Chief of Academic General Pediatrics

Chief of Academic General Pediatrics at Saw Mill

Boston Children's Health Physicians, New York & Connecticut (BCHP) is seeking a Chief of the division of Academic General Pediatrics at Saw Mill. We are looking for a committed physician leader with a strong background in general pediatric clinical practice, healthcare management, medical education, and research. The successful candidate will also be appointed as chief of General Pediatrics at Maria Fareri Children?s Hospital at WMCHealth (MFCH), and New York Medical College (NYMC), our affiliated medical school, which is part of Touro University.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Vision: Set a strategic vision and provide leadership for the Division of Academic General Pediatrics, ensuring alignment with BCHP?s mission and values.
• Clinical Excellence: Oversee the delivery of comprehensive, compassionate, and high-quality care to pediatric patients. Serve as a clinical resource and provide guidance, ensuring evidence-based practices are followed.
• Program Development: Lead initiatives to enhance access, improve quality, and implement innovative care models.
• Quality and Safety: Champion patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the division. Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and lead efforts to improve outcomes and patient satisfaction.
• Research and Innovation: Foster a research-friendly environment, providing resources and mentorship to support scholarly activities.
• Education and Mentorship: Oversee educational programs for fellows, residents, and medical students within the division. Serve as a mentor to junior faculty, promoting professional development and academic growth.
• Administrative Oversight: Manage the division?s resources, including personnel, budget, and facilities, to ensure efficient operations. Develop strategies for growth, recruitment, and retention of faculty and staff.
• Team Development: Mentor and support physicians, residents, and staff, fostering a culture of collaboration and growth.
• Clinical practice: maintain an active clinical practice, approximately 0.5 FTE clinical.

Qualifications:

• Board Certified in Pediatrics
• Proven experience in a leadership role within pediatric healthcare
• Strong communication, organizational, and team-building skills
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in healthcare
• Experience in academic medicine and teaching is highly desirable. It is expected that the chief will have sufficient academic credentials to be appointed as Associate Professor of Pediatrics or higher at New York Medical College.

We offer a competitive compensation package and a stimulating work environment, which includes the following: as outlined below:

• Annual Salary: is 250,000-$300,000
• Annual Continuing Medical Education (CME) Reimbursement
• Generous PTO package
• Competitive Benefits packed including Medical Dental, Prescription, Disability, and Life Insurance Coverage
• Loan Forgiveness -PSLF
• Medical Malpractice coverage at no cost to the employee

About Boston Children's Health Physicians (BCHP)

Boston Children's Health Physicians (BCHP) is a large multi-specialty group with more than 300 clinicians providing comprehensive care for newborns, children, and adolescents. BCHP includes a full range of care for families in over 20 clinical specialty areas across 60 practices throughout New York's Metropolitan Area, the Hudson Valley and Connecticut, and includes an extensive network of primary practices. Locally, we are affiliated with Maria Fareri Children?s Hospital/Westchester Medical Center. We are also part of the Boston Children?s Hospital network of care, ranked among the best children's hospital in the world by U.S.News & World Report.

Mission Statement

• Boston Children?s Health Physicians? comprehensive network is dedicated to providing accessible, compassionate, patient-centered healthcare of the highest quality. BCHP is committed to enhancing the health and well-being of children and families in the communities we are privileged to serve.
• BCHP is dedicated to improving healthcare through innovative medical research and providing excellent education to the next generation of providers and healthcare leaders.
BCHP is devoted to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion and creating a culture where all patients, families, physicians, healthcare providers, and staff feel welcome and supported.

BCHP is a highly respected network of over 300 pediatric care providers affiliated with Boston Children?s Hospital, extending its renowned expertise to families throughout New York and Connecticut. As one of the leading pediatric groups in the country, BCHP offers a comprehensive range of specialized pediatric services, ensuring that families in the region have access to cutting-edge medical care across a broad spectrum of healthcare needs.

