What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chief of Urology - Cheshire Medical Center position at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health?
Overview
Dartmouth Health Cheshire Medical Center is seeking a collaborative, clinically credible physician leader to serve as Chief of Urology. This leader will guide Urology Services at Cheshire Medical Center, strengthen high-quality, patient-centered urologic care for the Monadnock Region, and deepen alignment with the Urology Section at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and the broader clinical, academic, research, and specialty resources of Dartmouth Health.
Cheshire Medical Center is a nonprofit community medical center in Keene, New Hampshire, and a member of Dartmouth Health, the state’s only academic health system. As the only hospital in Cheshire County and a major care hub for the Monadnock Region, Cheshire provides broad primary, specialty, surgical, emergency, inpatient, outpatient, rehabilitation, population health, and chronic disease management services.
Urology at Cheshire offers accessible diagnostic, medical, and surgical care close to home while maintaining coordinated access to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center subspecialty expertise, advanced procedures, cancer care, clinical trials, and the academic infrastructure of Dartmouth Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine, and Dartmouth Health.
Within a triad leadership model, the Chief of Urology will provide physician leadership for clinical quality, access, care coordination, provider engagement, operational performance, patient experience, and alignment with Dartmouth Health standards and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Urology priorities.
The successful candidate will be a visible, approachable, team-oriented physician leader with an active clinical presence and credibility with providers, staff, patients, and community partners. This leader will promote accountability, collaboration, quality, service, and continuous improvement while expanding access, strengthening referral relationships, supporting recruitment and retention, improving surgical and ambulatory workflows, advancing care transitions, and ensuring patients benefit from both local expertise and Dartmouth Health’s advanced specialty resources.
Qualified candidates will possess an M.D. or D.O. degree from an accredited medical school, completion of an ACGME-accredited Urology residency, and board certification. The ideal candidate will bring clinical excellence, sound judgment, operational discipline, strong communication skills, and a commitment to advancing community-based urologic care within an integrated academic health system.
All applications, nominations, and inquiries are invited. Please direct communications to the search consultants assisting Dartmouth Health Cheshire Medical Center, preferably via email: cfitch@fitchsearch.com or heidi.n.krape@hitchcock.org.