The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) was created in 1984 when the state-owned University Hospital became a private, nonprofit organization. It has since evolved into a $4.8 billion academic health system reaching every part of the state and beyond with nationally recognized and ranked specialties in trauma, cancer care, cardiology, and orthopedics. Additionally, UMMS was recently named to Newsweek’s “America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023 for Diversity”, which recognizes the top 1,000 companies in the United States for diversity.

As one of the largest private employers in the state, the health system's more than 29,000 employees and 5,200 affiliated physicians provide primary and specialty care in more than 150 locations and at 12 hospitals (2,487 licensed beds).

Mission/Vision/Values

At University of Maryland Medical System, the values are the building blocks of the shared culture and common understanding that guide us in fulfilling the mission and vision as the organization provides Marylanders a better state of care.

Values

• Compassion: We provide care and embrace our patients, families, team members and communities with compassion
• Discovery: We are relentless in our pursuit of discovery and innovation.
• Excellence: We strive for excellence across all aspects of our mission.
• Diversity: We foster inclusion and embrace diversity in human experiences, ideas and perspectives.
• Integrity: We earn the trust of patients, one another and our communities by behaving morally, ethically and with integrity.

Mission

To purposefully advance the shared principles that are foundational to our work:

• Compassionate, High-Quality Care: We are unrelenting in our dedication to compassionate, high-quality, patient- and family-centered care.
• Commitment to Community: We are inherently entwined in the social fabric of our communities and demonstrate an unwavering commitment to the health and well-being of Marylanders.
• Health Care Transformation: Leveraging our scale and geographical reach, we transform the way we deliver health care to bring more value to our patients and their communities.
• Discovery-Based Medicine: Blazing new trails in medicine is inherent in us. We invest in and partner with those who are committed to the highest ideals of innovation, discovery-based medicine and health education.

Vision

We build upon our tradition of excellence in patient care and innovation, to be a national leader in the transformation of health care.

The University of Maryland Medical Center - Downtown Campus

The University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) is the $2.2 billion academic flagship of the Medical System with its Downtown and Midtown campuses. UMMC’s campuses are fully integrated operationally and are located one mile apart. In 2018, UMMC Leadership, Board of Directors and School of Medicine embarked on an accelerated campus integration strategy to adopt a “one medical center, two campuses” model focused on quality and safety, operational and clinical integration, programmatic growth, and community health improvement. This allows each campus to focus on what they do best, complementing strengths and assuring access to care from within the city and across the state.

In partnership with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, UMMC is a national and regional referral center for cancer care, organ transplantation, trauma and critical care, neurosciences, cardiovascular care, women's and children's health. This 671-bed downtown Baltimore campus is home to the NCI designated Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center and the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, the highest-volume trauma center in the United States. Clinical programs that are fully integrated between the two UMMC campuses include emergency medicine, hospitalist care, pulmonary and critical care medicine, psychiatry, neurology, neuro critical care, multiple surgical subspecialities and an array of outpatient specialty centers.

Ranging from telehealth to full implementation of advanced services, UMMC brings the best it has to offer to the member hospitals and medical staff across the entire University of Maryland Medical System. This vision, focused on improving population health and all aspects of providing direct patient care, is especially timely in light of the State of Maryland’s unique “all payor” hospital reimbursement system. This system governed by a contract with CMS/CMMI is unlike any other in the country, driving transformation in hospital-based acute care, access, quality, population health improvement and total cost of care.

The University of Maryland Medical Center - Midtown Campus

Founded more than 140 years ago as a teaching hospital, the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus (UMMC Midtown Campus) — located in Baltimore's cultural center near the historic Mount Vernon neighborhood — provides access to a full range of medical, surgical and behavioral health care.

UMMC Midtown Campus operates 144 inpatient beds and provides care in more than 30 specialties. The inpatient facility includes a new 37 bed state-of-the-art psychiatry unit and a 17 bed post-acute unit for medically complex rehabilitation (average length of stay > 65 days). UMMC Midtown Campus offers a wide array of outpatient centers serving more than 130,000 patients annually and performing more than 6,000 outpatient elective surgeries and procedures. The medical staff is comprised of over 500 University of Maryland School of Medicine clinical faculty physicians and 1,700 team members care for each patient with expertise and compassion. The UMMC Midtown Campus has a deep commitment to investing in services that address long-standing health disparities to improve the health of the people and communities it serves.

UMMC Midtown Campus is an anchor organization and safety net provider for the West Baltimore primary service area. Household income, uninsured population and life expectancy are among the lowest in the State. Mortality rates are significantly higher than Baltimore City averages for heart disease, chronic kidney disease and HIV/AIDs. UMMC Midtown Campus’ devout dedication to their community has allowed the hospital to be Nationally Ranked 5th out of 3,010 hospitals for Equitable Care and Social Responsibility by the Lown Institute Hospitals Index.

