Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx has an opportunity for a Vice Chairperson, OBGYN. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is a unified Department across the two campuses of Jacobi Medical Center and North Central Bronx (NCB). Both facilities are members of the largest public health system in the country and serve the diverse community in the surrounding neighborhoods of the Bronx and lower Westchester County. Jacobi and NCB are major clinical affiliates and teaching sites of the Albert Einstein Medical College and have recently developed a teaching relationship with City University of New York.  NCB is a 232-bed community hospital with a loyal patient following.

 

The Mission of NYC Health + Hospitals is to extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of the ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity, and respect. Their Values are built on a foundation of social and racial equity and has established the ICARE standards for all staff.

 

NYC Health + Hospitals is the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system in the United States. Dedicated to providing the highest quality health care services to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity and respect, and regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.

 

The faculty represent all specialties within OBGYN including Maternal Fetal Medicine, Genetics, Gynecologic Oncology, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Urogynecology, and Reproductive Endocrinology. The Department focuses on delivering the highest quality care to our patients. We employ multidisciplinary simulation, huddling, and debriefs to promote teamwork and standardize care to continually improve our processes. We have a relatively young faculty that is eager to develop academically and work collaboratively with nurses, midwives and physician assistants to deliver the highest quality care to our patients in a safety net setting.

 

Opportunity Details:

Support the Chair in the day to day operations and oversight of clinical functions within the Department and relationships with other services.

Clinical Expectation: 60% Clinical effort. Clinical coverage will be assigned according to the expertise of the candidate and may include a combination of OBGYN clinical areas such as outpatient practice, inpatient, labor and delivery, and/or GYN surgery. Responsibilities will include precepting/mentoring of attendings, teaching of residents and medical students, collaboration with midwives, physician assistants and other mid-level providers. Call coverage will include in house call requirement monthly. Call coverage may include back up call according to clinical expertise. Academic Expectation: Promote scholarly activities by faculty and trainees. Responsibility for the substance, quality, review and evaluation of all research programs within the Department.  Develop and oversee continuing medical education programs for staff at all levels within the Department. Administrative Expectation: Ensure a culture of open dialogue with all staff, promote healthy team norms, and develop pathways to support staff and promote wellness. Ensure a culture of diversity and inclusion within the Department. Identify and address areas of inequity by promoting activities that build awareness and acceptance of all individuals. Ensure faculty meet performance expectations of their services assignment and customer service standards. Create, implement and maintain defined objectives for OBGYN services for clinical improvement, growth, and the expansion of services. Communication/Change Management Expectation: Establish appropriate communication channels with physicians, nurse-midwives, NPs, nurses and administration that result in trust, alignment and collaborative working relationships, making patient access to resources a high priority. Establish open, non-judgmental dialogue, expect a culture of diversity and inclusiveness, welcome constructive criticism from direct reports, admit errors openly, avoid a punitive response to honest mistakes, demonstrate timely responsiveness, and hold others accountable. Coach, mentor, and develop others to build internal capabilities and the talent that facilitates succession.