Vice Chair Clinical Operations, Department of Radiology

Dartmouth Health’s Department of Radiology is seeking a Vice Chair (VC) for Clinical Operations (CO) to join our dynamic Department in the beautiful Upper Valley region of New Hampshire and Vermont. Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the system’s central clinical hub and Academic Medical Center, is located immediately adjacent to bustling college town of Hanover, NH. Hanover is home to the world‑renowned Dartmouth College and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.

We are seeking a skilled, visionary, and impactful radiologist leader to define and execute a vision for modern, efficient, safe, and high‑quality clinical operations. The Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology clinical services are the backbone of the Department of Radiology and we endeavor for our services to be a model nationally. A majority of the VC’s work will be improving operations at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), our main academic medical center, which includes an NCI‑designated cancer center, a comprehensive stroke center, and a level I trauma center.

The Vice Chair of Clinical Operations will also serve an important role at the system level impacting the care provided at a network of 10 hospitals and imaging centers across the region. Continued work towards harmonizing and optimizing operations across the system is part of the role.

For her or his clinical component, the Vice Chair will join a clinical section based on the candidate’s subspecialty interest and preferred practice area (e.g. abdominal imaging, neuroradiology, mammography, etc.).

The Vice Chair of Clinical Operations will be a nationally known leader in the field of optimizing clinical operations, one capable of vision setting and execution. In addition to expertise in clinical operations, she or he will have a reputation for excellence in personally delivering clinical care, teaching, mentoring, and scholarship. The Vice Chair of Clinical Operations will provide the main physician oversight over the day‑to‑day professional clinical operations of the Department, including the following: optimizing physician staffing/scheduling;

the interface between technologists, nurses, and physicians; the interface between clinical operations and our quality team; the interface between clinical operations and IT; and the overlap of the clinical operations and our educational programs. As all Vice Chairs do, the VC for CO will support all three core missions of the Department:

The clinical mission is at our core and is the primary area of responsibility of the Vice Chair for Clinical Operations. We aim for every section of the Department to be productive, cutting‑edge, and collaborative. With growth across Dartmouth Health, there will be a net expansion of services and imaging volumes over the next many years, allowing the Vice Chair to mold the Department’s clinical service to be a national and international leader.

We have a number of expansion/construction projects underway, so this is an incredible time for a leader to join our system. Our service line includes all core subfields of radiology, organized into sections:

• Body Imaging
• Cardiothoracic Imaging
• Emergency Radiology (which provides evening/overnight coverage)
• Interventional Radiology
• Neuroradiology
• Nuclear Medicine
• Mammography
• Musculoskeletal Imaging
• Pediatric Imaging
• Regional Radiology (which provides on‑site coverage at regional hospitals)

The VC will provide leadership, along with section chiefs to help us develop new services and hone those already in existence, with an eye towards continuous improvement and patient satisfaction. The VC, as an extension of the Chair, will be the main point of contact for Chiefs seeking to address day‑to‑day clinical operational issues. VC will also collaborate with executive leadership, other department chairs, and division leads to optimize clinical care across the enterprise.

The Dartmouth Health Department of Radiology is a national leader in teaching radiology to medical students, with numerous nationally and internationally recognized educators and extensive dissemination of scholarly work pertaining educational…