Vice President, Primary Care

Vice President, Primary Care

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The Vice President, Primary Care is responsible for the business development, onboarding, and operational success of the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Primary Care network. This leader will work closely with the Chief, Primary Care to build and execute a comprehensive strategy for expanding and aligning primary care practices with the Children's system, develop sound business cases, and serve as the point person for new practices throughout the transition, onboarding and operational phases. This leader will also play a critical role in building relationships across the primary care landscape, independent of employment model, to ensure patients and families have timely access to world class sub-specialty care.

The Vice President, Primary Care will work with the Chief, Primary Care to build a high?performing, market?leading primary care network that consistently meets or exceeds growth, financial and operational targets, delivers high?quality pediatric care, ensures exceptional integration experiences for new practices, and supports long?term sustainability for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and its affiliated physicians. Culminating in an organization that pediatricians are proud to be a part of.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a growth strategy for Children's primary care network that aligns with Children's mission and leverages multiple affiliation models.
• Build robust business cases for prospective practice acquisitions or partnerships, including financial modelling and ROI analysis.
• Lead diligence activities, negotiate deal terms, and manage transaction processes for new practice affiliations and new practice developments.
• Coordinate onboarding of new practices, ensuring smooth transitions to Children's systems, technology platforms, and operational standards.
• Serve as the primary liaison to new practices during integration and beyond, addressing operational needs, providing implementation efficiency oversight, and aligning expectations.
• Engage cross?functional resources (e.g. Legal, Finance, HR, IS&T, Marketing) to support deals, transitions, and ongoing operations.
• Oversee operational performance of the primary care network, ensuring appropriate staffing, quality standards, patient experience, and financial sustainability.
• Establish and monitor KPIs for business development, onboarding, and operational metrics, and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Build a best practice and replicable and scalable practice management system, inclusive of tools that can be utilized for Children's practices and offered to physicians to enhance the practice of pediatrics and importantly be responsive to patient and family needs. This system should be transportable and available to the Mercer scholars to support their ability to stand up and run practices in rural Georgia.
• Lead onboarding new practices to ensure smooth and successful transition to Children's, being thoughtful about timing of transition and setting long term vision for each practice.
• Responsible for operational oversight of practices and clinics within Children's Primary Care.
• Ensure appropriate staffing enabling efficient, effective, and high-functioning primary care operations.
• Drive optimum financial performance to ensure long-term sustainability.
• Actively participate in and encourage team engagement with patient experience improvement initiatives.
• Develop systems that attract, retain, and engage talent, reducing administrative burden for the providers.
• Work closely with the Chief, Primary Care to operationalize new models of care delivery.
• Examine patient / family engagement strategies in concert with the Chief, Primary Care.
• Develop strategies for the development of the Practice of the Future including the integration of telehealth, Behavioral Mental health, developmental pediatrics, APPs, digital integration, machine learning / artificial intelligence, remote monitoring etc.
• Work with IS&T leadership to develop and refine a primary care electronic health record offering (EPIC), a governing council, and integration with TCCN information systems to maximize quality, safety, and clinical outcomes.
• Build and maintain strong relationships, trust, and respect with community and aligned pediatricians.
• Accountable for robust program growth and market distinction of pediatric primary care.

Candidate Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have the following credentials :

Education

Experience and Skills

Personal Characteristics

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic covered by applicable law.

Primary Location Address : 1575 Northeast Expy NE

Job Family : Vice President