Overview

Our leaders shape strategic initiatives, develop passionate teams, and work to improve health outcomes. They advance our mission and exemplify excellence, compassion, teamwork and purpose in all that they do. Indiana University Health is seeking an individual who embodies these values to join our Indianapolis Metro Region leadership team in the role of Vice President - Chief Medical Officer, Adult Academic Health Center.

The Vice President-Chief Medical Officer for the Adult Academic Health Center serves as a member of the regional senior executive team and facilitates the development and implementation of plans, systems, processes, and personnel designed to ensure that the mission and core values are put into practice at Methodist and University Hospitals in downtown Indianapolis to attain the organization's strategic vision.

Responsibilities include:

• Strengthening areas in need of improvement, ensuring performance against goals, and strategic goal attainment.

• Fostering a mutually beneficial relationship between the medical staff and leadership with the expectation of professionalism and quality .

• Ensuring all policies, procedures, and outcomes of assigned areas ensure quality patient care, effective medical staff relations, and excellent service to patients.

• Advocating to members of the community and promoting the public health objectives of IU Health.

• Serves as a champion of clinical excellence while bringing a strategic healthcare executive perspective to foster effective collaboration across all levels of the organization working in partnership with the AAHC COO and CNO and other metro executives.

• Participating in strategic planning processes to establish and attain system and organizational goals.

• Partnering with IU Health's System Chief Quality and Safety Officer and System Chief Health Impact Officer to lead and implement initiatives around improving quality, safety, and developing performance improvement strategies that address health care disparities.

Indiana University Health is unlike any other healthcare system and we're looking for team members who share the things that matter most to us. IU Health leaders play a crucial role in advancing the mission of our organization and inspiring teams to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients. As one of Indiana's largest employers and the most comprehensive medical system in the state, our vision is to lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation and education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Key Relationships

Reports to: President - Indianapolis Metro Region and Adult Academic Health Center

Candidate Qualifications

Candidates for the position will be evaluated according to the following criteria and competencies.

Education and Experience

• Requires a Medical Degree, is board certified, preferably with active practice, and is licensed to practice in the state of Indiana. Must meet all criteria for membership of medical staff.
• Requires course work in the areas of Health Administration, Health Financing, Insurance, and/or Personnel Management.
• Requires 10 years of experience as a practicing physician with at least 5 years of leadership experience
• Requires experience in quality and patient safety, strategic planning, and community relations.
• Requires experience with the efficiencies of medical practices.
• Requires experience leading quality-improvement initiatives.
• Experience with medical staff affairs preferred.
• Requires knowledge of state and national regulatory agency guidelines.

Characteristics and Capabilities

• Desire to lead through the organization's mission, vision, and values.

• Requires the ability to build relationships with physician leadership including academic chairs and lead physicians through influence.
• Requires interpersonal negotiation and presentation skills with the ability to lead groups and programs.
• Demands a deep and strategic understanding of operational workflows, financial principles, and business acumen to drive organizational effectiveness.
• Must be a visionary with the ability to think in a positive and creative manner.
• Strong command of organizational and managerial competencies required.
• Requires the ability to work effectively in a paired leadership, highly matrixed and relationship-driven culture.
• Requires the ability to synthesize information and lead resolution efforts across complex scenarios.
• Visible and collaborative leader with excellent listening and communication skills and ability to have crucial conversations.
• Positive, inspiring, and energetic leader who demonstrates the highest standards of professionalism and performance.

• Possesses the highest personal integrity and ethics.

Indiana University Health is dedicated to a fair hiring process and is committed to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination for all individuals, regardless of age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, gender identity, expression, sexual orientation, or veteran status.