Division Chief of Adult Multi-Specialty, Department of Anesthesiology

Division Chief Of Adult Multi-Specialty, Department Of Anesthesiology

The Division Chief of Adult Multispecialty Anesthesiology is responsible for promoting excellence in the provision of perioperative care for patients undergoing general and trauma, ENT, urology, plastics, ophthalmologic, and orthopedic surgery. They will work closely with the director of offsite anesthesia to optimize care for Non-OR Anesthesia (NORA) procedures (including digestive health) that do not fall under other divisions (e.g. neuro IR). Reporting: In this capacity, the Division chief will report to the Chair, Executive Vice Chair, Vice Chair of Clinical Operations (for clinical areas) and other Vice Chairs, and work with the Departmental Quality Officer and Division Chiefs to ensure alignment of departmental goals. Responsibilities include designing protocols and processes to optimize the provision of anesthesia care for the surgical and medical procedures that fall under the adult multispecialty division, collaborating with the nursing leadership, surgeons and procedures in locations where adult multispecialty anesthesia services are offered to ensure optimal workflow, addressing quality issues and concerns that may emerge through (Be Safe) events related to adult multispecialty anesthesia, attending > 65% of monthly departmental Anesthesia Leadership Team (ALT) meetings, holding and leading regular meetings for their division to discuss issues related to the provision of anesthesia services for adult multispecialty cases, working closely with the residency or fellowship program directors to make sure that resident's and fellow's educational goals are met and their evaluations are submitted in a timely manner, playing a role in the development and mentorship of division faculty, nominating faculty for local, regional, and national awards if they meet criteria, promoting the academic mission of the division and ensuring that the division is represented in national subspeciality meetings by various faculty members, participating in the faculty annual evaluation process through providing requested feedback related to each division member's relative contributions to the departmental missions – clinical care, education, research, and community engagement, ensuring billing compliance within the division and partnering with departmental administrative leadership to look for opportunities to maximize billing and collections within the division, assisting in division scheduling, ensuring the workforce model is reflective of the needs of the division, and in recruiting new faculty to meet those needs, partnering with department administrative leadership in the development of a robust orientation program for new faculty joining UVA's Department of Anesthesiology, promoting ASPIRE values within the division, as well as helping to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment, assisting the Chair and Vice Chairs with recruiting new faculty for the division, and meeting with surgeons to proactively address shared goals including efficiency and patient safety and quality issues. The division chief is responsible for creating a strategy and a clear vision for the division to contribute to the Departmental and Health System missions. In this position, the division chief will work closely with surgeons and proceduralists to develop enhanced recovery pathways and institute practice guidelines for various surgeries and procedures. They will be responsible for maintaining and improving the quality and efficiency of the anesthesia services that they oversee.

Qualifications include board certification in anesthesiology, eligibility for medical licensure in Virginia, eligibility for the position of associate or full professor in the UVA School of Medicine, experience managing daily operating room operations, strong interpersonal skills and commitment to professionalism expectations, experience interacting and negotiating with diverse groups of healthcare providers including surgeons, nurses, etc., experience managing call schedules, experience with constructive problem solving, experience with the relevant administrative and regulatory issues, being innovative, creative, forward thinking, and fiscally responsible, committed to an inclusive workplace that is respectful to all team members, and being flexible and collaborative.