Chair, Department of Pediatrics Staten Island University Hospital at Northwell Health Physician Partners
Staten Island, NY 10301
About the Job
Northwell Health's Department of Pediatrics is seeking a full-time, board-certified pediatrician to chair the Department of Pediatrics at Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH). We are seeking applicants with outstanding clinical and administrative skills who have a passion for leading and developing an academic pediatrics center of excellence.
The Chair will be responsible for oversight of hospital and ambulatory services at SIUH. The Chair will work collaboratively with hospital and health system leaders to develop and execute the department's strategy to advance our clinical and academic missions. As such, the Chair will report both to hospital leadership, and the Northwell pediatrics service line. Responsibilities include clinician recruitment, education, supervision, strategic development, quality and process improvement initiatives.
As a leader, you will work to develop and expand comprehensive pediatric health services on Staten Island. As an innovator, you will identify and develop new clinical programs consistent with national best practices and care models, patient and community need and financial feasibility.
As an educator and mentor, you will support faculty career development and scholarship and create a culture and learning environment that supports the education programs.
In addition, you will work with the Program Director to help the residency training program to set and achieve near- and long-term goals. Pediatrics at Northwell Health Pediatrics at Staten Island University Hospital Staten Island offers the best in pediatric health care in a safe and collaborative environment. Our department includes physicians with extensive experience in a broad range of specialties, including pulmonary, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, and more. Our department partners with pediatric services including pediatric surgery, otolaryngology, anesthesiology, orthopedics, and neurology. Additionally, we work hand in hand with our obstetricians to care for the over 3,000 newborn deliveries at SIUH each year.
We offer streamlined communication between our hospital and community settings which ensures our entire team has full understanding of the patients' needs at all times.
Our settings include:
About Staten Island University Hospital
Founded in 1861, Staten Island University Hospital is a 714-bed, specialized teaching hospital located in New York City's fastest growing borough. Occupying two large campuses, plus a number of community based health centers and labs, the hospital provides quality care to people on Staten Island, the New York metropolitan region, and to patients from around the world. Staten Island University Hospital has also been recognized as best regional hospitals in the New York Metro by U.S. News & World Report.
Nationally Recognized Research Institute The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research are composed of more than 1,500 clinicians, scientists and staff who work in laboratories and clinical research programs in collaboration with clinicians and patients throughout the many facilities of Northwell Health. Every year, more than 15,000 patients and volunteers participate in over 2,000 research studies.
Our state-of-the-art laboratories provide the infrastructure needed to conduct groundbreaking, disease-oriented research. It also houses the largest genotyping facility in the state of New York. The Feinstein Institute ranks in the top 6th percentile of all National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants awarded to research centers. The Feinstein Institute has produced more than 200 patents in 80 distinct technologies and has generated a dozen successful biotech start-ups.
Unwavering Commitment to Innovation At Northwell Health, we like to say, we see health care differently. That's because we are driven by innovation, a commitment that is as unique as it is organic. It is as likely to be found in our environmental services department as it is on our patient floors or in our research labs. It is a way of thinking, acting and believing that, when it comes to health care, we can find a better way. Our goal has always been to be better today than we were yesterday, better tomorrow than we are today. It is a singular focus. It is the Northwell Way. The following pages offer a summary of the role we are seeking to fill. We hope you will be among the chosen to give the best of their energy and skill to dreaming the impossible and making it possible.
Candidate Qualifications
The successful candidate will ideally possess the following qualifications and experience:
Education and Experience
The Chair will be responsible for oversight of hospital and ambulatory services at SIUH. The Chair will work collaboratively with hospital and health system leaders to develop and execute the department's strategy to advance our clinical and academic missions. As such, the Chair will report both to hospital leadership, and the Northwell pediatrics service line. Responsibilities include clinician recruitment, education, supervision, strategic development, quality and process improvement initiatives.
As a leader, you will work to develop and expand comprehensive pediatric health services on Staten Island. As an innovator, you will identify and develop new clinical programs consistent with national best practices and care models, patient and community need and financial feasibility.
As an educator and mentor, you will support faculty career development and scholarship and create a culture and learning environment that supports the education programs.
