Site Chief

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 507,000 - 552,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. is seeking a Site Chief for New England Baptist Hospital to oversee all anesthesia services, drive quality and safety, and lead organizational strategy for a high-volume orthopedic program.

The role requires leadership of clinical operations, staff development, and collaboration with hospital leadership to optimize throughput and patient outcomes in a renowned musculoskeletal referral setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5-7 years of post-training clinical practice with progressive leadership experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in regional anesthesia and perioperative pain management for high-volume orthopedic populations.
• Experience leading anesthesia departments and coordinating across a hospital network.
• Strong ability to develop strategic plans and improve operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Provides overall clinical direction and oversight for anesthesia services across 16 operating rooms, PACU, preoperative clinic, and acute pain services.
• Oversees management of high-acuity, complex tertiary referrals including preoperative optimization and risk stratification.
• Direct departmental operations: staffing models, call schedules, daily OR coverage, and staffing.
• Collaborates with perioperative and surgical leadership to optimize OR throughput and case scheduling.
• Leads anesthesia quality and patient safety through peer review and adverse-event analysis.
• Establishes, monitors, and reports departmental quality metrics.
• Ensures compliance with The Joint Commission, Specialty-Society standards, and hospital policies on sedation and medication safety.
• Provides leadership for education, supervision of residents and fellows, and ACGME teaching hospital status.
• Drives governance participation across institutional committees and perioperative operations.
• Promotes efficient daily OR operations and a culture of clinical excellence and safety.
• Oversees safe anesthesia care adherence to best practices and guidelines.
• Mentors staff and promotes professional development; collaborates with CRNA site leaders.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical oversight

Quality assurance

Regulatory compliance

Orthopedic anesthesia

Staff development

Education supervision

Budgeting & operations

Job description

Job Description:

Site Chief - New England Baptist Hospital

Division Overview:

New England Baptist Hospital (NEBH) is an 80-bed adult medical-surgical hospital with 16 operating rooms in Boston, Massachusetts that is part of the Beth Israel Lahey Network. The hospital specializes in tertiary level orthopedic care and complex orthopedic and spine procedures and is an international leader in the treatment of all forms of musculoskeletal disorders, diseases, and deformities. The department provides NEBH patients with high-quality and safe perioperative care, in accordance with the best evidence-based practices, to achieve rapid recovery after surgery. Through quality perioperative care planning, optimal pain management and intraoperative anesthetic care, our goal is to effectively improve the lives of our patients.

Position Summary:

Working closely with the Vice Chairman for Network Anesthesia and Chief Medical Officer, the Site Chief will develop a vision and strategic plan to provide comprehensive, high quality, highly efficient anesthesia services that will support the continued growth and prominence of the nationally renowned musculoskeletal surgical services at the New England Baptist Hospital. The Site Chief is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the anesthesia services within the facility, including clinical operations, staff management, quality assurance, and ensuring safe, high-quality anesthesia delivery to patients.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides overall clinical direction and oversight for anesthesia services across 16 operating rooms, the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU), the preoperative evaluation clinic, and acute pain services.

• Oversees the management of high-acuity and complex tertiary referral patients, including coordination of preoperative optimization and risk stratification.

• Direct departmental operations, including staffing models, call schedules, daily OR coverage, and staffing.

• Partner with perioperative and surgical leadership to optimize OR throughput, first-case on-time starts, turnover efficiency, block utilization, and case scheduling across the operating rooms.

• Serves as the leader for anesthesia quality and patient safety, including peer review and adverse-event analysis.

• Establish, monitor, and report departmental quality metrics.

• Ensure compliance with The Joint Commission, and Specialty-Society standards, and with hospital policies governing sedation, controlled substances, and medication safety.

• Provide leadership for the department’s educational mission consistent with the institution’s status as an ACGME accredited teaching hospital, including supervision and training of anesthesiology residents and regional anesthesia fellows.

• Lead the department’s participation in institutional, executive perioperative governance and OR committee functions

• Facilitate the smooth and efficient operations of the daily functions of a busy, complex operating room environment

• Oversee the delivery of safe anesthesia care, ensuring adherence to best practices and clinical guidelines

• Promote a culture of clinical excellence, quality, and safety at NEBH

• Act as a role model in clinical care, teaching and to be actively engaged with members of the department

• Ensure site compliance to all applicable regulatory standards

• Provide fiscal and operational management of the site including strategies for growth, recruitment, and retention in alignment with the departmental mission and vision and in conjunction with staffing model

• Promote and foster an inclusive community by developing strategies for the recruitment and retention of a diverse workforce within the department

• Identify and resolve operational problems using defined processes, expertise and judgment

• Collaborate across multiple departments to maximize quality care, patient experience, and productivity

• Communicate effectively with anesthesia leadership across the network regarding patient care and address any clinical or personnel concerns accordingly

• Work with other hospital chiefs, administrators, and others to provide leadership, guidance, and support to the department for administrative, clinical resource, and quality management initiatives

• Drive quality improvement initiatives within the department

• Coordinate staff involvement in quality and patient safety strategies

• Provide mentorship and professional development opportunities for staff

• Work with CRNA site leaders to enhance the team-based clinical approach

Skills and Competencies

• Possesses knowledge of departmental and institutional standards

• Exceptional analytical and organizational skills

• Capable of working successfully within a team and across multiple departments

• Ability to communicate effectively among different organizational levels

• Exhibits strong mentoring and leadership skills

• Demonstrates ability to make decisions and solve problems effectively and fairly

• Possesses sound judgement when handling confidential matters, both clinically and professionally

• Minimum of 5-7 years of post-training clinical practice, with progressive leadership experience.

• Demonstrated expertise in regional anesthesia and perioperative pain management relevant to a high-volume orthopedic population.

Physical Requirements:

Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Some elements of the job are sedentary, and the employee will be required to stand for periods of time or move throughout the hospital campus.

Pay Range:

$507,000 - $552,000

The base pay range reflects what Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP) reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this role at the time of posting and may be modified from time to time. Actual compensation within this range may be determined based on several factors, including academic appointment, work experience, specialty training, geography of work location, anticipated productivity, FTE basis, and role expectations. In addition to base compensation, this role may be eligible for performance-based incentives, which may include bonuses for productivity and quality HMFP also offers a comprehensive and generous employee benefits program to eligible employees, including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, as well as retirement plan(s) with employer contributions.