About Maria Fareri Children?s Hospital (MFCH)

BCHP maintains a strong partnership with Maria Fareri Children?s Hospital, the magnificent children?s hospital that is part of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), enhancing pediatric healthcare services in New York and Connecticut. Through this collaboration, BCHP leverages WMCHealth?s extensive regional healthcare network. BCHP has many longstanding collaborations with many healthcare facilities throughout the region, all designed to deliver a seamless continuum of care for children and families.

The relationship between BCHP and WMCHealth emphasizes integrated care, allowing pediatric patients to benefit from the resources, expertise, and cutting-edge treatments available at both institutions. Together, they support a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare, coordinating across various specialties to provide comprehensive, patient-centered care in convenient locations across the region.
Maria Fareri Children?s Hospital, located in Valhalla, NY, is a 140-bed advanced pediatrics facility that cares for the most seriously ill and injured children in the Hudson Valley. This includes those in need of cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, hematology and oncology treatments, organ transplants and other specialty pediatric services. MFCH is also home to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Level I pediatric trauma and burn care programs and a Regional Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Maria Fareri Children's Healthcare Services at MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie provides dedicated pediatric emergency medicine, surgery and inpatient services.

MFCH operates under a family-centered care approach to treating children. This philosophy involves parents, siblings and family members in every step of a child's treatment. The hospital has private in-patient rooms with bathrooms, showers and sleeping areas for parents, a Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy program, plus the Ronald McDonald House of the Greater Hudson Valley is conveniently located steps away from the hospital.

Their goal is to set the standard for family-centered, compassionate care in a physical environment that attracts outstanding physicians and staff, and which promotes healing, wellness and knowledge for all children and their families. They are advocates for children's health and wellness and actively promote health education and activities within the hospital and the community at large.

BCHP?s affiliation with Boston Children?s Hospital further augments this collaboration, bringing in world- renowned expertise and research capabilities, ultimately elevating the standard of pediatric care for families throughout New York and Connecticut.

About Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth)

WMCHealth is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 9 hospitals on eight campuses, spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley and approximately $3 billion in annual revenue. WMCHealth employs more than 13,000 people and has hundreds of providers employed in one of two medical groups which make up WMCHealth Physicians. WMCHealth sponsors 31 GME programs, with over 300 residents and fellows. WMCHealth has nearly 3,000 attending physicians who care for more than 381,000 patients annually.

The network includes Level I adult and pediatric trauma centers in Valhalla, and affiliated Level II trauma centers; a dedicated burn center; the region?s only advanced care children?s hospital, the academic medical center with vigorous teaching and research programs; a new, high-tech and patient-first ambulatory care facility; several community hospitals; dozens of specialized institutes and centers, including Comprehensive and Primary Stroke Centers; skilled nursing and assisted-living facilities; homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, along with a growing telemedicine program that connects Hudson Valley residents with immediate, life-saving care.

Westchester Medical Center- Westchester Medical Center is a premier provider of advanced medical care. The flagship of WMCHealth, this 415-bed academic hospital provides acute care services - Level I trauma and burn care, organ transplants, Comprehensive Stroke Care and more. Westchester Medical Center is the primary referral facility for other hospitals and serves as a lifeline for millions of people.

About New York Medical College (NYMC)

BCHP?s academic partner is New York Medical College (NYMC), which was founded in 1860 and is proud of its inclusive and humanistic approach to education. NYMC is conveniently located on the main medical center campus. The core academic and clinical offices for BCHP are also either on campus or nearby. Historically, NYMC has been ahead of its time in admitting and graduating women and students of color. NYMC joined Touro University (TU) in 2011, which has led to a new era of growth in research and educational programs. TU was established in 1970, with a focus on higher education for the Jewish community. Touro has grown to serve a widely diverse population with over 19,000 students across 35 schools in 4 countries. From liberal arts to law, health sciences to technology, business, Jewish studies, and education, Touro provides educational opportunities and career paths to not only the most talented and motivated students but also those who have been overlooked and underserved, who have the drive and potential to succeed.

BCHP will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.