President, UConn Health Community Network Medical Group in Farmington, Connecticut at Waterbury Hospital

President, UConn Health Community Network Medical Group

Position Summary

The President, UConn Health Community Network (UCHCN) Medical Group serves as the executive leader responsible for the strategic, operational, financial, and clinical performance of UCHCN Medical Group, a statewide physician organization affiliated with UConn Health and the UConn Health Community Network.

UCHCN Medical Group is a key operating entity within the UConn Health Community Network, a statewide integrated healthcare system connected to UConn Health, Connecticut’s public academic medical center. The Medical Group provides community-based primary care, pediatric, and specialty medical services while leveraging the clinical expertise, academic resources, research capabilities, education mission, and innovation of UConn Health.

Established following UConn Health’s acquisition of Waterbury Hospital, UCHCN Medical Group represents a foundational component of the Network’s statewide strategy to expand access, strengthen physician alignment, enhance care coordination, and create an integrated delivery system that connects community-based care with academic medicine.

Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer of UConn Health Community Network, the President serves as a peer executive to the Presidents of UCHCN’s affiliated hospitals and is accountable for leading the Medical Group as a major operating platform of the Network. The President is responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive strategy for physician enterprise growth, clinical excellence and safety, operational performance, financial sustainability, and exceptional patient experience.

The President provides executive leadership for employed physicians, advanced practice providers, practice administrators, and Medical Group leadership while partnering with hospital executives, academic leaders, medical staff leaders, and community physicians to advance a coordinated statewide healthcare system.

Reports to:

Direct line to Chief Operating Officer, UCHCN

Position Purpose

The President is responsible for building and leading a high-performing statewide medical group that advances the mission and strategic priorities of UConn Health Community Network.The President will establish UCHCN Medical Group as an integrated physician organization that delivers exceptional outpatient care, expands access throughout Connecticut, supports network growth, strengthens physician relationships, and creates meaningful alignment among hospitals, ambulatory practices, and UConn Health’s academic mission.

As a peer member of the UCHCN executive leadership team, the President will participate in enterprise-wide strategy, governance, and decision-making while maintaining accountability for the Medical Group’s clinical, operational, financial, and cultural performance.

Essential Responsibilities

Executive Leadership

• Serve as the chief executive leader of the medical group and participate as a peer enterprise executive with responsibility for a major Network operating platform.
• Develop and execute the strategic vision for UCHCN Medical Group in alignment with UCHCN’s statewide growth strategy.
• Establish the Medical Group as a high-performing physician organization supporting current and future UCHCN members.
• Lead the development of a statewide ambulatory strategy encompassing primary care, pediatrics, specialty services, and emerging care models.
• Identify opportunities for growth through physician recruitment, practice development, affiliations, partnerships, and acquisitions.
• Support the integration of future physician practices and entities joining UCHCN.

Medical Group Operations

Establish standardized operating models, performance expectations, and best practices across Medical Group locations. Provide executive oversight for all Medical Group operations, including but not limited to:

• Primary care practices
• Pediatric practices
• Specialty physician practices
• Advanced practice providers
• Ambulatory operations
• Practice administration
• Patient access and scheduling
• Care coordination
• Clinical support services
• Revenue cycle performance
• Digital health and virtual care
• Practice optimization initiatives

Physician Leadership and Alignment

• Build and sustain a physician-led culture focused on collaboration, accountability, quality, and innovation.
• Recruit, retain, and develop outstanding physicians and advanced practice providers.
• Establish physician leadership structures that support engagement and shared accountability.
• Partner with UConn Health academic departments and UCHCN hospitals to strengthen physician alignment.
• Develop physician compensation, productivity, and performance strategies that support organizational goals.
• Promote provider wellbeing, professional satisfaction, and career development.
• Build strong relationships with independent physicians and community partners.

Financial Performance and Growth

Develop strategies that balance growth, access, quality, and financial performance.

Maintain executive accountability for the financial performance of UCHCN Medical Group, including:

• Professional revenue growth
• Operating performance
• Budget development and execution
• Provider productivity
• Compensation strategy
• Expense management
• Capital planning
• Practice investments
• Growth initiatives
• Financial sustainability

Quality, Safety, and Patient Experience

Partner with UCHCN and UConn Health quality leaders to establish consistent standards across the Medical Group. Champion a culture of excellence focused on:

• Clinical quality
• Patient safety
• Patient experience
• Access to care
• Evidence-based practice
• Population health
• Care coordination
• Regulatory compliance
• Continuous improvement

Workforce Leadership

Serve as the executive sponsor for local workforce culture initiatives in alignment with the overall UCHCN strategy. Partner with UCHCN Human Resources to:

• Recruit and retain exceptional talent
• Improve employee engagement
• Build leadership capability
• Advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives
• Maintain positive labor relations
• Support succession planning

Statewide Growth and Network Integration

Lead the continued expansion and integration of UCHCN Medical Group by:

• Developing a statewide ambulatory care strategy.
• Expanding access to primary, pediatric, and specialty care.
• Integrating physician practices associated with current and future UCHCN members.
• Developing coordinated referral relationships across the Network.
• Supporting hospital growth strategies through physician alignment and access expansion.
• Creating scalable operating models that support future growth.

