Physician | Regional Chair | Department of Internal Medicine | Eastern Division

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Additional Job Description:

Additional Job Description

West Virginia University WVU) School of Medicine seeks a Regional Chair of Internal Medicine for the Eastern Division in collaboration with West Virginia University Hospitals/University Health Associates. This is an exceptional leadership opportunity for a physician with unwavering commitment to excellence in clinic care, education and research.

SUMMARY:     The Regional Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine – Eastern Division is responsible for overall clinical, educational, scholarship/research, and service provided by the Department on the Eastern campus of the WVU School of Medicine and WVU Medicine East. This includes ensuring the highest quality of care and service, consistency in the standard of practice, maintaining excellence across the educational spectrum and enabling scholarly advances in the field. The regional chair facilitates an interdisciplinary approach to achieve excellence in clinical care, education, and research in an environment in which collaboration is valued and encouraged. 

Under the guidance of the East Dean, the regional chair will work closely with the WVU School of Medicine Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, Morgantown and the WVU Medicine East Chief Medical Officer and WVUH-E hospital leadership teams to align clinical, educational and scholarly initiatives, as well as physician recruitment, retention and strategic planning for clinical and academic initiatives and services.

ALLOCATION OF TIME: Administrative 50%; Clinical and Educational 50% (variable).

EDUCATIONAL:

• Works collaboratively with Eastern Division Dean, Department of Internal Medicine in Morgantown, and WVU Health Sciences to ensure academic standards and excellence of education for medical students, residents and allied health learners.

• Supports and supervises the Internal Medicine Residency Program Director and complies with the standards of the Office of Graduate Medical Education

•  Promotes the recruitment, retention, and mentoring of academic faculty.

• Assures continuing faculty development activities in education, scholarship, research, and outreach.

• Provides annual summative evaluation and oversight of all faculty, particularly with regards to the promotion and tenure cycle, as well as ongoing formative evaluation and feedback.

• Acts as a role model for students, residents, and physicians of the Department.

CLINICAL:

• Participates in the clinical care of patients in the inpatient and/or setting.

• Provides leadership and management for clinical operations within the Department of Internal Medicine working directly with the administrative director of internal medicine and providing oversight to the internal medicine specialty physician directors in coordination with the East CMO and the Chair of the Department of Medicine, Morgantown.

• Determines the qualifications and assesses the competency of all members of the department and coordinates and provides oversight of all medical staff as it relates to credentialing, re-credentialing and privileging in coordination with hospital medical executive committees.

• Ensures that patient care delivery and clinical standards for the department are consistent with current professional guidelines, accreditation standards, and the mission, vision, and values of the WVU School of Medicine, University Health Associates, and WVU Medicine.

• Monitors patient, customer, and employee satisfaction in accordance with organizational goals and guidelines, while maintaining clinical excellence.

• Encourages the practice of evidence-based medicine, engagement with quality initiatives and goals of the organization, and optimal use of the Electronic Medical Record including timely completion of medical charting.

• Collaborates with the senior leadership to develop and monitor continual performance impro