Associate Chief, Cardiac Anesthesiology

Minimum Work Experience
10 years Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology (Preferred)

Required Skills/Knowledge
Knowledge of current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment in the area of expertise.
Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of medical care.
Ability to function independently in evaluating patient problems and developing a plan for patient care.
Ability to incorporate ethical concepts into patient care and discuss these with the patient, family, and other members of the health care team.
Ability to supervise, advice, and train clinical professionals and/or students in area of expertise.
Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
Demonstrates a personal commitment to Continuing Medical Education and remains current on the developments and progress in his/her sub-specialty.
Demonstrates knowledge of and complies with legal and ethical standards for the delivery of medical care.
Previous experience managing a division, department, or program in an academic setting.

Required Licenses and Certifications
Fully licensed and credentialed attending staff category physician on the medical staff of Children's National Medical Center. (Required) And
Board certified or eligible for board certification in primary practice specialty. (Required) And
Board certification in relevant secondary specialty. (Preferred) And PALS Upon Hire (Preferred)

Functional Accountabilities
Commitment to World Class Care

• Provide clinical services for patients at Children's National Hospital (CN) and other approved sites in an ethical, professional and timely manner.

• Provide oversight of the medical care team and manage direct patient care for a specified patient population; improve continuity of care, customer service and partnerships with community medical providers through timely completion of records and communication.

• Provide on-call services as determined by the division leadership.

• Actively participate in family centered care and communicate in a professional and compassionate manner; refer patients to specialists and to relevant ancillary services as appropriate.

• Appropriately utilize the defined chain of command and escalation policies.

• Respond to team members and outside medical providers in a timely and respectful manner; communicate clearly to trainees expectations regarding patient updates and notifications of significant clinical changes, and encourages questions from trainees.

Commitment to Advocacy

• Participate in CN's advocacy initiatives.

• Contribute scholarly effort to the advancement of public policy to promote population-based pediatric health and well being.

• Teach patients and families about treatment, prevention, and care enhancement techniques.

• Participate in specific health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.

• Contribute scholarly effort to the advancement of public policy that promotes population-based pediatric health and well being.

Commitment to Research

• Conduct research of significant scientific value in the clinical and translational science area(s) relevant to his/her practice specialty.

• Participate in reviewing manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals.

• Publish in peer-reviewed, scientific, quality and management journals.

• Submit applications for grants or contracts for funding of research projects.

• Participate in research committees, workshop special interest groups, etc.

• Coordinate clinical divisional research efforts to support increasing publications and grants.

• Mentor junior faculty clinical researchers.

• Interface with other divisions desiring to conduct

• Conduct own research program (write grants, research manuscripts, presentations at national meetings).

Commitment to Education

• Participate in CN's medical education programs through learning activities with colleagues and trainees.

• Participate as appropriate in hospital/university-wide educational programs.

• Participate as appropriate in local, regional and national educational efforts.

• Provide timely feedback to trainees.

• Ensure adequate orientation for the care that the trainees deliver.

• Supervise and train clinical professionals and students effectively.

• Oversee orientation and clinical education programs for the Cardiac team including, but not limited to, policies and procedures, regulatory compliance, clinical pathways, safety initiatives and billing compliance.

• Meet at least annually with directors of education programs (fellowship directors, residency directors).

• Submit an annual assessment with feedback to the Chief of APPM based on Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunities/Threats (SWOT) reports.

• Assist with cardiac leadership succession planning with recommendations to the Chief where potential leaders are identified to lead our education program in the event that a current program leader can no longer lead that program.

Commitment to Quality & Compliance

• Follow established bylaws, policies and procedures, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.

• Adequately and promptly complete all clinical documentation as required by JCAHO, other regulatory bodies and/or the Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations and Policies and Procedures include complete clinical charge documentation.

• Identify problems related to patient services and make recommendations for improvement.

• Cooperate and participate in the development, implementation and revision of policies affecting medical practice, judgment and quality of care; Participate as a member of special care teams, Medical Staff and hospital committees.

• Review and prepare protocol for use by staff. Evaluate patient care according to adopted protocol and Quality Assurance program criteria.

• Participate in evaluation of peers and support staff; acknowledge and report medical and/or other errors as well as participate in efforts to prevent them.

• Revise Divisional clinical policies and procedures as they relate to cardiac anesthesiology.

• Educate and monitor safety issues (needle stick and splash injuries and safety, Fire safety, Radiation safety, TB testing, Waste gas monitoring, Occupational safety sessions.

• Respond to pertinent Safety Event Reports in cardiac anesthesiology.

• Review the Safety Attitudes survey results review and plans for improvement.

• Review and compile Safety Scorecard/Dashboard.

• Oversee infection control issues for Division.

• Develop and revise credentials policies and forms for cardiac anesthesiology.

• Review credentials files prior to Credentials Committee if Division Chief is not available.

• Oversee and maintain peer review files for all staff; database of staff credentials.

• Monitor licensing progress for all faculty, APPs and fellows.

• Remain up-to-date on regulatory issues.

• Respond to environmental rounds findings.

• Educate and prepare the cardiac anesthesiology team for regulatory agency visits.

• Review and respond to patient complaints.

• Review database of QI cases.

• Review all significant adverse events Development and revision of electronic record with IT liaison, as needed.

• Provide administrative leadership to ensure that administrative staff performance fulfills program needs while maximizing staff job satisfaction.

Clinical Operations

• Oversee the daily operations and management of all cardiac anesthetizing sites.

• Serve as the primary liaison between Anesthesia and Division Chiefs and Medical Directors within and outside of the Heart Center to provide access to patients requiring anesthesia for cardiac surgery or congenital heart disease for non-cardiac procedures.

• Provide oversight of clinical services including preoperative assessment, planning efficient and effective running of the operating rooms, and cross-specialty team work.

• Assist with oversight of the Divisional advanced practice anesthesia providers, fellows and residents when needed in cardiac anesthetizing sites.

• Develop policy and procedures to improve and maintain quality metrics, patient safety, and system-based processes for patients with congenital heart disease.

• Assist the Chief in the review of suitability for initial credentialing on the Medical Staff and Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) as well as ongoing professional evaluation (OPPE) of clinical competency for cardiac anesthesiologists.

• Ethically maximize professional revenue for the Cardiac Division and to assist in the education of all Divisional health care professionals regarding coding, documentation and compliance.

• Work with administrative leadership including the Chief and the finance committee to review divisional budget.

• Work with the Chief and administrative leadership to review and approve additional clinical budgetary requests by faculty.

• Serve on the following divisional committees: Search Committee, Executive Committee, Research Committee and the Clinical Competency Committee.

Faculty Development

• Oversee orientation of new cardiac anesthesiology faculty.

• Participate in the faculty annual review process by assisting the Division Chief with the content of the annual review and the goals and objectives for cardiac anesthesiologists.

• Work collaboratively with cardiac anesthesiology faculty with regards to their career development in order to enhance their effectiveness as clinicians, clinical educators and clinical researchers, where applicable and assist in the development of a peer evaluation process for all academic levels.

• In concert with the Chief of APPM participate in cardiac anesthesiology faculty searches and recruitment

• Attend regional or national meetings aimed at leadership development.