Chief- Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Baystate Health (Springfield MA)

Baystate Health; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Immediate paid time off

403b plan with employer match

Job summary

Baystate Health in Springfield, MA, seeks a Division Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases to lead operations, safety, quality, and recruitment. The role involves budgeting, academic leadership, and active involvement in medical education and research, with clinical duties at the Baystate Children’s Hospital and Baystate Medical Center.

The ideal candidate has ABMS/AMBS BC pediatric infectious diseases certification, 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in academia, and a faculty

Qualifications

• AMBS BC pediatric infectious diseases.
• 5+ years’ experience with progressive management responsibilities and leadership in an academic department.
• Faculty appointment to UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate commensurate with experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide Leadership in the division.
• Implement strategy for operations, safety, quality, and recruitment/retention.
• Monitor the division’s budget, goals, and financial operations.
• Participate in the senior leadership team for departmental and children’s hospital strategy.
• Promote an environment of accountability, innovation, and agility.
• Lead engagement in medical education (peds, med-peds residents, 4th year medical students).
• Guide and monitor the academic advancement of faculty.
• Cultivate and facilitate clinical and QI research initiatives.
• Promote Clinical Best Practices; lead high reliability organization culture of safety and improvement.
• Practice clinically with our full-time pediatric ID faculty and support staff; inpatient consults at Baystate Medical Center and outpatient at Baystate Children’s Hospital Springfield.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Strategic planning

Academic leadership

Quality improvement

Clinical practice

Medical education

Education

AMBS BC pediatric infectious diseases

Job description

Baystate Health is a not-for-profit, integrated healthcare system in western Massachusetts. Baystate Children’s Hospital is a Level II Pediatric Trauma Center with subspecialists across 15 pediatric divisions. Our 107-bed facility includes the region’s only PICU and level III NICU, as well as a designated 24-hour pediatric ED and outpatient specialty services.

As Division Chief You Will

• Provide Leadership
• Implement strategy for operations, safety, quality, and recruitment/retention.
• Understand and monitor the division’s budget, implement goals, and assume stewardship of all financial operations.
• Participate as part of the senior leadership team in departmental and children’s hospital strategy and decision making.
• Promote an environment of accountability, innovation, and agility.
• Facilitate Academic Excellence
• Lead engagement in medical education (peds, med-peds residents, 4th year medical students).
• Guide and monitor the academic advancement of faculty.
• Cultivate and facilitate clinical and QI research initiatives.
• Promote Clinical Best Practices
• Lead high reliability organization- culture of safety, quality and performance improvement.
• Practice clinically with our full-time pediatric ID faculty and support staff in our well-established and busy division. Practice at Baystate Pediatric Outpatient Specialty Center in Springfield MA, with inpatient consults at nearby Baystate Medical Center.
• Qualifications: AMBS BC pediatric infectious diseases. 5+ years’ experience with evidence of progressive management responsibilities and leadership in an academic department. Faculty appointment to UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate commensurate with experience.
• Compensation: Our compensation package consists of a base salary of between $190,000- $270,000 (based on 1.0 FTE, experience level and qualifications) and annual incentive bonus opportunities.

The Advantages Of Working At Baystate

• Compensation plan includes base salary and opportunity to earn incentive bonuses
• Robust relocation package
• Immediate access to paid time off
• 403b plan with employer match and 457b deferred compensation plan
• Professional development and mentorship
• Wellbeing programs that include mental, physical, and financial health and more

For More Information Please Contact

Matthew Di Guglielmo, MD, PhD, Chair of Pediatrics, UMass Chan-Baystate

Pediatrician-in-Chief, at Baystate Children’s Hospital

C/O Melissa Hale, Senior Provider Recruiter

[email protected] or 413-794-2624

I understand and acknowledge that as a condition of my employment, I will be required to be vaccinated and follow all required protocols for the influenza vaccine, and the COVID-19 Vaccine as designated by Baystate Health, unless otherwise exempted from such requirements by applicable law.

Baystate Health participates in E-verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment, or continued employment. An Employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.