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Posted: 21-Apr-26
Location: Forest Hills, New York
Type: Full Time
Salary: $125K to $750K
Categories:
Executive
Sector:
Hospital, Public and Private
Preferred Education:
MD/DO
Internal Number: Chair Dept of Med LIJ
Chair, Department of Medicine
LIJ Forest Hills Hospital
About the Position
The Department of Medicine at LIJ Forest Hills Hospital is seeking a physician leader for the Chair position. Internists, Medical Subspecialists, and Hospitalists are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities and tasks of this role include, but are not limited to:
- Overseeing the departmental aspect of strategic planning and programmatic growth with a focus on quality of the clinical, educational, and research programs
- Leading the development and enhancement of departmental clinical, educational, and research activities, in accordance with the facility’s mission and vision
- Supervising all professional activities and clinical staff within the Department and within subspecialty divisions of the Department
- Managing staff including, appointing departmental members to committees, establishing, and coordinating faculty and staff development, periodically evaluating faculty and staff as well as all faculty appointments, reappointments, and promotions according to Hospital Medical Staff By-Laws
- Ensuring professional performance of all practitioners with clinical privileges in the Department
- Collaborating with administrative and nursing leadership to build a team-based clinical environment
- Developing policies, procedures and practices for the Department that ensure the provision of high-quality patient care
About Northwell Health System
Northwell Health is the largest private employer in New York State with 28 hospitals and more than 1,000 outpatient community-based facilities. With over 14,000 credentialed physicians and more than 100,000 employees, Northwell is the largest healthcare system in the state of New York and one of the largest 10 healthcare systems in the country. It is affiliated with The Feinstein Institutes, a nationally recognized research facility, and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), a world-class basic science research facility that is home to eight Nobel Prize winners. The private, not-for-profit Laboratory employs 1,100 people including 600 scientists, students and technicians. And the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell employs over 2,400 faculty members across 25 academic departments and enrolls a diverse community of approximately 400 students.
About LIJ Forest Hills Hospital
Long Island Jewish Forest Hills is a 312-bed community teaching hospital that provides inpatient medical and surgical care, intensive care, and women’s health services. The hospital is designated as a Level II Perinatal Center.
Our Emergency Department is a 911 receiving site, a certified heart station, as well as a New York state-designated Stroke Center. We also offer a well-regarded medical residency education program and a podiatry residency education program. Our facilities have exceptional staff using the most advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies available.
LIJ Forest Hills is home to an Internal Medicine Residency Program with 38 approved positions.
Candidate Qualifications
- D. Degree or equivalent from an accredited College of Medicine
- Completion of residency with Board Certification
- Currently licensed as a physician in the State of New York
- Outstanding organizational, communication and management skills, and an ability to work collaboratively with all staff
- Previous division, department, or GME leadership experience highly preferred
Full-time clinical base compensation at Northwell Health ranges from $125K to $750K, which is impacted by various factors, including but not limited to physician specialty, level of experience, quality of care, academic accomplishments, patient experience and productivity. The base compensation range listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.
Please send your CV and Letter of Interest to The Office of Physician Recruitment: OPR@Northwell.edu
We continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of the diverse patients we seek to serve; as a result, our Health System is proudly ranked Diversity Inc’s #1 Hospital and Health System. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do, from education, to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being. For more information and resources regarding our initiatives, please visit our Center for Equity of Care, https://www.northwell.edu/education-and-resources/community-engagement/center-for-equity-of-care.
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 23 hospitals, 830 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 76,000 employees – 18,900 nurses and 4,800 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the bett...er. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies.
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