred.

Certifications and Licensure

Board certified and currently hold, or eligible to obtain, an unrestricted license to practice medicine in the state of Georgia.

BLS or PALS certification required.

Current DEA registration.

Meet eligibility requirements for credentialing as part of Children’s professional staff.

Experience and Skills

In addition to clinical experience, operational primary care leadership experience.

Experience leading a multi-physician, multi-site pediatric practice is strongly preferred.

Experience as a team builder and leadership developer with the proven ability to attract, develop, motivate, retain, and lead a high-performing team of professionals.

Proven ability to build consensus / foster community stakeholder relationships.

Possesses history as a unifier who can successfully galvanize a group to one vision.

Significant clinical experience and clinical operations / management experience, with a history of aligning and engaging physicians and clinicians.

Experience building and maintaining partnerships between clinical and non-clinical stakeholders.

History of successful team development, empowering high performance through visionary leadership, delegation, and operational excellence.

Personal Characteristics

A transformational and strategic leader who can establish an inspiring vision, who is committed to growing and developing clinicians, faculty, staff, and trainees, achieving prestige through the success of the program and its members rather than primarily through his or her own clinical and research work.

Continually demonstrates excellence in all communications with high energy, enthusiasm, and a professional demeanor. Clearly conveys information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.

A confident manager with business skills who knows how to achieve challenging performance goals in complex, evolving environments, including balancing his or her own strengths and weaknesses with complementary associates.

A mentor with strong coaching skills to nurture the development of team members.

An individual of the highest integrity with high levels of energy, maturity, and flexibility and a reputation for fairness and idealism.

An approachable and enthusiastic leader who is accessible and visible and who can engage the community for philanthropic support.

Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; compares data from various sources to draw conclusions; uses effective approaches for choosing a course of action or develops appropriate solutions; takes action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.

Maintains advanced knowledge of medicine, healthcare, and the functions over which this position provides senior-level leadership.

Broad, visionary thinker. Keeps the organization’s vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action, while proactively seeking opportunities with medical staff to lead process improvement in a positive, collaborative manner.

Primary Location Address

1575 Northeast Expy NE

Job Family

Vice President