AVP of Primary Care Services Leadership Profile
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THE OPPORTUNITY
UT Southwestern is seeking an Associate Vice President of Primary Care Services. This is a new role to the organization with the purpose of overseeing and executing growth plan to dynamically expand primary services across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex to those in need of care. Through acquisitions and the construction of de novo facilities, the AVP will build an enterprise of primary care services to enhance the primary care physician network in addition to current clinic locations.
UTSW OVERVIEW
UT Southwestern Research: A Special Moment of Opportunity UTSW recently celebrated its 75th anniversary and, since its inception, research has been the cornerstone upon which outstanding medical education and patient care have been built.
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The discoveries of UTSW’s Nobel Laureates have not only transformed science and medicine and set a standard of scientific excellence, but also helped establish a now, well-entrenched culture of collaboration and collegiality, making UTSW a very special academic environment.
In addition to the ongoing activities of its departments, centers and other programs, UTSW has launched several important new initiatives in recent years. Among them, the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute has been a top priority. The O’Donnell Brain Institute is an ambitious initiative that seeks to address the impact of all forms of brain related disease (e.g., Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, mental illnesses, traumatic brain injury, movement disorders and autism), and to do so in a comprehensive manner.
The Institute encompasses major investments in research to delineate the molecular basis of brain function and the fundamental underlying causes of brain disease, as well as translational research efforts to advance diagnosis and treatment, and investment in clinical programs to offer the very best and most innovative care possible today. The new wing of Clements University Hospital will become the inpatient home of the Brain Institute, and planning is well underway for a new building to be constructed on the North Campus, which will house expanded Brain Institute research laboratories.
The Texas Institute for Brain Injury and Repair, a component of the O’Donnell Institute, focuses the Medical Center’s strengths in basic and translational research on various types of brain injury and conditions, including traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke and Alzheimer’s disease. The Institute also promotes brain injury education and prevention. The Texas Legislature provided $15 million for the current biennium – the largest allocation for a brain injury initiative in state history.
UTSW established the Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine in 2014 to advance human health through discoveries of the fundamental mechanisms of tissue formation and repair, and the use of this knowledge to develop transformative strategies and medications to enhance tissue regeneration.
In addition to these initiatives, UTSW recently established a new Department of Bioinformatics to be a home for computational and computer scientists, and it is catalyzing the work of many departments and centers.
Currently, UTSW has 15 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigators, four HHMI Faculty Scholars, and one HHMI Early Career Scientist on campus. As faculty members in basic science departments, their recognized leadership is an important source of UTSW’s strengths in biomedical research. In addition to its six Nobel laureates, three of who are still active on faculty, UTSW is home to 16 National Academy of Medicine members, 22 National Academy of Sciences members, two awardees of the Albert D. Laske Award in Basic Medical Research and 15 American Academy of Arts and Sciences members.
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UT Southwestern Educational Enterprise UTSW Medical Center has three degree-granting institutions: UTSW Medical School, UTSW Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and UTSW School of Health Professions. The schools train about 3,600 medical, graduate and health profession students, residents and postdoctoral fellows each year. Additionally, more than 100 early career researchers have come through the Medical Center's acclaimed Endowed Scholars Program in Medical Science, and many have gone on to become leaders in their fields.
UT Southwestern Medical School UTSW Medical School is one of six medical schools in the University of Texas System and one of the nation’s top medical schools. It graduates about 230 students each year, making it also one of the largest medical schools in the country. Educating and training the next generation of physicians is a core mission, and to ensure that UTSW students are fully prepared for the future they will encounter in the rapidly changing landscape of medicine and healthcare delivery, a new curriculum was launched for the class that entered in fall 2015. The new curriculum is characterized by a focus on team-based learning, close contact with faculty, meaningful mentorship opportunities, and integrating basic science education with patient care training and experience.
The Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) prepares students seeking both M.D. and Ph.D. degrees for careers that will include biomedical research, as well as the application of research discoveries to the practice of medicine.
UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences The UTSW Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences offers 12 Ph.D. degrees in basic and clinical sciences, encompassing more than 1,000 predoctoral and postdoctoral students. The School offers students exceptional opportunities to work with internationally recognized faculty, along with access to more than 1 million square feet of state-of-the-art research space and 34 core lab facilities.
