Medical Director – Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity

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We strongly encourage all candidates of diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply.


Key functions of the Medical Director role include:

1. Across all clinical areas, responsible for aligning with CHOP’s strategic objectives related to effective and efficient care, patient-family experience, growth, people, and research & innovation.

2. Active and contributing member of the OPPR leadership team, creating, contributing and advancing a leadership community and culture for a learning health system, as well as promoting diversity and inclusion and addressing issues of health equity.

3. Participate in recruiting, training, supervising, and mentoring associate medical directors, who have matrixed reporting to the Senior Medical Director and their specialty division chief. This will include setting performance goals and periodic/annual evaluation process.

Job Responsibilities:

Across the CHOP health system, partners with the Director to align Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity with CHOP’s strategic objectives related to effective and efficient care, experience, growth, people, and research & innovation.

• Partners with the Associate Medical Directors to provide leadership and accountability for preparedness, quality, safety, operational excellence, and financial stewardship within the scope of Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity.
• Provide physician leadership, subject matter expertise, consultation and participation in initiatives and projects (up to enterprise scale) related to preparedness and response.
• Guide implementation of activities and maintain involvement that continuously improve our operational readiness with consideration of the safety and quality of clinical care, business continuity, and operational excellence consistent with institutional priorities and initiatives, as well as regulatory standards.
• Models and promotes safety behaviors, teamwork and communication to create a respectful and resilient work environment that facilitates meaningful open dialogue.
• Leads and attends institutional, departmental, and area-specific preparedness and response meetings (such as IMTs and Taskforces). Participates in development and execution of after-action plans as needed. Responsibility may be delegated to associate medical directors.
• Ensures high risk clinical areas of the health system have designated support by senior or associate medical director for consultation.
• Delegates appropriately to associate medical directors in order to maximize impact and develop future leaders. Supports physicians with coaching around delegated tasks, with ultimate accountability at the level of the senior medical director.
• Provides coaching and mentoring to emergency preparedness staff, including clinical interpretation and leadership skills.

Active and contributing member of enterprise committees to create, contribute and advance a clinical leadership community and culture for a learning health system, as well as promoting

diversity and inclusion and addressing issues of health equity.

• As co-chair of Mass Casualty Incident Committee, ensure health system readiness for Mass Casualty and Multiple Patient Events, including training, education and drills to develop and evaluate preparedness. Provide medical leadership when able in the case of Mass Casualty Events and support after-action report development and implementation in the wake of events. Work with liaisons for highest risk areas to assist them in maintaining internal preparedness for these events.
• Assist Director with leadership of Emergency Preparedness Committee ensuring stakeholders are aware of and embedded in all preparedness activities across the enterprise.
• Partners with Associat