In addition, you will work with the Program Director to help the residency training program to set and achieve near- and long-term goals. Pediatrics at Northwell Health Pediatrics at Staten Island University Hospital Staten Island offers the best in pediatric health care in a safe and collaborative environment. Our department includes physicians with extensive experience in a broad range of specialties, including pulmonary, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, and more. Our department partners with pediatric services including pediatric surgery, otolaryngology, anesthesiology, orthopedics, and neurology. Additionally, we work hand in hand with our obstetricians to care for the over 3,000 newborn deliveries at SIUH each year.
We offer streamlined communication between our hospital and community settings which ensures our entire team has full understanding of the patients' needs at all times.
Our settings include:
- Children's emergency center
- Intensive care units
- Inpatient unit
- Nursery
- Various ambulatory sites
- Our care at a glance
- Pediatric inpatient admissions - Over 1,700/year
- Annual births - Over 3,000/year
- Emergency department pediatric visits - 20,000/year
- Inpatient beds - 20
- Close communication with community pediatricians
- Hospitalist service
- Newly renovated unit
- Pediatric ICU beds - 4
- Conventional and high frequency ventilation
- Pediatric trauma
- Complex medical and surgical admissions
- Video EEG
- Neonatal ICU beds - 11
- Conventional and high frequency ventilation
- Inhaled nitric acid
- Multichannel breathing disorders; apnea, gastroesophageal reflux, ALTE
- Family centered care
- State-of-the-art care in clinical subspecialties
- Gastrointestinal and Nutrition
- Endocrinology
- Infectious Diseases
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Pediatric Neurology
- Pediatric Urology
- Pediatric ENT
- Behavioral/Developmental
- Pediatric Surgery
- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Education & Training at SIUH
About Staten Island University Hospital
Founded in 1861, Staten Island University Hospital is a 714-bed, specialized teaching hospital located in New York City's fastest growing borough. Occupying two large campuses, plus a number of community based health centers and labs, the hospital provides quality care to people on Staten Island, the New York metropolitan region, and to patients from around the world. Staten Island University Hospital has also been recognized as best regional hospitals in the New York Metro by U.S. News & World Report.
Nationally Recognized Research Institute The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research are composed of more than 1,500 clinicians, scientists and staff who work in laboratories and clinical research programs in collaboration with clinicians and patients throughout the many facilities of Northwell Health. Every year, more than 15,000 patients and volunteers participate in over 2,000 research studies.
Our state-of-the-art laboratories provide the infrastructure needed to conduct groundbreaking, disease-oriented research. It also houses the largest genotyping facility in the state of New York. The Feinstein Institute ranks in the top 6th percentile of all National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants awarded to research centers. The Feinstein Institute has produced more than 200 patents in 80 distinct technologies and has generated a dozen successful biotech start-ups.
Unwavering Commitment to Innovation At Northwell Health, we like to say, we see health care differently. That's because we are driven by innovation, a commitment that is as unique as it is organic. It is as likely to be found in our environmental services department as it is on our patient floors or in our research labs. It is a way of thinking, acting and believing that, when it comes to health care, we can find a better way. Our goal has always been to be better today than we were yesterday, better tomorrow than we are today. It is a singular focus. It is the Northwell Way. The following pages offer a summary of the role we are seeking to fill. We hope you will be among the chosen to give the best of their energy and skill to dreaming the impossible and making it possible.
Candidate Qualifications
The successful candidate will ideally possess the following qualifications and experience:
Education and Experience
- M.D. or D.O. degree, or equivalent, from an accredited institution (ACGME or foreign program that is
- similarly appropriately accredited)
- Completion of a Residency in Pediatrics with Board Certification
- Minimum of five (5) years of clinical practice in pediatric medicine and previous leadership experience
- Must be licensed as a physician in the New York State
- Experience in a leadership role in a Hospital department, preferably in a major medical center or health system, required
- Understanding of inpatient and outpatient services
- Continue to build and develop strong educational and training programs in pediatrics and its related disciplines while expanding knowledge in the behavioral health sciences through clinical research