Additionally, through free community health screenings, UMMC Midtown Campus helps more than 15,000 people a year in managing health issues like diabetes, high blood pressure and HIV. The hospital also partners with community groups, churches, and the city Department of Health, to bring health education and other services to Baltimore residents. Multiple Baltimore city school partnerships support workforce development, career fairs and exposure to health care for elementary and middle school students and families.

Across the street from the UMMC Midtown Campus main hospital, the Midtown Outpatient Tower opened in September of 2021 to serve the community by offering innovative, university-based medicine, and operates a model for connecting people to all the services they need in one convenient location. Patients with complex and multiple chronic diseases have better outcomes when their conditions are managed using a team approach with wrap around services addressing social needs. Having multiple adult and pediatric primary care and specialty practices in one location makes this easier for patients and providers. The Midtown Health Center primary care practice was recently expanded and relocated to the Tower, focused on providing timely access to well-coordinated care and preventive health services. The Midtown Outpatient Tower also houses the Community Health Education Center dedicated to community health improvement.

In July 2022, UMMC Midtown Campus received outstanding results for its triennial hospital accreditation survey by the Joint Commission and in 2025 is pursuing ANCC Nursing Magnet designation as a combined campus. As an academic medical center, UMMC Midtown campus fulfills a broad educational mission across multiple health professionals including medical students and resident trainees from the downtown campus. In addition, more than 150 clinical research trials conducted by UM School of Medicine faculty occur.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Senior Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer, the Vice President of Medical Affairs will provide executive leadership, strategic direction, and oversight to the Medical Affairs office at the University of Maryland Medical Center Downtown and Midtown Campuses. In collaboration with UMMC and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) senior leadership, the Vice President is responsible for developing and leading the academic medical strategy to ensure effective and efficient delivery of quality medical care consistent with the mission and vision of the Organization.

The Vice President is responsible for achieving measurable results and championing a culture of transparency and continuous improvement, supporting growth in scientific knowledge, problem-solving, knowledge application, an understanding of people, and responsibility for resources while leading in service. They will also be accountable for ensuring that all programs across the system comply with the requirements of the Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and those of other regulatory and accreditation bodies as required, as well as federal and state laws such as HIPAA and UMMS internal policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified. The Vice President of Medical Affairs will:

General

• Promote a culture of continuous learning and quality improvement consistent with a High Reliability Organization.
• Across the continuum of care, maintain a high profile with the medical staff by working closely with the Vice President/Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer, Associate Chief Clinical Officers, President of Medical Staff and independently with physicians, as appropriate, to ensure high quality care is delivered in a cost-effective manner.
• Serve as a resource to medical staff and hospital staff on all issues related to medical affairs.
• Develop and implement medical strategies aligned with the hospital's mission and goals.
• Provide leadership in the development, execution, and advancement of UMMC’s care, academic, research, and innovation strategies.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to enhance clinical services and patient outcomes.
• Serve as an active participant on UMMC, UMSOM and UMMS committees.
• Oversee and provide strategic direction to medical staff leadership and other leadership committees as required related to medical affairs at the University of Maryland Medical Center campuses.
• Serve as the on-call UMMC Physician Administrative Officer (PAO) as scheduled and maintain awareness of issues with care delivery and actions needed to address challenges.
• Develop a culture of ownership and continuous improvement across UMMC.
• Inspire high levels of individual performance of leaders and the management team as a whole. Coach and mentor staff to achieve expectations.
• Lead in a collaborative style that stimulates innovative thinking, effective partnerships, and recognition for team accomplishments and celebrates successes.
• Responsible for reviewing and approving UMMC participation in use of investigational drugs for administration at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), including, without limited to expanded access programs granted by the FDA, ensuring compliance with ethical standards, regulatory requirements, and institutional guidelines, process and policies prior to patient treatment.
• Oversee the process and approvals for the administration of cell therapy at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), ensuring adherence to regulatory standards, institutional protocols, and safety guidelines throughout the preparation, administration, and follow-up of treatment.
• Promote the development and utilization of clinical practice guidelines in collaborate with the UMMC Chief & Vice President of Quality & Patient Safety.
• Oversee and provide strategic direction to faculty medical directors under the UMMC- UMSOM Faculty Leadership Framework.
• Maintain a faculty appointment with the University of Maryland School of Medicine as a non-tenure track, Clinical Professor, in the Department of Medicine and provide clinical services at UMMC approximately 4-6 weeks per year. The UMSOM faculty appointment and patient care activity is subject to terms and conditions which will be presented to you in a formal offer from the Chair of the Department of Medicine should you accept the UMMC employment offer. UMMC may rescind its consent to your service as SOM faculty if the CEO, in his sole discretion, determines that these activities compromise or threaten to compromise UMMC’s business interests or conflict with your duties at UMMC.

