Chief Community Health Equity Officer

Company: CTI Education Group
Location: Somerville
Posted on: February 16, 2021

Job Description:

Job Description - Chief Community Health Equity Officer (3144747) Job Description Chief Community Health Equity Officer - ( 3144747 ) Description About Us As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community by leading innovation across our system. Founded by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners HealthCare supports a complete continuum of care including community and specialty hospitals, a managed care organization, a physician network, community health centers, home care and other health-related entities. Several of our hospitals are teaching affiliates of Harvard Medical School, and our system is a national leader in biomedical research. We're focused on a people-first culture for our system's patients and our professional family. That's why we provide our employees with more ways to achieve their potential. Mass General Brigham is committed to aligning our employees' personal aspirations with projects that match their capabilities and creating a culture that empowers our managers to become trusted mentors. We support each member of our team to own their personal development-and we recognize success at every step. Our employees use the Mass General Brigham values to govern decisions, actions and behaviors. These values guide how we get our work done: Patients, Affordability, Accountability & Service Commitment, Decisiveness, Innovation & Thoughtful Risk; and how we treat each other: Diversity & Inclusion, Integrity & Respect, Learning, Continuous Improvement & Personal Growth, Teamwork & Collaboration. General Overview The Chief Community Health Equity Officer (CCHEO) provides executive oversight of Mass General Brigham (MGB) system-wide community health and clinical health equity strategies. The scope of this role includes overseeing more than $30 million in programs aimed at dismantling racism and other forms of inequity through a comprehensive combination of approaches involving our health care delivery system and community health programs. The primary tactics include design and implementation of clinical delivery system initiatives focused on implementing a robust equity measurement agenda, improving access to digital health care and multilingual health care, building a culture of continuous clinical equity improvement across all clinical departments, and advocating for payer contracting and health policies that promote anti-racism. The community health initiatives will include programs focused on 1) community and civic engagement such as a robust Anchor Strategy, 2) community health improvement based on addressing key social determinants of health and implementing innovative community-based health programs, 3) implementing a robust research program, and 4) developing a comprehensive training and education program for future leaders of community health. The overarching goal of all initiatives will be to demonstrate a reduction in health inequities and a measurable improvement in community health outcomes. This position reports directly to the Chief Patient Experience and Equity Officer (CPEEO) and oversees a large multidisciplinary effort and team across our entire system. An essential component of this role is convening clinical, quality, community health, and administrative leaders from across MGB institutions to arrive at a consensus on issues that are core to addressing health equity and community health. The selected candidate will successfully balance an open, inclusive process with the ability to arrive at rapid, reliable decisions. The selected candidate will represent the CPEEO on various projects and committees, including report outs to the MGB Board of Directors, regular meetings with MGB executive leadership, as well as external community, public health, and government officials. Principal Duties and Responsibilities
General Responsibilities
--- Lead system-wide efforts to combat structural racism and improve the outcomes of healthcare for all patients and community members served by MGB
--- Leverage knowledge of health equity, social justice, and racism to inform all efforts
--- Implement a robust measurement agenda for both clinical care and community health outcomes
--- Communicate portfolio of work both internal and external to the organization
--- Dedicates a minimum of 0.80 FTE to this role
Clinical Health Equity
--- Improve the collection of patient race, ethnicity, and language preference data across the enterprise
--- Implement new programs to increase translator and interpreter services across the system
--- Implement programs designed to decrease differences in access to digital health by race, ethnicity, language, and community of residence
--- Establish a culture of equity improvement by leading all clinical departments to implement clinical health equity improvement projects
--- Lead effort to identify and eliminate racialized medicine in clinical care (e.g. remove inappropriate use of race in clinical algorithms)
--- Support the evolution and expansion of social determinants of health screening and connections with resources to mitigate the gaps
--- Support internal policy development that eliminates discriminatory behavior within MGB offices, clinics, hospitals, and all areas of administrative operations.
Community Health
--- In partnership with the community and our hospitals, develops, executes, and oversees community health strategic framework to ensure that objectives and goals are aligned with identified community health needs, reflect the input of community representatives and align with objectives for equity-based care. Supports hospitals' ability to customize locally while maintaining the benefit of economies of scale.
--- Develops a system strategy related to community engagement and partnerships. Serves as a trusted and effective representative of MGB in the community and represents MGB on task forces, coalitions, committees, and boards in the community. Works with community leaders to create transparent communication relative to program initiatives, investments, and outcomes.
--- Represents MGB community health advocacy and policy work, determination of need assessments, and development of federal and state reporting relative to a full suite of MGB community health initiatives.
--- Coordinates the development, completion, and communication of an MGB community health needs assessment to inform planning and investment in community health programs.
--- Leads and coordinates programs system-wide to address social determinants of health and prioritize program investments including food insecurity, housing stability, and behavioral health to create community health improvement plans.
--- In collaboration with communities, government, and other organizations, develop and deploy an innovative set of interventions that address common challenges, as identified throughout community health needs assessments and implementation plans, faced by "hot spot", disproportionately impacted communities.
--- Establishes evaluation metrics for reporting impacts of programs. Oversees the development of data collection tools and conducts quantitative and qualitative analysis for all established programs.
--- Establishes a program in Community Health and Equity Research. Facilitates opportunities for research and training in the community through the creation of structures and programs connected to the Mass General Brigham mission.
--- In coordination with Chief Academic Officer, hospital leadership, and Human Resources, create a training and education pathway to prepare future leaders in community health.
Miscellaneous
--- Support the development of external policy positions of MGB on issues of social justice
--- Lead establishment of payer contracting strategy to reduce inequity and fight racism
--- Works to provide regular updates to system-wide senior and executive leadership on progress related to community health and equity programming.
--- Identifies opportunities to advance the scholarship at Mass General Brigham by publishing peer-reviewed manuscripts based on the activities included in the role
--- Performs other responsibilities as determined by the Chief Patient Experience and Equity Officer Qualifications --- Respected and practicing clinician with MD, DO, or similar degree required. Additional advanced degrees in public health or management are also strongly preferred.--- Minimum of 10 years of management experience required.
--- Minimum of 8 years of experience in the application of health equity; either in clinical operations, research, or innovation
--- Minimum of 8 years of experience in leading community health efforts; either in operations, research, or innovation
--- Expertise in measurement science or implementation science required
--- Maintain an active clinical practice within Mass General Brigham strongly preferredSkills/Abilities/Competencies
--- Demonstrated ability to formulate and execute strategy
--- Strong leadership and mentoring skills
--- Strong knowledge of clinical care processes across disciplines and the care continuum and how to use enabling technology to standardize and optimize clinical care delivery
--- Experienced in planning, organizing, prioritizing, delegating, and supervising
--- Proficient in exercising initiative, judgment, problem-solving, and decision making
--- Exceptional communication skills, including strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills
--- Ability to build and manage relationships in a highly complex and changing environment
--- Skilled at partnering with and influencing senior leaders--- A standard business environment with frequent local travel between Mass General Brigham System sites
--- May require travel for external training, networking, and dissemination of findingsSupervisory Responsibility
--- 1 MD direct report (Senior Medical Director for Health Equity)
--- Leads activities of a team of approximately 20 central and 50 distributed staff at MGB clinics and hospitals Mass General Brigham is an Equal Opportunity Employer & by embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. Primary Location : MA-Somerville-PHS Assembly Row Work Locations : PHS Assembly Row 399 Revolution Drive Somerville 02145 Job : Professional/Managerial Organization : Mass General Brigham(PHS) Schedule : Full-time Standard Hours : 40 Shift : Day Job Employee Status : Regular

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