UTHealth Houston

Key Responsibilities

• • Provide strategic leadership for the division’s clinical, research, and academic missions.
• • Strengthen the division’s national visibility while recruiting, mentoring, and retaining outstanding faculty and fellows.
• • Advance programmatic growth across clinical, research, and educational activities.
• • Provide oversight of outpatient clinics and inpatient consultation services across UT Physicians, Harris Health, and Memorial Hermann to ensure high-quality patient care, efficient clinic flow, and appropriate patient access.
• • Oversee endocrine and diabetes program leadership within Harris Health and ensure appropriate staffing and clinic operations.
• • Oversee inpatient consult services at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center and Memorial Hermann TIRR.
• • Foster and expand multidisciplinary collaborations across UTHealth Houston and affiliated health systems.
• • Recruit, mentor, and support the career development of faculty and fellows while fostering a strong academic environment.
• • Promote the growth of clinical, translational, and basic science research within the division.
• • Expand the research portfolio, strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations, and increase extramural funding while supporting scholarly activity among faculty and trainees.
• • Support and expand the division’s role in medical student, resident, and fellow education.
• • Partner with departmental leadership and the Director of Management Operations to oversee divisional finances, budgeting, and resource allocation.
• • Develop and sustain an environment in the patient care units that supports excellence and innovation in clinical practice and patient care.
• • Perform staff management functions including interviewing, hiring, evaluating, counseling, and terminating assigned management, clinical, and support staff.
• • Facilitate, review, and approve the budget for UTHealth Houston and Surgery Services.
• • Provide coaching, mentoring, support, and consultation to clinical managers, attending physicians, research personnel, colleagues, and clinical staff.
• • Serve as a role model in professional behavior and leadership skills, problem-solving ability, and interpersonal skills.
• • Delegate authority and accountability to clinical & nursing staff consistent with professional standards, regulatory agencies, and organizational policies.
• • Identify patient and family needs of the populations served and recommend or develop new programs and services.
• • Collaborate with UTHealth Houston and hospital administration and physicians to identify future opportunities and define the direction of department services.
• • Maintain an ongoing departmental Quality Improvement Plan and process consistent with the organizational Quality Management Plan.
• • Develop and implement unit-specific standards, policies, and procedures that guide and support the provision of care and services.
• • Continuously assess and improve assigned departments' performance while enhancing service.
• • Review relevant financial reports and implement cost-reduction strategies for supplies, staffing, and service agreements.
• • Participate in and/or chair committees, work groups, and meetings as appropriate.
• • Assure interdisciplinary performance improvement programs are active, maintained, and ongoing.
• • Follow up to ensure that complaints have been satisfactorily handled.
• • Collaborate to maintain a focus on providing excellent clinical services.