Chief of Radiology - SMG, Physician

WVU Medicine; Morgantown (WV); Hybrid; USD 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

WVU Medicine in Morgantown, West Virginia, is seeking a Chief of Radiology to provide strategic and clinical leadership across the health system. This hybrid role combines remote work with onsite hospital responsibilities.

The ideal candidate will balance administrative duties with clinical practice, ensuring seamless diagnostic coverage and high-quality patient care. Qualifications include an MD or DO degree, completion of a Radiology Residency, and board certification in Radiology.

Qualifications

• Eligibility for state medical license in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
• Leadership experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, operational, and clinical leadership for radiology services.
• Maintain active clinical practice and coordinate emergency triage schedules.
• Manage independent physician contracts with established Service Level Agreements.

Skills

High-Acuity Adaptability

Contractual & Political Savvy

Executive Presence

Education

MD or DO degree

Completed Radiology Residency

Board certified/eligible in Radiology

Job description

The West Virginia University Health System, the state's largest health system and largest private employer, comprises 18 hospitals throughout the state and bordering states. In addition, it includes five institutes, as well as providing management services for other local hospitals through affiliate agreements.

Whether you are caring for our patients at one of the critical access hospitals, community sites, regional or academic medical centers, we are all one WVU Health System.

Work Here. Thrive Here.

Additional Job Description

WVUHS Medical Group seeks a Chief of Radiology to join our growing team. This will be a hybrid role with a mix of remote work and community hospital onsite shifts.

The Chief of Radiology provides strategic, operational, and clinical leadership for radiology services across all system hospitals, ambulatory centers, and free‑standing emergency departments. Reporting directly to the SMG President, this leader works in an administrative capacity to maximize local market share, improve regional efficiency, and ensure clinical excellence. The remaining 50% of the role is dedicated to clinical practice. A primary focus of this hybrid role is successfully navigating a complex physician landscape—directly leading system-employed radiologists and managing relationships with multiple independent contracted radiology groups—while serving as the clinical backstop for emergency coverage gaps.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Practice, Emergency Coverage, & Service Continuity

• Maintain active clinical practice, delivering high-quality diagnostic interpretations within the system-owned group's standard clinical workflow.
• Serve as the clinical backstop, rapidly stepping into the reading rotation to cover unexpected physician callouts, sudden volume surges, or critical staffing shortages.
• Coordinate emergency triage schedules across both system-employed and independent contracted groups to ensure zero disruption to emergency department or inpatient imaging services.

Physician Management & Hybrid Model Alignment

• Direct system-owned radiologists by managing their performance, clinical productivity, scheduling, and adherence to health system metrics.
• Manage independent physician contracts, serving as the primary administrator holding external private practice radiology groups accountable to established Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Bridge operational gaps between the system-owned group and independent groups to ensure seamless, 24/7 diagnostic and subspecialty coverage across all divisional sites.
• Standardize clinical peer-review and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) frameworks across both system-employed and independent contracted physicians.

Executive Leadership & Regional Growth

• Advocate for division resources directly to the SMG President, presenting data-backed business cases for regional capital equipment and staffing infrastructure.
• Monitor turnaround metrics for regional diagnostic reports, holding both employed and contracted reading providers strictly accountable to the division's operational standards.
• Cultivate physician networks by building strong relationships with local primary care and specialty doctors to ensure their imaging needs are met.
• Enforce system clinical standards locally, ensuring that community patients receive the same quality of diagnostic care regardless of which physician group reads the scan.

Required Core Competencies

• High-Acuity Adaptability: Ability to balance administrative responsibilities with the clinical flexibility needed to step into frontline reading shifts on short notice.
• Contractual & Political Savvy: Highly developed ability to manage independent, commercially driven private practice groups while upholding health system objectives.
• Executive Presence: Ability to effectively communicate operational data, financial metrics, and clinical outcomes directly to the SMG President and C‑suite.

Qualifications

Candidate must have a MD or DO degree or foreign equivalent and be eligible for state medical license in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Successful candidate must have completed a Radiology Residency program and be board certified/eligible in Radiology. All qualifications must be met by the time of appointment. Previous leadership experience is a plus.

Fayette Physician Network, Inc. d/b/a WVUHS Medical Group is an AA/EO employer – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40