🔥💰 $575K–$625K Emergency Medicine Department Chair – Elite Leadership Opportunity | Morristown, NJ 🏥
Job at a glance
Job description
Step into a high-impact Emergency Medicine leadership role overseeing a major adult and pediatric emergency department with a strong academic mission. This exclusive opportunity combines clinical emergency medicine with department-wide administrative and academic leadership, giving an experienced EM physician the opportunity to shape operations, residency and fellowship education, physician performance, and long-term departmental growth.
The department sees more than 110,000 annual ED visits, supported by approximately 75 physicians, 46 APPs, experienced nursing teams, residents, and advanced diagnostic capabilities. The environment includes adult and pediatric Level I trauma services, an established EM residency program, specialty transport capabilities, and comprehensive emergency and referral services.
💰 $575K–$625K Total Compensation
🏆 Department Chair Leadership Position
🎓 Academic & Residency Leadership
🚑 Level I Adult & Pediatric Trauma
📚 Established ACGME Emergency Medicine Residency
⚕️ Clinical + Administrative Leadership
Job Responsibilities
• Direct clinical operations, physician performance, patient throughput, and departmental initiatives
• Provide academic leadership for emergency medicine residency and fellowship programs
• Collaborate with hospital departments, medical staff leadership, and executive administration
• Drive quality improvement, education, operational excellence, and long-term departmental development
Qualifications
• Board Certified in Emergency Medicine through ABEM or AOBEM
• Extensive Emergency Department Director and academic Emergency Medicine leadership experience
• Approximately 15 years of ED Director and ED academic experience
• Eligible for New Jersey medical licensure
• Ability to obtain hospital privileges and complete credentialing requirements
• Strong clinical, academic, administrative, and physician leadership background
Working Hours
• Remaining time dedicated to administrative, academic, and departmental leadership responsibilities
• Expected start as soon as credentialing and hospital privileges are completed
• Typical hospital credentialing timeline: approximately 3–4 months
Skills
• Department Administration
• Academic Emergency Medicine
• Residency & Fellowship Leadership
• Emergency Department Operations
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine
• Physician Performance & Throughput
• Quality Improvement
• Trauma & Acute Care
• Executive & Interdepartmental Collaboration