Chief Business Officer, Section of Surgical Sciences

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:  Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of diverse individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning, and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization:

Office of the COO

Job Summary:

Vanderbilt Health - Executive Search Team is conducting a national search for a Chief Business Officer, Section of Surgical Sciences.

For almost 100 years, our mission in the Section of Surgical Sciences has been to provide the finest quality care to patients, solve surgical problems that change practice, and educate the next generation of health care providers.

The Section is comprised of eight Departments which are home to more than 240 clinical and research faculty, 118 residents and 19 fellows.

Clinical Programs

Our clinical programs are large and innovative. We perform over 26,000 operations per year at multiple locations throughout our system.

Each Department features expertise in high-complexity surgery. Notable programs occur across all the Departments. We have some of the largest and innovative adult and pediatric transplant programs in the country. Our adult and pediatric cardiac programs feature complex hybrid structural heart care and congenital cardiac surgery. Our vascular program specializes in advanced endovascular techniques. We are an American College of Surgeons designated Level I Trauma Center. Surgical oncology features innovative programs including the hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion program (HIPEC). Colorectal surgery excels in enhanced-recovery after surgery, shortening stays and lowering opioid use. Oral and maxillofacial surgery pioneered temporomandibular joint total joint arthroplasty and management of skeletal facial deformities. Neurological surgery delivers integrated cerebrovascular care, complex brain tumor, spine, and deep brain stimulation. Pediatric surgery provides complex oncologic care, fetal surgery, and national leadership in trauma. Plastic surgery excels in cleft and craniofacial repair, free-flap reconstruction, breast reinnervation, a growing multidisciplinary transgender practice, and hand surgery. Thoracic surgery specializes in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), diaphragmatic re-animation, minimally-invasive techniques, and lung cancer screening and treatment.

We are proud of our collaborations with multiple departments across VUMC. Notable among these are the NCI-Designated Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), , and the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE), which brings new therapies and imaging technologies to patients.

We have a robust portfolio of research and innovation, with $20,000,000 in external funding across multiple domains including transplant research, organ preservation, cancer, trauma, and patient outcomes.

Our training programs are large and diverse covering the entire range of surgical subspecialties. Our graduates go on to work at the finest centers in the country.

.

Position Description:

This is an opportunity to have a major impact on the delivery of surgical care, innovation, and education at one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers.  The Chief Business Officer will work collaboratively with the Chair to find creative, efficient solutions to improve patient care, support discovery science, and train the next generation of physician leaders. 

The Chief Business Officer will have responsibility in the following domains:

Key strategic partner for the Chair

• Serve as a key strategic partner for the Chair for major decisions
• Translate high-level strategies into actionable plans
• Participate in departmental and institutional meetings and programs as a representative of the Chair
• Ensure institutional policies and best practices are followed

Finance

• Develop and manage complex budgets
• Drive financial performance including revenue cycle, personnel, supply management, and faculty compensation
• Produce timely and clear financial reports, analysis, and re