Surgery Service Line Physician Administrator

CaroMont Health

Surgery Service Line Physician Administrator 

Qualifications: North Carolina Medical License, current CaroMont Regional Medical Center Active Privileges in either General, Breast, Plastics, or Orthopedics, and employed in a full-time capacity by CaroMont Medical Group. Strong preference given for candidates with at least 5 years' experience on Medical Staff at CRMC, current active participation in ED unassigned call, and prior formal leadership position(s).

 Required competencies:

• Demonstrated competence in change management, while utilizing creativity, skill and knowledge to inspire excellence.
• Leadership skills in planning, execution, evaluation, and improvement cycle.
• Effective negotiating, coaching, and conceptual thinking skills, ability to build cohesiveness, and successfully execute planned goals and objectives.
• Superb physician and administrative relation skills and proven ability to engage physicians and administrators by providing valuable insight and logical information.
• Financial and Analytical skills necessary to interpret quantitative and qualitative data relevant to the market, organization, and service line.
• Ability to clearly direct and motivate individuals while fostering a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Possesses strategic agility as demonstrated by ability to recognize and capitalize on innovative, valuable and achievable product line offerings aligned with the CaroMont Health Vision.
• Contributes to achievement and maintenance of an efficient service line delivery model as defined by accepted internal and external benchmarks.
• Strong public speaking and presentation skills

Job Summary:  The Surgery Service Line Physician Administrator serves as the clinical executive leader responsible for shaping, elevating, and sustaining the performance of CaroMont Health surgery service line with direct influence over clinical quality, patient experience, medical leadership, strategic direction, operational efficiency, economic performance, and the long-term viability of all surgical programs.

Functioning in a dyad partnership with the Service Line Senior Director, the administrator co -develops and executes an integrated strategy that drives measurable improvements in programmatic growth, financial strength, clinical outcomes, equity, operational reliability, and the overall value proposition of the service line. Together, the dyad will define clear, actionable, and measurable Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) ensuring the service line priorities are tightly aligned with enterprise goals, CARES values, regulatory expectations, patient experience, throughput, quality outcomes, cost stewardship and market needs.

The administrator will co-lead a multidisciplinary team of inpatient and ambulatory stakeholders including employed and independent physicians & APP's, nursing, managers, ancillary leaders, and support services to build a culture of excellence, accountability, collaboration, and innovation.

A critical expectation of the role is the ability to leverage innovation, emerging evidence, and industry best practice to enhance the service lines contribution to population health while optimizing CaroMont Health’s reputation, surgical market position, and community impact. The Physician Administrator, in conjunction with the Senior Service Line Administrative Director, will actively lead efforts to reduce variation, standardize work, expand clinical capabilities, improve equity and care delivery, and accelerate the adoption of high value clinical practice models.

The surgery service line administrator oversees the continuum of surgical specialties including general surgery, breast surgery, plastic surgery, ophthalmology, ENT, neurosurgery, anesthesia, GI, dental, oral and maxillofacial surgery, urology, and now will have the additional responsibility of supporting the team and patients previously managed by the Musculoskeletal Service Line. The surgery service line physician administrator is expected to commit 16 to 20 hours per week to fulfill the responsibilities of this leadership role.