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Regional Chair, Emergency** **Medicine, North Region

Responsible for all professional and administrative activities within the

Department, particularly to ensure quality patient care and effective performance improvement

activities. This shall include:

1. Regulating the qualifications, conduct, participation, advancement, education, ethics and

discipline of its members.

2. Regulating and participating in the admission process for new members of the

department.

3. Providing educational programs in the department, particularly continuing medical

education for its attending staff.

4. Establishing and maintaining a high quality postgraduate emergency medicine training

program and fellowships in cooperation with the School of Medicine.

5. Establishing and maintaining a high standard of professional performance and the

auditing of professional care by members of the departmental staff, house officers, and

fellows.

6. Establishing and maintaining a clinical practice.

7. Liaising with clinical and administrative leadership within the North Region to

standardize care, improve care quality and access, and to support the execution of

strategic initiatives.

Essential Generic Job Functions:

1. Responsible through the Medical Board and the President of the Medical Center to the

Board of Governors for all professional and administrative activities within his/her

department and particularly, for the quality of patient care rendered by members of

his/her department and for the effective conduct of the patient care performance

improvement activities and monitoring functions delegated to his/her department.

2. Provide leadership over all aspects of the Department, including managerial, educational,

operational, capital allocation, resource management, budgetary, strategy and outreach.

3. Establish, in conjunction with the members of the department, the goals and objectives of

the department in keeping with the hospital planning goals and the need to maintain

contemporary and innovative programs.

4. Responsible for supervising the professional conduct of all members of the department.

5. Responsible for maximum operating efficiency of staff through effective communication

and relationship.

6. In collaboration with the Chief Academic Officer, provide ongoing continuing medical

education programs for the Department and ensure active involvement of Department

members.

7. Work harmoniously with department members and the Chairs of other departments.

8. Develop and maintain a departmental performance improvement plan, which is in full

compliance with the Medical Center’s Performance Plan.

9. As a rotating voting member of the Medical Board, provide guidance on the overall

medical policies of the hospital and make specific recommendations and suggestions

regarding his/her own department.

10. Maintain a continuing review of the professional performance of all physicians in the

department and sections of all the allied health professionals with specified services in

his/her department and report regularly to the Medical Board.

11. Transmit to the appropriate authorities as required by the Bylaws, the department’s

recommendations concerning appointment and classification, reappointment, delineation

of clinical privileges or specified services and corrective action with respect to physicians

in his/her department.

12. Create a physician leadership structure that ensures for collaborative input into the

strategic direction and daily operations. Ensure a common vision is defined and

articulated to physician members. Appoint divisions, sections and committees as are

necessary to conduct the functions of the department and designate a chief for each.

13. Enforce the hospital and medical staff Bylaws, rules, policies and regulations with his/her

department, including initiating corrective action and investigation of clinical

performance and ordering consultations to be provided or to be sought when necessary.

14. Implement within the department, actions taken by the Medical Board and by the Board

of Governors.

15. Responsible for all clinical and administrative activities within the department through

cooperation with the Nursing Service and the hospital Administration in matters affecting

patient care, including personnel, supplies, special regulations, standing orders and

techniques within the department.

16. Recommend measures for building and maintaining a staff dedicated to the best patient

care and quality of work. He/she will assure that there is an active program to recruit

physicians with special skills and to continually seek candidates for positions on the staff,

consistent with the needs of the department and the Medical Center.

17. Cooperate in the preparation of such annual reports, including budgetary planning

pertaining to the department as may be required by the Medical Board and the Chief

Executive Officer or the Board of Governors.

18. Provide active leadership and guidance in addressing patient satisfaction issues and

concerns within the department. If needed, conduct root cause analyses, focus groups and

other collaborative methods to address patient satisfaction concerns.

19. Arrange and maintain the organization of his/her department so as to provide adequate

supervision and evaluation of clinical work and research within the department.

20. Supervise the maintenance of medical records of his/her department as to adequacy,

quality and promptness of completion.

21. Develop and conduct a teaching program for residents and students as recommended by

the Residency Review Committee and the School of Medicine. He/she will assure the

active involvement of the department members in these teaching activities and coordinate

the teaching program with the Chief Academic Officer.

22. Maintain an active administrative liaison with the School of Medicine and actively

engage in supporting and leading student clerkships, interest groups,

23. Encourage staff to pursue scholarly activities, conduct clinical trials, attract grant

funding, enhance academic and research activities within the Department and pursue

associations with professional societies by creating an example of these endeavors.

24. Develop a foundation for robust clinical research; and foster for the recruitment of

academically oriented physicians

25. Other duties as dictated by the Chief Medical Officer, from time to time.

26. Develop and supervise divisional leadership and subspecialty programs.

27. Develop and supervise a full-time faculty practice.

28. Have the responsibilities of directing, overseeing and monitoring the performance of the

hospitalist program.

29. Responsible for understanding, articulating and maintaining excellent relationships with

the hospital leadership and medical staff.

30. Regularly attend meetings on volume, quality and efficiency with hospital leadership.

31. Lead community marketing and outreach.

32. Actively manage productivity and staffing – the two key elements of efficiency and

financial performance of the team under their control.

33. From time to time, physicians may provide clinical and/or administrative on-site

coverage to the athletes and staff participating at local sporting events.

34. Other duties and/or projects as assigned.

35. Adheres to the standards identified in the HUMC’s Organizational Competencies.

Contacts: All Medical Center personnel and Medical Staff, patients and families

Knowledge, Education and Skills Required:

1. M.D./D.O. degree from a recognized Medical or Osteopathic School.

2. Maintain Board Certification in Emergency Medicine

3. New Jersey Medical License.

4. Experience in care of patients, preferably in general or subspecialty private practice for at

least ten (10) years.

5. Administrative experience in a teaching hospital or medical school.

6. Eligible for the Faculty Appointment at a LCME approved Medical School, preferably at

the rank of at least Associate Professor, preferably Professor.

7. Qualified for rank of Attending physician at Hackensack University Medical Center.

8. Personality and ability to deal effectively with professional peers and department

members under his supervision

9. Substantial management and leadership experience in an academic or teaching

environment

10. Should possess good interpersonal communication and diplomacy skills

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be

an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required.

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HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.