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Vice President, Primary Care

Vice President, Primary Care

Children's Healthcare of AtlantaAtlanta, GA, US
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Vice President, Primary Care

Children's is one of the nation's leading children's hospitals. No matter the role, every member of our team is an essential part of our mission to make kids better today and healthier tomorrow. We're committed to putting you first, and that commitment is at the heart of our company culture : People first. Children always. Find your next career opportunity and make a difference doing what you love at Children's.

The Vice President, Primary Care is responsible for the business development, onboarding, and operational success of the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Primary Care network. This leader will work closely with the Chief, Primary Care to build and execute a comprehensive strategy for expanding and aligning primary care practices with the Children's system, develop sound business cases, and serve as the point person for new practices throughout the transition, onboarding and operational phases. This leader will also play a critical role in building relationships across the primary care landscape, independent of employment model, to ensure patients and families have timely access to world class sub-specialty care.

The Vice President, Primary Care will work with the Chief, Primary Care to build a high?performing, market?leading primary care network that consistently meets or exceeds growth, financial and operational targets, delivers high?quality pediatric care, ensures exceptional integration experiences for new practices, and supports long?term sustainability for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and its affiliated physicians. Culminating in an organization that pediatricians are proud to be a part of.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement a growth strategy for Children's primary care network that aligns with Children's mission and leverages multiple affiliation models.
  • Build robust business cases for prospective practice acquisitions or partnerships, including financial modelling and ROI analysis.
  • Lead diligence activities, negotiate deal terms, and manage transaction processes for new practice affiliations and new practice developments.
  • Coordinate onboarding of new practices, ensuring smooth transitions to Children's systems, technology platforms, and operational standards.
  • Serve as the primary liaison to new practices during integration and beyond, addressing operational needs, providing implementation efficiency oversight, and aligning expectations.
  • Engage cross?functional resources (e.g. Legal, Finance, HR, IS&T, Marketing) to support deals, transitions, and ongoing operations.
  • Oversee operational performance of the primary care network, ensuring appropriate staffing, quality standards, patient experience, and financial sustainability.
  • Establish and monitor KPIs for business development, onboarding, and operational metrics, and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Build a best practice and replicable and scalable practice management system, inclusive of tools that can be utilized for Children's practices and offered to physicians to enhance the practice of pediatrics and importantly be responsive to patient and family needs. This system should be transportable and available to the Mercer scholars to support their ability to stand up and run practices in rural Georgia.
  • Lead onboarding new practices to ensure smooth and successful transition to Children's, being thoughtful about timing of transition and setting long term vision for each practice.
  • Responsible for operational oversight of practices and clinics within Children's Primary Care.
  • Ensure appropriate staffing enabling efficient, effective, and high-functioning primary care operations.
  • Drive optimum financial performance to ensure long-term sustainability.
  • Actively participate in and encourage team engagement with patient experience improvement initiatives.
  • Develop systems that attract, retain, and engage talent, reducing administrative burden for the providers.
  • Work closely with the Chief, Primary Care to operationalize new models of care delivery.
  • Examine patient / family engagement strategies in concert with the Chief, Primary Care.
  • Develop strategies for the development of the Practice of the Future including the integration of telehealth, Behavioral Mental health, developmental pediatrics, APPs, digital integration, machine learning / artificial intelligence, remote monitoring etc.
  • Work with IS&T leadership to develop and refine a primary care electronic health record offering (EPIC), a governing council, and integration with TCCN information systems to maximize quality, safety, and clinical outcomes.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships, trust, and respect with community and aligned pediatricians.
  • Accountable for robust program growth and market distinction of pediatric primary care.

Candidate Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have the following credentials :

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in business, finance, health administration, or related health care field is required.
  • Master's degree in health administration or business administration is strongly preferred.

    • Experience and Skills

  • Proven leadership experience in mergers and acquisitions, business development, and / or practice management within healthcare, preferably in primary care or pediatric services, overseeing multiple sites or regions.
  • Demonstrated success in evaluating, negotiating, and integrating practice acquisitions or partnerships, including financial analysis and ROI modelling.
  • Experience leading and collaborating with cross?functional teams to achieve complex objectives.
  • Team builder and leadership developer with the proven ability to attract, develop, motivate, retain, and lead a high-performing team of professionals.
  • Ability to build consensus / foster community stakeholder relationships.

    • Personal Characteristics

  • A transformational and strategic leader who can establish an inspiring vision, who is committed to growing and developing clinicians, faculty, staff, and trainees, achieving prestige through the success of the program and its members rather than primarily through his or her own clinical and research work.
  • Continually demonstrates excellence in all communications with high energy, enthusiasm, and a professional demeanor. Clearly conveys information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
  • A confident manager with business skills who knows how to achieve challenging performance goals in complex, evolving environments, including balancing his or her own strengths and weaknesses with complementary associates.
  • A mentor with strong coaching skills to nurture the development of team members.
  • An individual of the highest integrity with high levels of energy, maturity, and flexibility and a reputation for fairness and idealism.
  • An approachable and enthusiastic leader who is accessible and visible and who can engage the community for philanthropic support.
  • Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; compares data from various sources to draw conclusions; uses effective approaches for choosing a course of action or develops appropriate solutions; takes action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.
  • Maintains advanced knowledge of medicine, healthcare, and the functions over which this position provides senior-level leadership.
  • Broad, visionary thinker. Keeps the organization's vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action, while proactively seeking opportunities with medical staff to lead process improvement in a positive, collaborative manner.

    • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic covered by applicable law.

    Primary Location Address : 1575 Northeast Expy NE

    Job Family : Vice President

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