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* Works collaboratively with the Chancellor & Executive Dean, Associate Deans, other Department Chairs, Program Directors, and faculty on curriculum for the medical school.* Teaches medical students, residents, and allied health professionals.* Supports the Residency Program Director and complies with the standards of the Office of Graduate Medical Education.* Maintains accreditation of all educational programs.* Promotes the recruitment, retention, and mentoring of academic faculty within the Department.* Assures continuing faculty development activities in education.* Provides annual summative evaluation and oversight of all faculty within the department, particularly with regards to the promotion and tenure cycle, as well as ongoing formative evaluation and feedback.* Maintains a clinical practice.* Determines the qualifications and assesses the competency of all members of the department and coordinates and provides oversight of all medical staff as it relates to credentialing, re-credentialing, and privileging.* Collaborates with clinical services to support a multidisciplinary approach to patient care.* Ensures that patient care delivery and clinical standards for the department are consistent with current professional guidelines, accreditation standards, and the mission, vision, and values of WVU Medicine.* Monitors clinician, patient, referral, and employee satisfaction in accordance with organizational goals and guidelines, while maintaining clinical excellence.* Ensures the practice of evidence-based medicine, as well as optimal patient care by clinicians.* Collaborates with the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer to develop and monitor continuous performance improvement.* Participates in scholarly activities.* Enables faculty to develop and enhance academic and professional development.* Provides appropriate mentoring for academic, scholarly, and professional growth.* Encourages and rewards grant funding in education and training, basic, translational, and clinical research.* Seeks interdisciplinary collaboration in research and scholarly activities.* Supervises and mentors faculty research focused on practice changing contributions and scientific importance with a focus on high impact journals and national/international presentation.* Mentors faculty and promotes development in voluntary national academic organizations.* Oversees departmental finances with regards to the clinical practice and educational mission.* Creates and executes an appropriate departmental budget, with the assistance of Departmental and Hospital Administrators, and other key personnel.* Provides recommendations regarding equitable compensation for faculty, and staff working in Surgery and updates them regularly.* Makes recommendations for annual capital improvements and monitors future fiscal needs of the department.* Seeks collaborative relationships with clinicians and administrators at system hospitals.* Maintains active professional relationships with former graduates practicing in the state and region.* Participates in local and regional leadership forums and societies or delegates these responsibilities.* Remains active in local, state, regional and national professional societies.* Participates in the Council of Chairs and Executive Council of the School of Medicine.* Serves on committees and councils as assigned by the Dean, CMO, hospital CEO, other ranking officials, or as peer elected.* Promotes and participates in endeavors of philanthropy on behalf of the Department, School of Medicine, and University.* Serves in other duties as assigned.* Extensive knowledge of clinical operations and management.* Credibility, problem solving, teamwork, consensus building, conflict resolution, and developing innovative solutions.* Ability to handle unusual, demanding, and unrelated tasks.* Strong organizational skills.* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and an effective, active listener.* Ability to give constructive feedback and mentoring.* Ability to work and function in a matrix organization.* Ability to seize new opportunities and generate new ideas in a spirit of innovation.* Viewed by his/her colleagues as an exemplar of professionalism and is passionate regarding the provision of superb clinical care.* A management philosophy that exemplifies accountability, integrity, self-awareness, respect for others, collaboration, willingness to share and teach, customer service orientation, and commitment to excellence in all endeavors.* Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy from an accredited medical school.* Certified by the American Board of Surgery and participation in its continuing certification program.* Hold or able to obtain medical licensure in the State of West Virginia by start date.* Current medical school appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level.* At least ten (10) years of clinical practice experience and currently clinically active.* At least three (3) years’ administrative experience in an academic medical center preferred.* Familiarity with clinical program administration and graduate medical education required.
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