Chief of Urology

Dartmouth-Hitchcock; Keene (NH); On-site; USD 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Dartmouth-Hitchcock is searching for a Chief of Urology at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, New Hampshire. This role emphasizes leadership in clinical quality, access, and care coordination for urologic care. The successful candidate will engage in operational performance and patient experience, ensuring high-quality service in collaboration with Dartmouth Health.

The position requires an M.D. or D.O. degree, completion of an ACGME-accredited Urology residency, and board certification. Strong communication skills and operational discipline are essential for advancing community-based urologic care.

Qualifications

• Visible, approachable, team-oriented physician leader with an active clinical presence.
• Ability to promote accountability and collaboration.
• Commitment to improving surgical and ambulatory workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead Urology Services at Cheshire Medical Center.
• Guide clinical quality and care coordination.
• Ensure alignment with Dartmouth Health standards.

Skills

Clinical excellence

Strong communication skills

Operational discipline

Education

M.D. or D.O. degree from an accredited medical school

Completion of an ACGME-accredited Urology residency

Board certification

Job description

Chief of Urology – Dartmouth Health Cheshire Medical Center

Dartmouth Health Cheshire Medical Center is seeking a collaborative, clinically credible physician leader to serve as Chief of Urology. This leader will guide Urology Services at Cheshire Medical Center, strengthen high-quality, patient-centered urologic care for the Monadnock Region, and deepen alignment with the Urology Section at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and the broader clinical, academic, research, and specialty resources of Dartmouth Health.

Cheshire Medical Center is a nonprofit community medical center in Keene, New Hampshire, and a member of Dartmouth Health, the state’s only academic health system. As the only hospital in Cheshire County and a major care hub for the Monadnock Region, Cheshire provides broad primary, specialty, surgical, emergency, inpatient, outpatient, rehabilitation, population health, and chronic disease management services.

Urology at Cheshire offers accessible diagnostic, medical, and surgical care close to home while maintaining coordinated access to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center subspecialty expertise, advanced procedures, cancer care, clinical trials, and the academic infrastructure of Dartmouth Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine, and Dartmouth Health.

Within a triad leadership model, the Chief of Urology will provide physician leadership for clinical quality, access, care coordination, provider engagement, operational performance, patient experience, and alignment with Dartmouth Health standards and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Urology priorities.

The successful candidate will be a visible, approachable, team-oriented physician leader with an active clinical presence and credibility with providers, staff, patients, and community partners. This leader will promote accountability, collaboration, quality, service, and continuous improvement while expanding access, strengthening referral relationships, supporting recruitment and retention, improving surgical and ambulatory workflows, advancing care transitions, and ensuring patients benefit from both local expertise and Dartmouth Health’s advanced specialty resources.

Qualified candidates will possess an M.D. or D.O. degree from an accredited medical school, completion of an ACGME-accredited Urology residency, and board certification. The ideal candidate will bring clinical excellence, sound judgment, operational discipline, strong communication skills, and a commitment to advancing community-based urologic care within an integrated academic health system.

All applications, nominations, and inquiries are invited. Please direct communications to the search consultants assisting Dartmouth Health Cheshire Medical Center, preferably via email: [e-mail] or [e-mail].

Dartmouth Health is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.