Vice President, Clinical Services

Children’s Wisconsin is seeking an experienced leader to serve as the Vice President, Clinical Services.  This executive will be accountable for the overall quality and effective operations of clinical and professional services which includes Pharmacy, Laboratory Services, Clinical Nutrition, Eating Disorder Program, and Enteral Feeding Program, select service lines and related clerical and business support. 

Major Responsibilities:

• Participates as a full member of the administrative team; supports all strategic and long-range planning activities of Children’s Wisconsin.  Represents major clinical services and service lines in patient-care organizational planning.
• Provides administrative leadership to assigned departments; ensures directors are well informed concerning hospital and system plans; works with directors to establish goals, objectives and plans to support the strategic plan of the organization.  Monitors progress toward achievement of these objectives. 
• Collaborates with key resources in utilizing information systems to establish data for use in real time data driven decision making, outcomes reporting, and quality improvement. 
• Collaborates with VP of Nursing/ACNO to assure programs are in place to recruit and retain quality Patient Care Services staff and leaders with the right mix of staff to meet patient needs.
• Collaborates with key physicians, executives, and strategic planning and management to establish and implement clinical enterprise strategic plans for clinical and diagnostic departments and Service Lines growth.  Assures alignment with community need. 
• Maintains cooperative working relationships with physicians, departments, and employees to improve coordination of services provided and improve patient experience and provider and employee engagement.  Ensures visibility with employees through rounding, chat sessions, etc.
• Partners with foundation team members to grow a robust philanthropic program plan to support services.
• Develops and maintains a variety of external contacts with educational institutions and community and professional organizations to understand market changing activities within areas of direct oversight.