Chief of Urology - full-time opportunity (Weymouth, MA)

The Division Chief reports directly to the Vice President of South Shore Medical Center and indirectly to the Chair, Department of Surgery at South Shore Hospital for Urologic Surgical and Perioperative Service needs. Formal reporting on matters relevant to the quality of Divisional medical care occurs through weekly or biweekly meetings.

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The responsibilities of the Division Chief include:

• Embrace and further the engagement and coordination of physicians, APCs, nursing and staff.
• Provides leadership, organization and direction for shaping team culture.
• Endorse and lead division wide practice improvement initiatives along with operations and nursing.
• Review patient satisfaction reports for the division and address areas for improvement addressed with specific action plans.
• Establish, track and develop continuous improvement strategies for clinical quality and access goals.
• Establish protocols and best practices for the patient population served, working collaboratively with other Divisions’ clinical and operational leaders.
• Lead continued growth of the Division through the recruitment and integration of new physicians and APCs.  
• The leadership within the division is a triad of the Division chief, and the nurse and operations leads.
• The triad will set the agenda and run Division meetings with all providers and operational and nursing leaders.
• The triad will have weekly meetings to review operations, nursing, and provider strategies to effectively manage the Division.
• The triad will meet as necessary along with other key stakeholders to review safety, quality, productivity, human development, and cost metrics, and to problem solve within these areas to be more effective.
• Ensure adequate divisional coverage at all times, managing vacation and schedules conflicts.
• Ensures that all clinical providers within the Division are meeting the clinical and operation standards set forth by SSMC
• Monitors quality and appropriateness of medical care.
• Manages provider relations and professionalism issues, assist with clinical patient complaints, and provide performance improvement guidance and support.

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Provide leadership and oversight for all urologic surgical activities within the Department of Surgery. Represent the Urology service at the Operating Room Committee and OR Executive Committee, ensuring the division’s needs and priorities are effectively communicated. Support and optimize robotic surgery utilization for Urology, including case allocation, efficiency, and strategic planning. Participate in block time management for all urologists, ensuring equitable and efficient use of surgical resources. Attend Division of Surgery Morbidity & Mortality (M&M) conferences and ensure full participation of all Urology providers. Promote and oversee Urology’s engagement in all quality, safety, and performance improvement initiatives within the Division of Surgery. Ensure adherence to surgical standards, clinical protocols, and best practices across all Urology surgical services.

About South Shore Health (MA)

South Shore Health is an independent, not-for-profit, regional health system, based in Weymouth, Massachusetts, offering high-value, high-quality primary, secondary and tertiary care as well as specialty care, home health, community care, emergency, urgent care and preventative and wellness services.

At South Shore Health, we are committed to working toward the common goal of providing the highest-quality, exceptional, patient-centered care to all of our patients. We unite top-caliber talent, technology and service with the personal needs of patients and their families to develop individualized treatment plans.

The health system is also one of the only regional health systems that offers clinical affiliations with Boston-based academic medical centers offering world-leading medical care to the community. Our partners include:

Mass General Brigham: We partner with Brigham and Women’s Hospital to provide advanced surgical specialties including general surgery, neurosurgery, breast surgery, acute care/trauma surgery, thoracic surgery, colorectal surgery, vascular surgery and bariatric surgery. South Shore Health’s Breast Care Center, Reproductive Endocrinology, and Surgical Residency Program are all provided in association with practitioners from Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Brigham and Women’s Neurosurgery at South Shore Health program cares for patients with a variety of neurological disorders including brain and spine tumors, trauma, degenerative spine disorders and hydrocephalus.

Boston Children’s Hospital: Neonatal intensive care, pediatric emergency, inpatient pediatric services and outpatient pediatric clinics are provided in association with practitioners from this world-leading children’s hospital.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center at South Shore Health provides residents south of Boston with the highest level of advanced cancer care and support in the region. Experts from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and South Shore Hospital collaborate to offer many advanced treatments locally, including radiation therapy, medical oncology, surgical oncology, clinical trials, advanced diagnostic imaging, a Multidisciplinary Clinic and Breast Care Center.