Vice Chair, Clinical Services Anesthesia

Job Description

UToledo Health and the University of Toledo College of Medicine andLife Sciences has a position opening for a Vice Chair in the Department of Anesthesiology.

The Vice Chair, Clinical Services Anesthesia is the seniorphysician leader responsible for all clinical operations, quality,safety, and performance of the anesthesia service line s is a clinical leadership position with directaccountability for delivering safe, efficient, high-qualityperioperative care across the main operating rooms, non-operatingroom anesthesia (NORA) sites, and other anesthetizing locations ina busy academic health system.

The Vice Chair, Clinical Services Anesthesia serves as the primarydriver of clinical excellence and operational effectiveness, actingas the key liaison between anesthesiology, surgical services,perioperative nursing, hospital administration, and other stakeholders. While the role includes active participation in the academic and educational missions of an academic anesthesiologydepartment, the primary focus and accountability of the Vice Chair,Clinical Services Anesthesia is clinical and operational leadership.

• Provide strategic direction and day-to-day leadership for thefull scope of anesthesia services.
• Direct the clinical practice of faculty anesthesiologists,CRNAs, CAAs, and residents to ensure consistent, evidence-based,patient-centered care.
• Develop, standardize, and continuously improve clinicalprotocols, workflows, and best practices across the perioperativecontinuum.
• Partner with surgical leadership and the OR leadership team todrive efficiency metrics (first-case on-time starts, turnovertimes, block utilization, concurrency, and throughput).
• Lead department-specific quality, safety, and risk-management programs, including morbidity conferences, root-cause analyses, and adoption of national benchmarks (AQI, MPSF, NACOR).

• Provide high-quality anesthesia care across a full spectrum ofgeneral surgical cases
• Opportunities to teach residents and medical students within an established academic program
• Collaborative environment with surgeons, CRNAs, CAA's, andother APPs
• Mix of inpatient and outpatient anesthesia services

• Actively support the academic mission by ensuring the serviceline delivers outstanding educational experience for residents,student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs), and medical students.
• Participate in didactic teaching, simulation-based education,and clinical supervision of trainees.
• Encourage and facilitate faculty and resident scholarly activity while maintaining clinical productivity and operational performance as the primary priority.

• Lead recruitment, mentoring, and retention of high-performingfaculty anesthesiologists and advanced practice providers.
• Foster a collaborative, respectful, and professionallyrewarding culture that values both clinical excellence and academiccontribution.

• Represent anesthesiology at the executive perioperativegovernance table and in health-system strategic planning.
• Collaborate closely with surgical department chairs, nursing leadership, hospital administration, and UToledo Health leadership to align goals and resolve operational challenges.
• Oversee staffing models, scheduling, productivity monitoring,financial stewardship, and resource allocation for the serviceline.

• Ensure compliance with CMS, Joint Commission, state regulations, and institutional policies.
• Champion a proactive culture of safety, transparency, and continuous improvement.

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school
• Board certification in Anesthesiology (American Board of Anesthesiology)
• Eligibility for unrestricted Ohio medical licensure
• Minimum 7–10 years of progressive clinical and leadership experience in a high-volume academic or tertiary-care medicalcenter
• Proven success in clinical program development, OR efficiencyimprovement, quality/safety initiatives, and physician–APP team leadership is preferred
• Demonstrated change-management and…