Job Description

About Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Part of Johns Hopkins HealthSystem, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, based in St. Petersburg, Florida, is the most advanced children’s hospital on Florida’s west coast. From prenatal to adolescence, Johns Hopkins All Children’s cares for patients in more than 50 Pediatric specialties. U.S. News & World Report ranked Johns Hopkins All Children’s the top Pediatric hospital in Florida in 2025-2026 for the third consecutive year with eight specialties among the nation’s best.

Johns Hopkins All Children’s is one of the largest freestanding children’s hospitals in the southeast and one of only four freestanding children’s hospitals in Florida. Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital achieved the multiyear Magnet® designation in 2019 and 2024 in recognition of nursing excellence and the highest level of professionalism in nursing practice. This prestigious designation is awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and serves as the gold standard for nursing excellence. The hospital also has been named as a top children’s hospital for patient safety and quality by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to health care safety and quality, four of the past five years.

The Position

The Vice President of Medical Affairs provides executive leadership for medical affairs and oversees, while actively engaging in, care management and quality management functions at JHACH, with a primary focus on collaborating with the credentialed medical staff to advance the delivery of safe, high-quality care.

The VP provides administrative oversight for assigned areas and must be responsive to the concerns and needs of medical staff members and is expected to foster and contribute to a close and mutually beneficial relationship between the medical staff and hospital leadership.

The following comprise the major expectations and responsibilities of the Johns Hopkins All Children’s VP of Medical Affairs position:

1. Sets organizational direction and assures accountability for the medical staff, including oversight of information technology, continuing education, advanced practice providers, disaster management, medical staff services and credentialing.
2. Collaborates with leaders nationally and throughout the health system on issues related to medical staff.
3. Quickly establishes credibility and becomes a fully engaged, respected partner within the leadership team and actively participates in the decision-making process, helping to drive clinical excellence.
4. Becomes an open and transparent resource to Johns Hopkins All Children’s leaders.
5. Serves on all necessary committees.

Reporting Relationship

• Reports dually to the President, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and the Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs/CMO for the Johns Hopkins Health System.
• Supervises the Medical Staff Services, oversight of medical leaders for Utilization management and Disaster Management, Advanced Practice providers (APP) and Information technology (IT).
• Works collaboratively with the executive leadership of Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital to execute strategic objectives

Major Expectations & Key Responsibilities

The selected Individual will be responsible for Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and all affiliated care delivery sites. The following comprise the major expectations and key responsibilities of the person who accepts Johns Hopkins All Children’s VP Medical Affairs position.

1. Provides professional guidance to medical staff and senior executive leadership and the Governing Board on matters relating to medical care and the medical staff, including physician business relationships and employed physicians.
2. Assumes overall accountability for oversight of all medical practices and clinical quality along with related activities within the facility and assists in the review of the clinical practices within JHACH.
3. Provides clinical leadership for Ambulatory Services across all ambulatory sites, ensuring delivery of high-quality, safe, and family-centered pediatric care. Promotes clinical excellence, standardization of care, and alignment with system-wide quality goals. Drives performance improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, patient experience, and financial sustainability.
4. Accountable for serving as a catalyst for the development of hospital guidelines and care protocols that lead to the achievement of quality medical and service outcomes and cost efficiencies.
5. Responsible for continuous quality improvement and clinical loss prevention functions as they relate to clinical practice and patient safety.
6. Working closely with the Chief Patient Safety Officer, facilitates an environment reliant on data-driven quality improvement processes to achieve exceptional clinical quality outcomes. Develops and implements systems and processes that ensure the highest quality of care and patient safety with evidence-based medicine standards.
7. Documented understandings of the regulatory environment in health care today including the Stark laws, HIPAA, physician inurement, and the regulatory requirements (Joint Commission, Agency for Health Care Administration, etc.) for a not-for-profit health care system.
8. Active communication with leadership for strategic planning and program development (both business and clinical) related to the clinical components of health care planning. Provides clinical insight and promotes adoption of new diagnostic and treatment modalities, which are shown to be an improvement on current practice, considering efficacy, cost-effectiveness and medical necessity.

Professional Qualifications and Experience

• Graduation from an accredited medical school with Board Certification and current medical licensure.
• Minimum of 5 years of clinical practice experience, with a focus on Pediatric care required
• At least 10 years of progressive medical experience across one or more specialties (branches of medicine, surgery) including demonstrated leadership in Pediatric healthcare settings.
• Experience in a children’s hospital and/or academic health care setting is highly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to provide executive leadership for departments and programs.
• Comprehensive understanding of quality, patient safety, patient experience, clinical risk management, regulatory affairs and performance improvement with the ability to execute.

Salary Range: Minimum $/visit - Maximum $/visit. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility. In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount, salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls, before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.

We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, where we embrace and celebrate our differences, where all employees feel valued, contribute to our mission of serving the community, and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.

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