UT Southwestern School of Health Professions The UTSW School of Health Professions is a leader in training students to meet the challenges and opportunities in clinical nutrition, medical laboratory sciences, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, prosthetics-orthotics, radiation therapy and rehabilitation counseling.
UT Southwestern Patient Care The vitality of the UTSW Health System and Medical Group are evident in the growth of the faculty, the establishment of new scientific and clinical programs, the emphasis on ongoing quality improvement, the steady and ongoing expansion of its facilities, and its increasing regional footprint and maturing population health capabilities.
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Faculty and residents provide care to more than 100,000 hospitalized patients and oversee approximately 2.2 million outpatient visits annually. UTSW faculty physicians, as members of the UTSW Medical Group, provide patient care at UTSW University Hospitals & Clinics (Clements University Hospital and Zale Lipshy University Hospital), owned and operated by the University itself, and at its partners Parkland Health & Hospital System, Children’s Medical Center, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, VA North Texas Health Care System and other affiliated hospitals and community clinics whose operations are controlled independently of the University.
UTSW’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital opened in December 2014, and it has transformed the opportunities for medical care in North Texas and beyond. It has been nationally recognized for innovation in its design and operations that focus on the patient experience and emphasize the integration of education, research and patient care.
Clements University Hospital is a centerpiece for carrying out UTSW’s tripartite mission – to educate, discover and heal. Innovations in technology and in approaches to care abound in the new hospital. It is a place where the intellect, skill and science of UTSW are translated into the delivery of compassionate, high quality and innovative patient care. With growth in patient volumes since it opened three years ago far outpacing projections, construction to expand the hospital has begun several years sooner than anticipated.
UTSW is nationally ranked among the top 50 programs in six specialties, as well as ranked first in Dallas-Fort Worth and second in Texas, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual (2018) Best Hospitals listings. Eight other specialties and procedures earned a high performing designation.
For much of UTSW’s history, its clinical mission was almost entirely carried out through patient care at Parkland Memorial Hospital, the Dallas County safety net hospital, which opened its own 862-bed new (replacement) hospital in 2015. Parkland remains a vital and important partner, and the volume of care provided there by UTSW Medical Group physicians continues to increase.
Children’s Medical Center remains the primary clinical site for the UTSW Pediatric Group. Children’s Health is the premier academic pediatric system in the region. With two hospitals and 10 outpatient facilities, Children’s Health maintains 559 licensed beds and receives more than 300,000 ambulatory visits per year.
Over the past several years, much of UTSW’s planning has been predicated on the assumption that a transition from “volume to value” is both right from a societal perspective and highly likely to happen as a confluence of forces drive in that direction. UTSW has made very significant advances to prepare for, and thrive in, that future environment. UTSW has successfully participated in the Medicare Shared Savings Program over the past three years, ranking among the top 10 of approximately 360 participating ACOs.
There have been four strategic pillars of this progress:
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▪ First has been the development of “population health” competencies including effective analytics, utilization management (e.g., post-acute services), deep quality and safety programs and others. ▪ Second, expansion of its own regional presence, including now more than ten satellite facilities to provide convenient access to UTSW specialists beyond the main campus. The UTSW Monty and Tex Moncrief Medical Center in Fort Worth is the most recent and largest of these, having opened in June 2017. A hospital and medical office building in Frisco, a rapidly growing community to the north, is under construction as a joint venture with Texas Health Resources. ▪ Third, formation of UTSCAPS – UTSW Community Affiliated Physicians – a broad network of community-based primary care physicians; though not employed by UTSW, these physicians are clinically integrated with UTSW and are included in UTSW contracts. UTSCAPS now comprises more than 400 physicians practicing at 55 different sites. ▪ Fourth, establishment of a regionally integrated healthcare network, Southwestern Health Resources (SWHR), which blends the strengths of UTSW and Texas Health Resources to better serve North Texas residents, from preventive care to the most advanced interventions. The network is comprised of 31 hospitals, 650+ outpatient facilities and more than 3,000 physicians, spanning a 16-county service area with more than 6 million residents. The joint effort establishes an organization with the scale and scope to provide leading-edge technology, research and education, ensuring broader access to exceptional, high quality care.