Medical Staff Office

• Oversee and coordinate all Medical Executive Committee affairs.
• Educate Medical Staff leadership and the Medical Staff regarding administrative issues and current issues facing medicine; serve as an advisor on medical staff credentialing issues for medical staff officers and departmental chairpersons, medical staff office, President, and the Boards of Directors, as applicable.
• Monitor the effectiveness of management practices and productivity indicators using data such as turnover rates, absenteeism, budget variance, patient, MD, and staff satisfaction surveys.
• Oversee the Joint Commission compliance of the Medical Staff and report these activities to the Medical Executive Committee and hospital’s legal, regulatory leadership and quality/safety, leadership.
• Serve as a liaison between medical staff, hospital leadership, and union representatives on any needed unionization discussions.
• Provide Medical Staff reports monthly at the Medical Executive Committee meeting.
• Foster strong relationships with medical staff, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
• Develop appropriate professional educational activities for medical staff, executives and Boards of Directors as needed or as assigned.
• Develop and implement processes to monitor compliance with duties mandated by the medical staff's by-laws, rules, regulations, and policies.
• In partnership with the UMMC General Counsel and/or UMMS Office of General Counsel ensure compliance with Board of Physician requirements including reporting requirements.
• In partnership with the UMSOM, coordinate recruitment, credentialing, and retention efforts of physicians, fellows, and residents.
• In partnership with the UMSOM, create processes and communication flows that ensure close coordination pertaining to changes in faculty physicians’ employment and/or faculty status and changes in faculty privileges as each can have interdependent impact on the other.
• In partnership with risk management, legal and regulatory leadership, as applicable, serve as an advisor for questions related to the need and scope of medical staff privileging and credentialing matters/questions
• Drive performance improvement in partnership with the UMMC CQO throughout the medical staff based on publicly reported measures of targeted performance objectives and ensure the implementation of quality and patient safety improvement initiatives consistent with major national programs.
• Participate in budgeting processes to support medical staff.
• Oversee the competency and professionalism review process, and the education and training of medical staff, ensuring ongoing professional development.
• Responsible for recruitment, training, and performance management to maintain the highest quality workforce.
• Direct and supervise assigned personnel, including performance evaluations, orientation, and training.
• Facilitates follow-through on identified medical staff matters.
• Develop and maintain a positive and effective working relationship with the medical staff to achieve the organization’s goals and objectives with a particular focus on the delivery of safe, patient-centered care and to serve as leaders in continuous performance improvement and consistent with the principles and practices of operating as a high reliability organization.

Graduate Medical Education

• Oversee the development, implementation, and evaluation of graduate medical education programs, ensuring compliance with accreditation standards and promoting a rigorous learning environment that fosters the professional growth and competency of residents and fellows.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to residents and fellows, facilitating their professional development and conducting regular assessments to ensure educational objectives are met and competencies are achieved.
• Develop and oversee an administrative fellowship for medical students/residents and fellows.
• Oversee the integration of trainees into quality and process improvement work aligned with organizational goals to provide the safest highest quality.

Professionalism

• Oversee peer review activities and work to ensure that that provider services meet needs of the clinical departments.
• Ensure that Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) and Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) standards are met.
• Foster a just culture environment by promoting accountability and learning from errors, ensuring that staff feel safe to report incidents without fear of punitive action, while focusing on system improvements and patient safety.
• Maintains effective communication between Medical Staff and hospital administration.
• Promotes a culture of respect and professionalism by medical staff and trainees.
• Continuously assess and build a collaborative culture amongst the medical staff and all other health care team members including front line employees to best serve its community.

Quality and Safety

• In coordination with the Chief of Quality and Safety, promote safe and highest quality medical services, ensuring compliance with regulations and standards.
• Assist with the implementation of evidence-based practices and clinical pathways.
• Promote a culture of patient safety, quality, and clinical excellence.
• Collaborate with the VPs of Nursing/Patient Care Services and VP Patient Experience to deliver highly reliable care focusing on our key Vizient metrics and reported safety events and near misses.

Research

• Facilitate collaboration between clinical departments and external partners, identifying funding opportunities and resources to support innovative research initiatives that advance patient care and medical knowledge.
• In coordination with the UMMS or UMMC research administrative offices, ensure the design, implementation, and management of clinical research studies are in compliance with regulatory requirements and institutional policies while promoting ethical research practices.
• In coordination with UMB and UMSOM, UMMS oversee and support the design, implementation, and management of clinical research approvals, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and institutional policies while promoting ethical research practices.

Ethics

• Oversee decisions, adherence and communications to maintain the highest standards of medical ethics and professionalism, prioritizing patient autonomy, confidentiality, and informed consent while ensuring equitable access to care and advocating for the best interests of patients.
• Work with various departments (nursing, administration, etc.) to ensure coordinated care delivery and facilitate interdisciplinary team meetings to address complex patient care issues.

