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Organization:

Office of the COO

Job Summary:

Vanderbilt Health - Executive Search Team is conducting a national search for a Chief Business Officer, Department of Pediatrics. Reporting to the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics.

As one of the largest departments within the medical center, the Department of Pediatrics is proud to be home to some 460 primary faculty, 270 community-based volunteer faculty, 82 clinical fellows, 127 residents, and over 300 administrative and research staff.

The Department is rooted in a rich history of commitment to excellence in research, education, and patient care. Our faculty, clinicians, fellows, and trainees represent the very best of academic medicine - extraordinary people doing incredible things to advance the care for children in Middle Tennessee, across the nation, and throughout the world. The result is a Department which reaches far beyond the walls of our hospital to provide high-quality patient care, to train the next generation of leaders in pediatric medicine, and to advance our knowledge of important conditions that affect vulnerable infants and children through world class research.

Clinical Programs:

The Department is primarily housed within the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt but offers care at some 30 locations across Tennessee. The Children's Enterprise is fully integrated within the main Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) campus, which includes the Vanderbilt University Hospital, the Ingram Cancer Center, the Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, the Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital, and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health. Our teams also support pediatric services at our outlying community hospitals.

Our full integration within VUMC and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine provides ready access to phenomenal collaborators and world-class facilities and resources for our faculty and trainees. We are a leading pediatric research center consistently ranking in the top 10 for NIH funding among academic departments of pediatrics with annual research awards of approximately $101M, the majority coming from Federal sources, including NIH. Our investigators have made enormous contributions to research in answering the fundamental questions related to child health from the prenatal period through the intersection of childhood and adult diseases.

The Department is home to world-class educators who take great pride in the quality of our training programs for our medical students, residents, and fellows. Vanderbilt has trained approximately 40 percent of all pediatricians currently practicing in Tennessee. Our training programs also include a world-class pediatric physician-scientist training program (PPSTP).

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Position Description:

This is an opportunity to have a major impact on the delivery of pediatric care, innovation, and education at one of the nation's leading academic medical centers. The Chief Business Officer will work collaboratively with the Chair to find creative, efficient solutions to improve patient care, support discovery science, and train the next generation of physician leaders.

The Chief Business Officer will have responsibility in the following domains:

Key strategic partner for the Chair

• Serve as a key strategic partner for the Chair for major decisions
• Translate high-level strategies into actionable plans
• Participate in departmental and institutional meetings and programs as a representative of the Chair
• Ensure institutional policies and best practices are followed

Finance

• Develop and manage complex budgets
• Drive financial performance including revenue cycle, personnel, supply management, and faculty compensation
• Produce timely and clear financial reports, analyses, and recommendations to the Chair, Departmental Leaders, and Institutional Leaders
• Manage payroll and Workday systems
• Function as the contact point regarding departmental fiscal and administrative matters.

Personnel Management and Leadership

• Lead, develop, and retain a strong staff
• Develop reporting structures for optimal team performance

• Work effectively with key leaders to achieve institutional and departmental
• objectives
• Ensure and support a collaborative and effective workforce

Resource Management

• Manage office and research space assigned to the department
• Recommend distribution and allocation of departmental resources
• Represent the department in discussions with central facility offices such as Facilities Management, Planning-Design-Construction, and Space Management

Data

• Manage data across the clinical, research, and educational missions

Minimum Qualifications: This position requires a Bachelors' degree and a minimum of seven years demonstrated strategic management experience including budgets, financial reports and the ability to navigate and interface with multiple departments in the organization and supervising direct reports.

Preferred experience and skills:

• Strong understanding of academic healthcare systems and payor reimbursements
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with a well-developed sense of diplomacy with dynamic groups.
• Demonstrated administrative and financial leadership
• Proficiency in financial and administrative software systems.
• Professional work style with high level of problem-solving skills
• Advanced degree in business or health services preferred

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Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more.

At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose.

Core Accountabilities:

* Organizational Impact: Directs activities to achieve operational plans with some near term effect on results of the department/area.* Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Identifies issues, gathers facts to resolve technical and operational problems. * Breadth of Knowledge: Applies in-depth knowledge and skills of a professional/technical area and basic management knowledge to manage the work of the team.* Team Interaction: Leads a complex department with a focus on implementation. Typically executes on a short to medium term strategies.

Core Capabilities :

Supporting Colleagues: - Develops Self and Others: Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance e and gain knowledge in new areas. - Builds and Maintains Relationships: Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships. - Communicates Effectively: Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences .Delivering Excellent Services : - Serves Others with Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them. - Solves Complex Problems: Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions. - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness. Ensuring High Quality - Performs Excellent Work: Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly. - Ensures Continuous Improvement: Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring. Managing Resources Effectively: - Demonstrates Accountability: Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure. - Stewards Organizational Resources: Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area. - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities. Fostering Innovation: - Generates New Ideas: Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches. - Applies Technology: Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges. - Adapts to Change: Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.

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Work Experience:

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level:

7 years

Education:

Bachelor's

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.