Vice Chair, Clinical Services Anesthesia

Position Summary:

The Vice Chair, Clinical Services Anesthesia is the senior physician leader responsible for all clinical operations, quality, safety, and performance of the anesthesia service line at UToledo Health. This is a clinical leadership position with direct accountability for delivering safe, efficient, high-quality perioperative care across the main operating rooms, non-operating room anesthesia (NORA) sites, and other anesthetizing locations in a busy academic health system. The Vice Chair, Clinical Services Anesthesia serves as the primary driver of clinical excellence and operational effectiveness, acting as the key liaison between anesthesiology, surgical services, perioperative nursing, hospital administration, and other stakeholders. While the role includes active participation in the academic and educational missions of an academic anesthesiology department, the primary focus and accountability of the Vice Chair, Clinical Services Anesthesia is clinical and operational leadership.

Essential Job Functions:

Clinical Leadership & Operational Oversight

• Provide strategic direction and day-to-day leadership for the full scope of anesthesia services.
• Direct the clinical practice of faculty anesthesiologists, CRNAs, CAAs, and residents to ensure consistent, evidence-based, patient-centered care.
• Develop, standardize, and continuously improve clinical protocols, workflows, and best practices across the perioperative continuum.
• Partner with surgical leadership and the OR leadership team to drive efficiency metrics (first-case on-time starts, turnover times, block utilization, concurrency, and throughput).
• Lead department-specific quality, safety, and risk-management programs, including morbidity conferences, root-cause analyses, and adoption of national benchmarks (AQI, MPSF, NACOR).

Clinical Excellence

• Provide high-quality anesthesia care across a full spectrum of general surgical cases
• Opportunities to teach residents and medical students within an established academic program
• Collaborative environment with surgeons, CRNAs, CAA's, and other APPs
• Mix of inpatient and outpatient anesthesia services

Academic & Educational Engagement

• Actively support the academic mission by ensuring the service line delivers outstanding educational experience for residents, student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs), and medical students.
• Participate in didactic teaching, simulation-based education, and clinical supervision of trainees.
• Encourage and facilitate faculty and resident scholarly activity while maintaining clinical productivity and operational performance as the primary priority.

Faculty Development & Recruitment

• Lead recruitment, mentoring, and retention of high-performing faculty anesthesiologists and advanced practice providers.
• Foster a collaborative, respectful, and professionally rewarding culture that values both clinical excellence and academic contribution.

System Integration & Strategic Leadership

• Represent anesthesiology at the executive perioperative governance table and in health-system strategic planning.
• Collaborate closely with surgical department chairs, nursing leadership, hospital administration, and UToledo Health leadership to align goals and resolve operational challenges.
• Oversee staffing models, scheduling, productivity monitoring, financial stewardship, and resource allocation for the service line.

Regulatory Compliance & Patient Safety

• Ensure compliance with CMS, Joint Commission, state regulations, and institutional policies.
• Champion a proactive culture of safety, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Minimum Qualifications:

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school
• Board certification in Anesthesiology (American Board of Anesthesiology)
• Eligibility for unrestricted Ohio medical licensure
• Minimum 7-10 years of progressive clinical and leadership experience in a high-volume academic or tertiary-care medical center
• Proven success in clinical program development, OR efficiency improvement, quality/safety initiatives, and physician-APP team leadership
• Demonstrated change-management and multidisciplinary collaboration skills

1. Candidate is not bound by a non-compete or other contractual obligation that would prevent them from fully engaging all aspects of this position defined in this job description at the time of hire

Preferred Qualifications:

• Fellowship training and/or additional certification in a subspecialty (critical care, cardiac, pediatric, pain medicine, etc.)
• Prior role as division director, Vice Chair, Clinical Services Anesthesia, medical director of perioperative services, or equivalent clinical leadership position
• Experience leading care-team models involving residents, CRNAs, and CAAs
• Track record of successful faculty recruitment and development in an academic setting

Benefits Package:

• Robust retirement options, including 403(b), 457, and pension plans with employer contributions up to 7.5%
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Paid time off, parental and maternity leave
• CME funding and travel allowance
• DEA waiver and licensure costs covered
• Tuition waiver for employees and dependents
• Long- and short-term disability coverage
• UTP opt-out of FICA, reducing payroll taxes

About Toledo, Ohio:

Located along Lake Erie and the Maumee River, Toledo combines big-city amenities with small-city affordability. Enjoy:

• 19 metro parks and 120+ miles of trails
• Renowned attractions like the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Zoo, and Symphony Orchestra
• Vibrant downtown entertainment and sports
• Affordable housing options, excellent schools, and family-friendly neighborhoods

The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the people so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her supervision. Full-time exempt roles are expected to complete reasonable expectations in no less than 40 hours per week; though may have longer days or weeks as needed.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, military or veteran status, height, weight, familial or marital status, or genetics.

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