Wellness

• Design and implement comprehensive wellness programs and initiatives aimed at promoting the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of physicians, fostering a supportive work environment.
• Regularly assess physician wellness needs through surveys and feedback, providing resources and support systems to address burnout and enhance job satisfaction while promoting a culture of resilience and work-life balance.

Policy

• In partnership with the VP for Regulatory Affairs who leads the effort, provide medical review and coordination with appropriate medical staff on the development and continuous review of UMMC policies and procedures.
• Develop and enforce medical policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory bodies, staying current with healthcare trends and regulatory changes affecting clinical practices.

Community

• As needed, represent the hospital in community health initiatives and collaborations with external organizations. Promote awareness of the hospital's services and health programs in the community.

Experience and Essential Qualifications

• An M.D. or D.O. degree is required. Any physician must have graduated from an accredited medical school and completed a residency from an accredited institution; (Physician licensure in the State of Maryland needed)
• Must have graduated from an accredited medical school and completed a residency from an accredited institution; (Valid physician licensure in the State of Maryland and/or eligibility to receive is required).
• Board certification (physician) in designated specialty required, with active practice.
• Minimum of seven years of successful health care management experience demonstrating progressive experience and effective leadership. Including experience in medical affairs at an academic institution.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in office operations and management/supervision of personnel, including evaluating, training, and motivating performance.
• Demonstrated ability to establish clear guidelines for accountability. Ability to build consensus and provide strong leadership in a team environment with the highest of professional and personal integrity.
• Strong business planning and program development skills; demonstrated analytical problem solving and creative planning skills; a proven track record in the development of quality clinical services.
• Highly effective communication skills are necessary to work with Medical Staff, Board of Directors, Administrators/Senior Management, hospital personnel, the media, and the community.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a matrixed organization, preferred.
• Awareness and use of HRO principles, preferred.
• Experience conceiving, planning, and implementing successful process improvement initiatives that significantly improve operational performance and outcomes.
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and team building skills.
• Ability to supervise, coach, and motivate the performance of administrative, clinical, and professional personnel.
• Demonstrated ability to delegate effectively and establish clear guidelines for accountability.
• Possess an innovative, success-orientated personality to achieve and surpass objectives. Energetic, adaptive, and flexible with changes and challenges.
• Strong presentation skills and comfortable speaking in all group settings. Effective in communicating information and new ideas.

Skills and Competencies

• Consistently displays a personal value system based on honesty and integrity. Always exemplifies the highest level of moral and ethical behavior. Upholds principles outlined within UMMS corporate compliance policy and code of conduct.
• Uses communication processes that are transparent and ensures employees receive timely, frequent performance feedback that affects their quality of work life and condition of employment.
• Demonstrate the agility necessary to solve problems and make decisions by employing inquiry, reasoning and results-oriented approach. Integrate multiple data sources before generating solution options. Carefully makes decisions that are perceived as fair, balanced, and ethically sound when implemented.
• Develops and delivers communications (oral and written) that have clarity and impact. Identifies situations when planned communication strategies are required and ensures that comprehensive communication plans and strategies are applied in sensitive situations.
• This position requires strong leadership skills, extensive medical knowledge, and the ability to navigate complex healthcare environments.
• Knowledge of current clinical, regulatory, and reimbursement issues confronting a tertiary/quaternary medical center.
• Experience in building and leading teams. Able to foster coordination among physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in managing and directing departmental operations as well as evaluating and motivating performance. Must have both a strategic and tactical approach.
• Demonstrated ability to delegate effectively and can establish clear guidelines for accountability. Capacity to build consensus and provide strong leadership in a team environment, with the highest level of professional and personal integrity.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to express ideas assertively, clearly, and concisely orally and in writing. Ability to build strong working relationships across all levels of management, staff, faculty, residents, students, and outside agencies.
• Demonstrated ability to innovate, encourage creative thinking, and imaginative solutions to issues or problems.
• Excellent presentation skills and prior experience in creating and presenting complex information to diverse audiences, including clinicians, executives, and executive staff.
• Ability to work in a fast-moving, rapidly changing, and at times, intense environment.
• Strong planning and process improvement skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of The Joint Commission and other appropriate regulatory requirements.
• A consensus-orientated individual who displays “respectful courage” and is highly influential in their ability to encourage others to move forward.
• Proven ability to build internal and external relationships – a demonstrated track record of working successfully with physicians and physician leaders, diverse management teams, community, state, and system leaders.
• Demonstrated understanding of graduate medical education and evolving regulatory and accreditation needs.

Compensation 

• $350,000 to $450,000 plus Executive Benefits

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