Description

Division Chief, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Emory University School of Medicine

Job Description:

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Children’s) and Emory University School of Medicine (Emory) are seeking a visionary and collaborative physician leader to serve as Division Chief, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. The Division Chief will lead a dynamic team of faculty dedicated to excellent and innovative clinical care, education, research, and advocacy for underserved communities.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to multi-dimensional growth at Children’s and Emory related to general pediatrics and adolescent medicine initiatives and priorities reflecting all three of our missions of excellent clinical care, education, and discovery. This leader will work closely with Children’s community primary pediatric care network, inclusive of our clinically integrated network, The Children’s Care Network (TCCN).

Principal duties and responsibilities:

Together, Children’s and Emory strive to promote compassionate, evidence-based care for all children, support outstanding education for pediatric trainees, and foster cutting-edge research/innovation. We seek to advance a culture of excellence and accountability, aiming to be a leader in advancing primary care pediatrics. To that end, the ideal Division Chief will be a skilled clinician and administrator with a strong reputation and track record of mentorship, clinical service, and scholarship. Within the first 18 months, they will have made significant progress in the following areas:

Administrative

• Become established as a trusted, effective, and highly collaborative leader.
• Codify a divisional leadership team that taps into the expertise and enthusiasm of current faculty with respect to clinical services, education, research, and advocacy.
• Refine the Division’s vision and strategies for primary care, inpatient pediatric medicine at Hughes Spaulding, and adolescent medicine to contribute to and align with both Children’s and Emory at Grady, balancing missions of patient care, research, and teaching.

Clinical Care

• Oversee and advance the delivery of culturally informed care across the Division.
• Support expansion of primary care access, including through School Based Health Centers and Adolescent Medicine, and consider development of specialized clinics.
• Partner with clinical directors and hospital administrators to evaluate clinical operation models, develop and assess new models of care.

Education and Faculty Development

• Work closely with the Vice Chair of Education/Chief Teaching Officer and educational leadership for the medical student clerkship, pediatric residency, and fellowship to ensure a primary care curriculum that is updated regularly.
• Nurture the culture of teaching and learning at Children’s and Emory.
• Broaden ambulatory training for residents and medical students across diverse practice settings.

Research

• Work with the Vice Chair of Research/Chief Research Officer to support scholarly activity and innovation in general pediatrics and adolescent medicine.
• Enhance the division’s contribution to population health research, the Clinically Integrated Network (CIN), health systems science, and implementation science, including efforts to improve outcomes for individual patients and at the state level.

Candidate qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have the following credentials:

Education

• Doctor of Medicine (MD/DO) from an accredited school of medicine.
• Board Certification in Pediatrics (and/or Adolescent Medicine) and eligibility for licensure in Georgia.
• Eligible for appointment at Emory University School of Medicine.

Experience and skills

• Experienced academic and operational leader with vision, enthusiasm, humility, and executive presence.
• Significant clinical experience with leadership in pediatric settings.
• Makes informed decisions; delivers results and drives accountability.
• Transformational, strategic, collaborative, mission driven.
• Excellent communicator and mentor.
• Passion for patient care, service improvement, and advocacy.
• National reputation for excellence in clinical care and/or education and research.
• Success building partnerships among diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrates leadership competencies and excels in building organizational capabilities and driving accountability and empowerment.
• Builds organizational talent and advocates for fairness and equity.

Interested candidates should Apply below and/or forward their CV to:

Emory Careers | Division Chief, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia | Careers at Grady Hospital

Todd Stratton | Director, Executive and Physician Recruiting

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

[email protected] | O: 404-785-7529