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THE COMMUNITY
Dallas was founded in 1841 and formally incorporated as a city in February 1856. It is the third-largest city in the state of Texas and the ninth largest in the United States. The city covers 342.5 square miles, not including water area, and is the county seat of Dallas County. It is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area – at over 6.1 million people; it is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. The Metroplex also includes areas such as Plano, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Irving, Lewisville, and Flower Mound.
Dallas is the Southwest’s leading business and financial center. It boasts the largest wholesale market in the world and lays claim to being one of the top convention cities in the United States and the number one visitor destination in Texas. Dallas is one of the most livable cities in America. Residents enjoy a flourishing economy, cultural arts, abundant housing options, endless entertainment and activities and a thriving community spirit.
The communities surrounding Dallas/Ft. Worth have experienced unprecedented business growth and population expansion during the last ten years. Dallas has developed a strong industrial and financial sector, and a major inland port, due largely to the presence of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport; one of the largest and busiest airports in the world. The city is the corporate headquarters for American Airlines, Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin Aircraft, Bell Helicopter, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, Radio Shack, Pier One Imports, XTO Energy, AmeriCredit, Alcon Laboratories, and Cash America.
The city is sometimes referred to as the heart of “Silicon Prairie” because of a high concentration of telecommunications companies in the region, the epicenter of which lies along the Telecom Corridor located in Richardson, a northern suburb of Dallas. The Corridor is home to more than 5,700 companies including Texas Instruments (headquartered in Dallas), Nortel Networks, Alcatel Lucent, AT&T, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Nokia, Rockwell Collins, Cisco Systems, Sprint, Verizon Communications, XO Communications and until recently CompUSA (which is now headquartered in Miami, FL). Texas Instruments, a major manufacturer employs 10,400 people at its corporate headquarters and chip plants in Dallas.
Significant national headquarters relocations to the area (as exemplified by Toyota’s decision to leave California and establish its new North American headquarters in the Dallas region) coupled with significant expansions of regional offices for a variety of corporations and along with company relocations to downtown Dallas are helping drive the current boom in the Dallas economy. Dallas leads Texas’ largest cities in Forbes’ 2015 ranking of “The Best Place for Business and Careers”.
The Dallas-Fort Worth MSA has one of the largest concentrations of corporate headquarters for publicly traded companies in the United States. Fortune Magazine’s 2018 annual list of the Fortune 500 in America indicates the D/FW area has 22 Fortune 500 companies located in the metroplex.
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Dallas/Ft. Worth is one of only a few metro areas to have teams in six major professional sports leagues: the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL, the Texas Rangers of the MLB, the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA, the Dallas Stars of the NHL, and professional soccer’s FC Dallas and Dallas Sidekicks. Throw in the Mesquite Rodeo, Texas Motor Speedway, ample amounts of golf courses, and NCAA Division I athletics, and you can see that Dallas/Ft. Worth is a community that likes to play all sports. Ft. Worth also hosts many national equestrian cutting horse competitions including the Southwestern Exposition and Stock Show.
This rich western agricultural and sports heritage is complemented by a sophisticated dedication to the arts. The Dallas Arts District, located on the north side of downtown and covering 68 acres and 19 contiguous blocks, is the largest such urban district in the United States. The Dallas Museum of Art and the Morton H. Myerson Symphony Center are two of the most prominent features on the Dallas Arts scene. Several other museums and concert venues grace the grounds of Fair Park, including The Science Place and the African American Museum.
Ft. Worth’s 2,056-seat Bass Performance Hall is home to the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the Ft. Worth Symphony, the Ft. Worth Dallas Ballet, the Ft. Worth Opera, and special productions of Casa Manana musicals. Ft. Worth’s art museums are nationally respected – the Ft. Worth Museum of Modern Art, the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, the Kimball Art Museum, and the Ft. Worth Museum of Science and History.
Throughout Dallas/Ft. Worth you will find an amazing blend of artistic expressions that reflect the multicultural dynamics of the city’s heritage.
