Position Summary:

In collaboration with the service line physician dyad partner, the Vice President co-leads the MaineHealth system neurosciences service line.

The neurosciences service line dyad has overall accountability for advancing and supporting all aspects of the clinical, academic, and research activity for the neurosciences enterprise. Primary accountabilities include: leading strategic planning efforts, expanding and enhancing access to care, fostering program development and alignment and execution on quality and value initiatives. In addition, the neurosciences service line dyad will have operational oversight and accountability for key disease site specific clinical and supportive care programs. The VP will also be charged with leading and implementing initiatives to support the delivery of care across the continuum in a highly coordinated fashion, as well as the longitudinal alignment of strategies, programs, and services across vertical business units.

The neurosciences service line vice president will have a strong, highly aligned and collaborative partnership with MaineHealth Medical Group through both system and regional leadership team structures.

In addition, the neurosciences service line vice president is responsible for collaborative working relationships with community-based practices and partners, MaineHealth members and MaineHealth affiliates in identifying growth strategies, advancing care models focused on decreasing variation in care, optimizing quality outcomes and improving access to services. The Vice President is also on point in supporting meaningful relationships with quaternary partners to insure access to highly specialized services.

The Vice President Neurosciences Service Line has a direct reporting relationship with the Chief Operating Officer for MaineHealth. The position has a matrix direct reporting relationship with the MaineHealth Regional Presidents.

Required Minimum Knowledge/Experience:

1. Five years of progressive senior administrative leadership experience directly in health care, preferably Neurosciences.
2. Graduate degree in related field (MBA, MHA, RN, MA or MS).
3. Excellent interpersonal skills; experience in working and collaborating closely with more senior management and physician leadership, and community based agencies and partners.
4. Demonstrated supervisory, management and collaboration skills, with physicians, nurses and the broader multidisciplinary team.
5. Proven experience successfully implementing and leading change and building relationships and trust across the continuum in a complex health care environment.
6. Demonstrated strong financial and resource management skills and a thorough understanding of the business side of healthcare delivery.

Dual Accountability Matrix