Physician, Vice Chair for System Integration, Anesthesiology

WVU Medicine; Morgantown (WV); On-site; USD 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

WVU Medicine in Morgantown, WV seeks a Vice Chair for System Integration in the Department of Anesthesiology. This senior physician-leader drives clinical excellence, operational alignment, and quality performance across the system, with 50% administrative time and 50% clinical practice.

The role emphasizes collaboration with hospital leadership, recruitment strategy, and development of standardized policies and staffing models to support growth and system-wide standards.

Qualifications

• MD/DO with eligibility for an unrestricted medical license.
• Completion of an Anesthesiology residency and board certification.
• Minimum 3 years of progressive leadership experience.
• Experience with ASPIRE and MPOG quality reporting.
• Willingness to travel to system hospitals regularly.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical excellence and operational alignment across WVU Medicine hospitals.
• Coach site leaders, standardize policies, and staffing models.
• Drive recruitment, retention, and compensation alignment across sites.
• Represent SMG-Anesthesiology in hospital leadership forums.

Skills

Executive leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Quality improvement

ASPIRE MPOG familiarity

Recruitment strategy

Public speaking

Education

MD/DO (unrestricted license)

Anesthesiology residency

Board certified in Anesthesiology

Job description

Introduction

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

West Virginia University School of Medicine and the Department of Anesthesiology seek a Vice Chair for System Integration qualified for appointment at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor rank. The successful candidate will be expected to practice in Morgantown, WV.

The Vice Chair for System Integration is a senior physician leader responsible for advancing clinical excellence, operational alignment, quality performance, workforce stability, and strategic growth across the WVU Medicine system hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.

Reporting to the Department Chair with a matrixed relationship to the President of System Medical Group (SMG), the Vice Chair serves as the primary partner to community hospital leadership. This role requires balancing system-wide standards with the independence and local identity of individual hospitals. Success in this position depends on building trust, fostering alignment, and leading through influence rather than authority.

The Vice Chair must maintain a visible, in-person presence across system hospitals and develop strong working relationships with each hospital CEO and CMO.

This position includes 50% protected administrative time to support system integration responsibilities, travel, leadership engagement, and quality improvement initiatives. The remaining 50% effort will be devoted to clinical practice. Protected time may be adjusted upward as needed based on system priorities, growth initiatives, operational complexity, or evolving leadership responsibilities.

The successful candidate will practice in the areas of Anesthesiology. In addition to providing excellent patient care, the successful candidate will also be actively involved in teaching medical students, residents, and fellows.

Duties & Key Responsibilities

Executive Partnership & Relationship Management

• Serve as the primary liaison for anesthesiology between SMG and community hospital CEOs and CMOs.
• Build and sustain collaborative, trust-based relationships.
• Align SMG goals with hospital strategic priorities.
• In collaboration with the Chair, represent SMG-Anesthesiology in hospital-level leadership forums as appropriate.

Travel & Site Engagement

• Travel to well-performing system hospitals approximately quarterly.
• Travel to hospitals requiring operational or quality support at least monthly until stability is achieved.
• Maintain regular in-person engagement with hospital leadership and anesthesia teams.
• Provide occasional clinical coverage at system hospitals when strategically or operationally necessary.

Clinical Quality & Operational Alignment

• Promote evidence-based perioperative best practices.
• Serve as the system's ASPIRE/MPOG advisor: interpret dashboards, identify performance improvement priorities, and coach site quality leads on actionable improvement plans.
• Support local leaders in translating quality data into measurable frontline change.
• Guide development of consistent policies, staffing models, and operational frameworks.
• Lead collaborative improvement efforts at sites requiring additional support.

Recruitment & Workforce Strategy

• Partner with local hospital CEOs, CMOs, and site anesthesia leaders to support physician and APP recruitment.
• Assist in developing staffing plans aligned with growth projections and operational needs.
• Participate in candidate interviews and recruitment events as appropriate.
• Help ensure equitable compensation structures and consistent recruitment messaging across sites.
• Support retention efforts through transparent performance and compensation alignment.

Compensation Transparency & Fairness

• Promote transparent, equitable compensation structures across system sites.
• Ensure consistency in compensation methodology and communication.
• Align incentives with productivity, quality, and system citizenship.

Culture & Leadership Development

• Support and coach site anesthesia leaders.
• Promote collaboration across hospitals while respecting local autonomy.
• Mediate conflicts when appropriate and foster system-wide professional standards.

Qualifications

• Candidate must have an MD or DO degree or foreign equivalent and be eligible for an unrestricted state medical license.
• Must have completed an Anesthesiology residency program.
• Must be board certified in Anesthesiology.
• Minimum 7 years post-training clinical experience.
• Minimum 3 years of progressive leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience with ASPIRE and MPOG quality reporting platforms.
• Experience with physician compensation models and recruitment strategy preferred.
• Strong executive presence, communication skills, and political acumen.
• Willingness and ability to travel routinely to system hospitals.
• All qualifications must be met by the time of appointment.

Job Details

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Exempt/Non-Exempt: United States of America (Exempt)

Company: UHA University Health Associates

Cost Center: 8000 UHA Anesthesiology

Address: 1 Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, West Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") are equal opportunity employers and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation benefits, and termination of employment.