Other fun things to do in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area include historical sites depicting the city’s earliest days and most infamous moments, Ft. Worth Botanic Gardens and Dallas Arboretum, the Dallas and Ft. Worth Zoos, and wildlife centers where you can experience the wonders of nature. Six Flags Over Texas has the tallest roller coasters and the best shows in the Southwest and plenty of fun places to relax and enjoy the warm Texas climate. Dallas has more shopping centers per capita than any other major U.S. city and four times more restaurants per person than New York City.
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KEY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES A Leadership Opportunity to Bring UT Southwestern’s Vision for Primary Care to Life
We’re seeking an Associate Vice President of Primary Care Services – this is a new role to the organization with the purpose of overseeing and executing growth plan to dynamically expand primary services across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex to those in need of care. Through acquisitions and the construction of de novo facilities, the AVP will build an enterprise of primary care services to enhance the primary care physician network in addition to current clinic locations.
Specific responsibilities of AVP of Primary care services include, but are not limited to:
• Collaborating with leaders such as the Vice President of Medical Affairs, Vice President of Ambulatory Operations, Chief Strategy Officer, and Vice President of University Hospitals to develop measurable and actionable plans, execute the “go to market” strategies to meet the Health System goals, and establish operational procedures that increase productivity, reduce costs and maintain the highest quality of clinical standards.
• Development and implementation of best practices, goals and objectives for Primary Care Clinics while evaluating performance, managing service line budgets and alignment with health system performance.
• Planning, directing, coordinating, and leading patient care service expectations and administrative functions that include finance, human resources, practice management, practice development, and facilities management.
• Partnering with the Primary Care Service Line Steering Committee and sub-committees to design appropriate care/practice models to assure the assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of patient care.
• Manages quality and safety programs of clinics to ensure that all clinics are compliant with health system policies and external regulations. Optimize EMR utilization by all staff, ensuring that provider scheduling templates satisfy expectations set forth in employment MOUs.
QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The Associate Vice President for Primary Care Services must be a strategic thought leader and strong operator. The AVP will proactively lead the alignment of physicians and staff to achieve renown as a premier primary care operation. A successful candidate will have a balanced combination of leadership, operational competency and demonstrated experience navigating complex and matrixed organizations. Most importantly, our ideal candidate has demonstrated experience in the successfully building and/or growing a primary care expansion program.
Minimum Qualifications • At least a Master's degree in business, healthcare administration, or related field. • Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in clinical practice and/or progressively responsible administration experience in healthcare, business, and/or university environment.
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• Demonstrated leadership experience driving strategic and business planning, financial and operational performance. Strong organizational, analytical and communication skills with a proven track record of collaboration and consensus building.
Preferred Experience • We’re looking for a builder - an entrepreneurial, energetic, growth-minded operational leader with a passion for expanding the reach of primary care services to the community in need. • Experience working with not-for-profit boards and physician leadership in the nonprofit sector and experience with academic and community partnership models preferred. • Progressive academic medical center experience and a demonstrated proficiency and/or the scholarly achievement in an aligned area of primary care. • Relevant experience to hit the ground running - ready to take charge of the growth plan and make an impact from day one.
Compensation A competitive compensation and benefits package will be provided to the selected candidate.
How to Apply Please submit your application for the AVP of Primary Care Services directly through this link. For your refence, the Job Number is #550196. Please contact Keith Herl, Manager of Executive Recruitment, with any questions or for more information.
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. In accordance with federal and state law, the University prohibits unlawful discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of: race; color; religion; national origin; sex, including sexual harassment; age; disability; genetic information; citizenship status; and protected veteran status. In addition, it is UT Southwestern’s policy to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
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UT SOUTHWESTERN CONTACTS
Keith Herl Sara Saathoff Talent Acquisition Manager, Non-Clinical and Assistant Vice President, Talent Acquisition Executive 6363 Forest Park Road 6363 Forest Park Road Dallas, TX 75390 Dallas, TX 75390 Phone: 214.633.4646 Phone: 214.633.4706 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Kristy Ewing Nancy Nelson Talent Acquisition Operations Talent Sourcing Partner 6363 Forest Park Road 6363 Forest Park Road Dallas, TX 75390 Dallas, TX 75390 Phone: 214-648-4376 Phone: 214-633-4664 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
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