Pediatric Orthopedic Senior Director

INAAP; Allentown (Lehigh County); Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) is seeking a Senior Director for Pediatric Orthopedics to lead clinical practice, drive strategic initiatives, and foster academic collaboration across the Jefferson enterprise. The role focuses on mentorship, program development, and cross-site coordination.

The Pediatric Orthopedic Subspecialty Division spans Southeast Pennsylvania, the Lehigh Valley, and New Jersey, with base at LVHN Reilly Children's Hospital.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in clinical settings
• Experience mentoring and developing leaders
• Academic engagement with residency programs

Responsibilities

• Clinical Leadership & Practice Building: mentor and liaison to implement best processes and drive clinical excellence across the division.
• Executive Leadership & Enterprise Connectivity: lead as Senior Director and collaborate with hospital networks and divisions.
• Academic Engagement: engage with residents and support development of fellowships and academic appointments.

Job description

Join a team that delivers excellence.

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) is home to nearly 23,000 colleagues who make up our talented, vibrant and diverse workforce.

Join our team and experience firsthand what it's like to be part of a healthcare organization that's nationally recognized, forward-thinking and offers plenty of opportunity to do great work.

Imagine a career at one of the nation's most advanced health networks.

Be part of an exceptional health care experience. Join the inspired, passionate team at Lehigh Valley Health Network, a nationally recognized, forward-thinking organization offering plenty of opportunity to do great work.

LVHN has been ranked among the "Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years. We're a Magnet(tm) Hospital, having been honored five times with the American Nurses Credentialing Center's prestigious distinction for nursing excellence and quality patient outcomes in our Lehigh Valley region. Finally, Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest, Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg, Lehigh Valley Hospital- Hazleton, and Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono each received an 'A' grade on the Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group in 2020, the highest grade in patient safety. These recognitions highlight LVHN's commitment to teamwork, compassion, and technology with an unrelenting focus on delivering the best health care possible every day.

Whether you're considering your next career move or your first, you should consider Lehigh Valley Health Network.

Specialty:

This is a unique opportunity driven by the confluence of several factors: rapid growth of the Health System through merger and the global Orthopedic Leadership necessary to administer best practices across the enterprise, anticipated significant market pivot when the leading institution dedicates significant resources to a latent subspecialty service line, advent of a new Orthopedic Surgery Residency and a unique partnership model evolving with one or more nationally-recognized Children's Hospitals in our Region.

The Pediatric Orthopedic Subspecialty Division resides within a prominent integrated practice that spans Southeast Pennsylvania, the Lehigh Valley, and New Jersey while based at a state-of-the-art stand-alone LVHN Reilly Children's Hospital. Jefferson Orthopedics operates on a highly successful "pluralistic" model, combining employed and private practice physicians to form one of the country's largest Orthopedic practices, consistently recognized among the Top 25 programs nationally by U.S. News & World Report.

What makes this specific role both crucial and complex is that it demands an established leader to mentor a new Chief of Pediatric Orthopedics and create innovative strategies at a time of considerable growth while supporting the fundamental clinical and academic service construct.

Role and Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for three core areas:

• Clinical Leadership & Practice Building: You will be sought as a Senior Physician-Executive, mentor, liaison with internal and external constituents and a "program builder" to assist the Division Chief in establishing best processes and practices, driving clinical excellence and integration for Pediatric Orthopedics across our geographically-distributed Lehigh Valley Region and across the entire Jefferson enterprise. Executive Leadership & Enterprise Connectivity: You will fulfill a vital leadership role as the inaugural Senior Director of a major Subspecialty Division, a position that is being contemplated in all Jefferson Orthopedic Divisions, as manpower distribution and succession planning is prioritized. Additionally, there will be leadership opportunities at the Reilly Children's Hospital level. Most critically, the Senior Director will bring his/her deep domain expertise and set of relationships in the field to facilitate the planned partnerships with one or more nationally-recognized Pediatric Hospitals who will be collaborating with our systems in clinical and academic realms. Academic Engagement: The Senior Director has the opportunity to engage with Residents across three existing and one emerging Orthopedic Residency Program. In association with the Chief, the Physician-in-Chief and the Vice-Chair for Academic Affairs, development of a Pediatric Orthopedic Fellowship would be supported when appropriate. Academic appointments through the esteemed Sidney Kimmel Medical College are available and encouraged for qualified candidates.

Lehigh Valley Health Network is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with, and where applicable, in addition to federal, state and local employment regulations, Lehigh Valley Health Network will provide employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or other such protected classes as may be defined by law. All personnel actions and programs will adhere to this policy. Personnel actions and programs include, but are not limited to recruitment, selection, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, educational programs and/or social activities.

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