SVP of Physician Affairs

JOB SUMMARY:

The SVP, Physician Affairs role will be a high-profile executive and extended member of the Senior Management Team responsible for managing the enterprise-wide professional services/physician practice at PathGroup. This leader will inspire a high-performing culture and drive professional service excellence and best-in-class execution service, cost efficiency, productivity and profitability across the practice. This executive will report to eh Chief Medical Officer and have a seat on the Physician Leadership Council.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Direct leadership and oversight of physician cost metrics and budgetary performance,
• Create annual physician budgets for each physician practice in the overall enterprise.
• Support operational due-diligence and acquisition integration for future M&A opportunities.
• Ensure successful adherence to policies, procedures, objectives, and initiatives as related to professional services.
• Support continued user acceptance and deployment of digital pathology processes and capital assets in line with the enterprise-wide strategy.
• Support Operations and IT in assurance of efficient use of capital through rigorous prioritization and maximizing the effectiveness of equipment investments across lab operations and the numerous hospital labs.
• Reinforce the CMO in analyzing industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify supply base issues to minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and utilize emerging opportunities.
• Create short-term and long-term strategic plan to drive top-line growth and margin accretion across operations. Ensure professional service capability and flexibility to grow both organically and inorganically.
• Manage and execute incentive compensation plan for participant cohorts of physicians, inclusive of data management, quarterly performance reporting, and collaboration with business analytics and payroll.
• Collaborate with leadership and others to identify and communicate barriers or gaps in physician practice professionals an financial vitality.
• Function as a change agent through process improvement opportunities, leadership, and strategic vision for professional services across acquisition businesses and core physician practice.
• Assist CMO in advancement of internal leadership for digital pathology, in line with the overall company strategy and in a way that drives efficiency and a competitive advantage in service/TAT all the way through diagnosis reporting.
• Communicate performance, plans and progress with executive leadership on a regular basis. Consistently deliver a clear communications program regarding priorities/initiatives to specific employee audiences on an ongoing, proactive basis.
• Assist Physician Services and the PLC in the. Creation and maintenance of best in class internal physician recruiting resources and processes, applicable across the enterprise.
• Author new or updated policies to direct compliant and optimal practices for the organization.
• Manage employee performance by coaching, counseling, motivating, and evaluating employees on a continual basis.
• Ensure effective employee relations by sustaining an ethical, non-discriminatory, and safe work environment and establishing effective communication lines and methods. Identify and solve employee problems, manage conflict, and respond to grievances as needed.
• Perform all job responsibilities in alignment with the industry's best security practices and regulatory guidelines to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected health information and other sensitive company data.
• Become familiar with and abide by the Corporate Compliance Program and all Corporate policies, including the privacy and Security policies.

NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Works with other departments within PathGroup and subsidiaries.
• Nothing in the job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION & LICENSURE:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college is required.
• Masters in healthcare administration or rich experience in Human Resources preferred.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Knowledge in Clinical Lab Testing, Anatomic Pathology, Molecular Diagnostics and Molecular Pathology operations and processes is preferred.
• Must be able to accommodate a moderate amount of travel (25%).
• Executive leadership and ability to collaborate/influence business leaders and functional partners
• Ability to motivate cross-functional teams, former business owners, physicians, and site operations leaders to meet overall objectives.
• Outstanding emotional intelligence and communication skills.
• Strategic mindset with fast-paced problem-solving skills.
• Exceptionally self-motivated and directed.