Children's National Medical Center
Medical Director Community Hlth & Advocacy
Children's National Medical Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, 20900
Medical Director: Community Health & Advocacy (25000354)
Job Description
The Medical Director Community Health and Advocacy will work closely with the Vice President of Community Engagement, the Community Mental Health CORE, and CHAI leadership; and interdisciplinary care teams to successfully develop and implement the community health advocacy strategic vision across the divisions. The Medical Director will collaborate with CNMC leadership to promote academic success for community health and advocacy faculty and related programs. The Medical Director will assist with representing both divisions in leadership meetings and philanthropic engagement.
Qualifications Minimum Education
Medical Doctor (M.D.) Plus MHA or MPH highly desirable. (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
5 years Physician leadership role with demonstrated achievement community health and adocacy. (Required)
Required Skills/Knowledge
Provide strategic planning support and guidance to community engaged clinical programs with in the Goldberg Center and CHAI, with a specific focus on coordination of efforts across programs and divisions, program evaluation, and alignment with the 5 Year Strategic Plan, CHNA and CHIA
Serve as a mentor to faculty in both divisions focusing on academic productivity in community health and advocacy, to include mentorship regarding goals and objectives, and guidance on grant writing, project planning and academic career planning
Work collaboratively with both divisions and the Children’s Hospital Foundation to develop and implement a strategic plan for fundraising and donor cultivation
In collaboration with leadership of Goldberg Center, CHAI and other divisions as appropriate, provide strategic planning support, guidance and/or oversight (e.g. community mental health) to initiatives focused on the priority health conditions as reflected in the Community Health component of the 5 Year Strategic Plan).
Lead the coordination of communication and collaboration among divisions working on initiatives focused on the priority health conditions.
Required Licenses and Certifications
Board certification or board eligibility required. (Required)
Board eligible individuals must apply for certification within two years of appointment. (Required)
Functional Accountabilities Department Strategic Planning
Contributes to the strategic plan for department services, including short-term and long-term objectives
Implements strategic plan through management of day-to-day operations of the department
Collects and analyzes customer feedback and evaluates department effectiveness
Incorporates findings into plans to modify program and service delivery
Program and Service Administration and Implementation
Develops, directs, implements and evaluates services, programs, policies and procedures, and performance standards to achieve departmental goals
Works with senior management, physicians, and community organizations to plan, develop, implement and monitor community outreach and health services in accordance with the institutional strategic plan
Maintains knowledge and expertise in areas of responsibility, leadership and change management, and general healthcare legislation
Creates, develops, and maintains an environment conducive to learning and growth for self and staff
Troubleshoots operational issues and develops action plans to resolve
Ensures compliance with CNMC policies and procedures, and regulatory standards
Human Resources and Relationship Management
Hires, trains, develops and directs assigned staff to meet departmental objectives
Ensures that performance evaluations, medical requirements and all other organizational circuit breakers for all staff are complete and on time
Monitors staffing plans/schedules to optimize productivity and ensure quality services
Establishes, builds and sustains professional contacts for the purpose of building networks of people with similar goals that support similar interests
Information Resources Management
Sees the potential in and understands the use of administrative and clinical information resources and decision-support tools in process and performance improvement
Actively supports the utilization and continuous upgrading of information management capabilities
Proficient in compiling and analyzing data to support upper management decision-making
Budget and Financial Management
Participates in financial planning and budget preparation
Manages department budget to ensure financial stability of the department
Tracks, monitors, and evaluates budget for all line items
Develops recommendations to meet budget requirements
Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Program Implementation
Cultivates formal linkages with primary care providers and community-based practitioners for health promotion and disease prevention
Establishes and maintains formal procedure for identification of community-based interventions
Designs and implements data driven community-based interventions focused on critical threats to child health and well-being
Builds communication capacity and creates and implement communication plan to local, regional and national stakeholders
Focuses on community health and wellness services as a growth opportunity for the organization and an essential component to fulfilling the mission
Partnership Building & Sustainability
Explores new services and programs and looks for opportunities to further develop and enhance relationship with the community
Works with public affairs department to position the hospital as a hospital of choice for patients in the community
Integrates the service of employee and volunteers into the work of the hospital and the community
Outcomes and Evaluation Planning and Management
Disseminates knowledge through publications and learning partnerships for both internal and external communities in a formal way
Implements rigorous program evaluation based on predetermined metrics and measures of success in all programs
Assesses parameters that ultimately impact the quality of a child’s or family’s life at a community level and incorporate as appropriate into program planning and evaluation
Primary Location Maryland-Silver Spring
Work Locations Inventa Towers 1 Inventa Place Silver Spring 20910
Organization Ctr Clinical & Community Rsrch
Position Status: R (Regular) - FT - Full-Time
Job Posting Full-Time Salary Range: 100000 - 300000
Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The "Know Your Rights" poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here: Know Your Rights Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.
Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a "drug-free" work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.
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The Medical Director Community Health and Advocacy will work closely with the Vice President of Community Engagement, the Community Mental Health CORE, and CHAI leadership; and interdisciplinary care teams to successfully develop and implement the community health advocacy strategic vision across the divisions. The Medical Director will collaborate with CNMC leadership to promote academic success for community health and advocacy faculty and related programs. The Medical Director will assist with representing both divisions in leadership meetings and philanthropic engagement.
Qualifications Minimum Education
Medical Doctor (M.D.) Plus MHA or MPH highly desirable. (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
5 years Physician leadership role with demonstrated achievement community health and adocacy. (Required)
Required Skills/Knowledge
Provide strategic planning support and guidance to community engaged clinical programs with in the Goldberg Center and CHAI, with a specific focus on coordination of efforts across programs and divisions, program evaluation, and alignment with the 5 Year Strategic Plan, CHNA and CHIA
Serve as a mentor to faculty in both divisions focusing on academic productivity in community health and advocacy, to include mentorship regarding goals and objectives, and guidance on grant writing, project planning and academic career planning
Work collaboratively with both divisions and the Children’s Hospital Foundation to develop and implement a strategic plan for fundraising and donor cultivation
In collaboration with leadership of Goldberg Center, CHAI and other divisions as appropriate, provide strategic planning support, guidance and/or oversight (e.g. community mental health) to initiatives focused on the priority health conditions as reflected in the Community Health component of the 5 Year Strategic Plan).
Lead the coordination of communication and collaboration among divisions working on initiatives focused on the priority health conditions.
Required Licenses and Certifications
Board certification or board eligibility required. (Required)
Board eligible individuals must apply for certification within two years of appointment. (Required)
Functional Accountabilities Department Strategic Planning
Contributes to the strategic plan for department services, including short-term and long-term objectives
Implements strategic plan through management of day-to-day operations of the department
Collects and analyzes customer feedback and evaluates department effectiveness
Incorporates findings into plans to modify program and service delivery
Program and Service Administration and Implementation
Develops, directs, implements and evaluates services, programs, policies and procedures, and performance standards to achieve departmental goals
Works with senior management, physicians, and community organizations to plan, develop, implement and monitor community outreach and health services in accordance with the institutional strategic plan
Maintains knowledge and expertise in areas of responsibility, leadership and change management, and general healthcare legislation
Creates, develops, and maintains an environment conducive to learning and growth for self and staff
Troubleshoots operational issues and develops action plans to resolve
Ensures compliance with CNMC policies and procedures, and regulatory standards
Human Resources and Relationship Management
Hires, trains, develops and directs assigned staff to meet departmental objectives
Ensures that performance evaluations, medical requirements and all other organizational circuit breakers for all staff are complete and on time
Monitors staffing plans/schedules to optimize productivity and ensure quality services
Establishes, builds and sustains professional contacts for the purpose of building networks of people with similar goals that support similar interests
Information Resources Management
Sees the potential in and understands the use of administrative and clinical information resources and decision-support tools in process and performance improvement
Actively supports the utilization and continuous upgrading of information management capabilities
Proficient in compiling and analyzing data to support upper management decision-making
Budget and Financial Management
Participates in financial planning and budget preparation
Manages department budget to ensure financial stability of the department
Tracks, monitors, and evaluates budget for all line items
Develops recommendations to meet budget requirements
Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Program Implementation
Cultivates formal linkages with primary care providers and community-based practitioners for health promotion and disease prevention
Establishes and maintains formal procedure for identification of community-based interventions
Designs and implements data driven community-based interventions focused on critical threats to child health and well-being
Builds communication capacity and creates and implement communication plan to local, regional and national stakeholders
Focuses on community health and wellness services as a growth opportunity for the organization and an essential component to fulfilling the mission
Partnership Building & Sustainability
Explores new services and programs and looks for opportunities to further develop and enhance relationship with the community
Works with public affairs department to position the hospital as a hospital of choice for patients in the community
Integrates the service of employee and volunteers into the work of the hospital and the community
Outcomes and Evaluation Planning and Management
Disseminates knowledge through publications and learning partnerships for both internal and external communities in a formal way
Implements rigorous program evaluation based on predetermined metrics and measures of success in all programs
Assesses parameters that ultimately impact the quality of a child’s or family’s life at a community level and incorporate as appropriate into program planning and evaluation
Primary Location Maryland-Silver Spring
Work Locations Inventa Towers 1 Inventa Place Silver Spring 20910
Organization Ctr Clinical & Community Rsrch
Position Status: R (Regular) - FT - Full-Time
Job Posting Full-Time Salary Range: 100000 - 300000
Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The "Know Your Rights" poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here: Know Your Rights Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.
Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a "drug-free" work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.
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