Assistant/Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs

Job SummaryThe Assistant/Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs will lead and direct, in collaboration with the Executive Management Team, all aspects of the clinical operations of the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine(SOM). This role will be accountable for but not limited to: collaborating with school leadership and hospital administration on strategic planning; achieving high patient and referring physician satisfaction; achieving optimal operational and financial performance; ensuring patient safety and high quality, cost effective patient care; successful deployment of technology into the practices; oversight of medical risk management; and establishing and monitoring meaningful performance measures which ensure and demonstrate excellence in clinical care and delivery of services.Reporting• Reports to the Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs/Chief Physician ExecutiveDuties and Responsibilities• Responsible for establishing and overseeing best practices for medical school, graduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education that occurs within the clinical setting;• Responsible for developing cost effective, high quality clinical programs that meet the needs of patients and their families;• Participate in the development of strategic planning for the clinical practice as well as ongoing planning processes to guide future development and growth of the practice;• Participate in the development of new business models and structures to facilitate the mostefficient and profitable clinical operations; help to define novel incentives to optimize the organization’s performance at the department and individual faculty level;• Oversee the activities of recruiting new faculty;• Handle behavior and impairment issues among faculty;• Work with the Office of Compliance and Risk Management to ensure patient safety and to manage our professional/general liability;• Responsible for introducing/implementing effective information systems and technology initiatives in the clinical practice, including but not limited to a practice management system, an electronic medical record, clinical data repository;• Ensure that medical care delivered in compliance with state, federal, accreditation and regulatory agency requirements;• In collaboration with the Executive Management Team, establish budgets to ensure fiscal responsibility of the faculty practice plan and to further the clinical enterprise;• Participate with clinical space utilization, allocation and renovation;• Contribute to the building of strong relationships with departmental leadership, faculty and staff• Participate in ongoing efforts to develop a collaborative, open and transparent partnership with our teaching hospitals and other external institutions/agencies;• Support the interface between the SOM clinicians and basic and translational scientists;• Represent Marshall Health and/or the SOM on appropriate committees;• Perform other duties as assigned.Personal CharacteristicsThe successful candidate will possess the following personal attributes:• Strong leadership capabilities, a strong work ethic, and the ability to keep pace with theorganization’s growing and changing needs;• Ability to forge positive interpersonal relationships with faculty, staff and other members of the institutional team;• Effective communication skills with particular ability to interact effectively with department chairs, faculty, referring physicians, and senior management, as well as with personnel at various levels of the organization;• Flexibility to manage multiple initiatives in response to continuously and rapidly changingpriorities;• Creative problem solver, with the ability to offer innovative, consensus-building solutions;• Capability to operate autonomously and with a minimum of direction;• Ability to be a decisive, hands-on team player and builder.