"When I realized all of the opportunities that being a Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) provides - the versatility you get with only one degree - I said sign me up! It's a really wonderful career."
Carle Health, a leading healthcare provider in Central and Southern Illinois, is seeking an experienced and dynamic physician leader to join our expanding organization as Medical Director of Pathology at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois.
Summary of key duties and responsibilities include:
Executive physician leadership of East Central and Southern regions which includes Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Participate in key leadership meetings and forums to develop relationships with team members
Set a strategic vision that helps attain quality, patient experience, and growth goals, which includes the expansion of services to new markets and advancement of clinical research, teaching and education
Work collaboratively with their dyad partner to foster relationships in the communities we serve to advance our strategic goals
Medical Director will maintain a .50 clinical role in addition to .50 administrative role
Position will report directly to the Associate Chief Medical Officer, Carle Health, and work as a dyad partner with the Vice President of Women’s, Children’s and Diagnostic Services, Carle Foundation Hospital
Candidate qualifications:
Doctor of Medicine from an accredited school of medicine; board certification in primary area of clinical practice
Ten or more years of clinical practice experience; five years of physician leadership experience including health system expansion
Expertise in innovation and digital pathology adoption preferred
Proven effectiveness as a physician leader in building and maintaining strong rapport with leadership of a clinical enterprise across an integrated health system, its community hospitals and practice partners
Exceptional communication skills with a presence that encourages consensus building, collaboration and cooperation
Ability to translate knowledge, innovation, policy and quality/safety data into actions to improve patient outcomes
Based in Urbana, IL, The Carle Foundation is a vertically integrated system with more than 9,500 employees in its five hospitals, multi-specialty physician groups, health plan and associated healthcare businesses including the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school. Carle is proud to be named a Great Place to Work®. Carle Foundation Hospital and Carle BroMenn Medical Center hold Magnet® designation, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care and Carle Foundation Hospital (CFH) ranks as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals™ by Healthgrades®.