Academic and Clinical Integration

Strengthen the relationship between UCHCN Medical Group and UConn Health by:

• Supporting medical education and training opportunities.
• Expanding opportunities for clinical research.
• Enhancing specialty collaboration.
• Supporting innovation and clinical transformation.
• Strengthening referral pathways between community providers and academic specialists.

Community Leadership

Represent UCHCN Medical Group with healthcare organizations, community partners, governmental stakeholders, academic partners, and industry organizations. Serve as the primary representative of the medical group within the local community by:

• Building relationships with elected officials
• Partnering with community organizations
• Supporting philanthropic initiatives
• Strengthening physician relationships
• Advancing community health priorities
• Representing the hospital before civic organizations and business leaders

Strategy Execution

Provide feedback to UCHCN leadership regarding local market opportunities and challenges. Lead implementation of UCHCN strategic initiatives including:

• Clinical integration
• Growth initiatives
• Digital transformation
• Operational standardization
• Service line expansion
• Population health
• Academic partnerships
• Value-based care initiatives

Enterprise Accountability

Operates within the governance structure of UCHCN and is accountable for execution of enterprise strategies while maintaining excellence in local operations. Key expectations include:

• Support enterprise-wide decisions regardless of local impact
• Implement UCHCN policies, standards, and operating procedures
• Participate as an active member of the UCHCN Executive Leadership Team
• Collaborate across hospitals to identify and implement best practices
• Share resources and expertise across UCHCN when appropriate
• Support enterprise service line strategies
• Ensure local alignment with UCHCN financial and quality goals
• Operate within delegated authority established by the UCHCN CEO, COO and Board
• Champion a "One Network" culture while preserving the hospital's local identity and community relationships

Decision-Making Authority

Exercises good judgment in decision-making within a highly matrixed organization by abiding by the framework described below. The President has delegated authority over day-to-day medical group operations consistent with UCHCN policies. A decision requires alignment before acting if it meets any of the following:

• Irreversibility
  • Costly, disruptive, or difficult to unwind later
• Precedent-setting
  • Creates an expectation others would later follow
• Future Constraint
  • Limits future network design, vendor choice, or flexibility
• System Impact
  • Affects equity, cost, risk or requires coordination with system, regulatory, or state stakeholders beyond the local site
• Available Synergy
  • Potential benefits to coordinating across sites

Enterprise decisions requiring UCHCN approval include but are not limited to:

• Strategic planning
• Annual operating and capital budgets
• Local executive leadership appointments
• Physician practice acquisitions
• Capital projects above delegated thresholds
• Significant contractual commitments, including joint ventures, partnerships, and anything including the UConn (and/or its subsidiaries) brand
• Service line additions or closures
• Organizational restructuring
• Enterprise technology initiatives

Performance Expectations

Performance metrics are established annually by the UCHCN CEO and UCHCN COO and include:

• Operating margin
• EBITDA
• Patient experience
• Employee engagement
• Physician engagement
• Quality and safety
• Clinical outcomes
• Regulatory compliance
• Growth
• Market share
• Throughput
• Length of stay
• Access
• Community benefit
• Strategic initiative execution

Leadership Competencies

Fully demonstrates:

Qualifications

Education

Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, or related field required. MD or DO strongly preferred.

Experience

• Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive executive leadership experience within an integrated health system, academic medical center, physician organization, or multi-specialty medical group.
• Prior experience as a clinical department chair, vice president of medical affairs, medical director, or equivalent senior executive required.
• Demonstrated success leading complex physician practice operations.
• Experience managing physician enterprise growth, financial performance, and operational transformation.
• Experience developing physician alignment strategies and integrated care models.
• Experience leading organizations through significant change and growth.
• Experience working within a matrixed organizational structure is strongly preferred.
• Experience with physician partnerships, academic medicine, and regulatory environments preferred.
• Experience developing and executing strategic and business plans that advance growth, market position, clinical services, access, and financial sustainability.
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, develop, motivate, and retain clinicians, senior leaders, and employees and build a high-performing organizational culture.
• Experience working collaboratively within a larger health system or network, including shared services, system-level initiatives, enterprise standards, and matrixed decision-making.
• Experience establishing effective relationships with community leaders, government officials, boards, business leaders, and other external stakeholders.