The Vice President, Employee Health Services serves as the senior clinical executive of RWJBarnabas Health’s Employee Health & Wellness division, providing enterprise-wide leadership for all clinical operations within Corporate Care/Employee Health. This physician leader is responsible for establishing, standardizing, and advancing clinical protocols, quality systems, safety practices, and regulatory compliance. The VP also supports the business development efforts of the division as the clinical expert who meets with external clients and provides clinical oversight to all external corporate care contracts.
This role blends 50% active clinical practice with 50% administrative and strategic leadership, ensuring both hands-on clinical excellence and high-level clinical oversight of system-wide initiatives. The VP operates in a dyad structure with the SVP. Corporate Care/Employee Health and will oversee the clinicians in Employee Health Services. The VP collaborates with operational, HR, Legal, Risk, and executive stakeholders and represents Employee Health as the primary clinical liaison internally and externally.
Reports To:
The Vice President of Employee Health Services reports directly to the Executive Vice President of Physician Services, RWJBarnabas Health
Qualifications:
- MD or DO with active or eligible New Jersey medical license
- Board certification required (Occupational Medicine strongly preferred)
- Minimum 5 years of senior clinical leadership in Occupational Medicine or Employee Health
- Minimum 5 years of clinical practice in Occupational Medicine post-residency
- DOT Medical Examiner certification or ability to obtain within six months
- MRO certification or ability to obtain within six months
- Advanced administrative or executive training (MPH, MBA, MHA, MPA, or equivalent) preferred
- Demonstrated success leading multi-site teams, clinical operations, and regulatory programs
- Proven track record of quality improvement, standardization, and operational transformation
Essential Functions:
Executive Clinical Leadership
- Provides strategic clinical expertise and leadership for all Employee Health & Occupational Medicine services, ensuring alignment with RWJBH’s mission, regulatory requirements, and organizational priorities
- Serves as the clinical executive liaison to senior system leadership, regional leaders, Human Resources, Legal, Risk Management, Infection Prevention, and external employer clients
- Leads the development, approval, and systemwide implementation of clinical policies, protocols, practice standards, and workflows
Clinical Oversight & Quality
- Oversees and ensures high-quality delivery of all occupational and employee health services, including but not limited to:
- Pre-employment / post-offer medical evaluations
- Workers’ Compensation injury assessment and management
- Fit-for-duty evaluations
- Return-to-work assessments
- Bloodborne pathogen exposure (BBPE) evaluation and follow-up
- Immunization compliance, infectious disease surveillance, respirator clearances, drug and alcohol testing (This list is illustrative, not exhaustive.)
- Establishes clinical quality dashboards, KPIs, and performance improvement programs to support safety, standardization, high reliability, and regulatory readiness
- Ensures compliance with OSHA, CDC, NJDOH, ADA, DOT, Joint Commission, and all state and federal regulations
Provider Leadership
- Provides direct oversight of physicians and the Director of Clinical Services, with APPs reporting through the Director across regional hubs
- Recruits and retains top talent to support the continuation of clinical excellence across all sites
- Oversees credentialing, privileging, competency assessments, and adherence to scope of practice
- Fosters a culture of accountability, professional development, high performance, and excellence
Clinical Practice (50% FTE)
- Maintains active clinical practice, performing a variety of occupational and employee health evaluations and serving as the clinical escalation point for complex, high-risk, or sensitive cases
- Models evidence-based, efficient, and service-oriented clinical care
Innovation, Trends & Best Practices
- Monitors and integrates emerging trends in Occupational Medicine, Employee Health, population health, regulatory policy, and healthcare delivery
- Identifies and champions innovative models, technologies, and process improvements to advance service quality, automation, efficiency, and client/employee experience
- Represents the service line in national forums, professional associations, and system committees
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Benefits and Perks:
At RWJBarnabas Health, our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Driven by our Total Wellbeing promise, our market-competitive offerings include comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees’ physical, emotional, financial, personal, career, and community wellbeing.
These benefits and resources include, but are not limited to:
- Paid Time Off including Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
- Retirement Plans
- Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
- Dental and Vision Insurance
- Disability and Life Insurance
- Paid Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Student Loan Planning Support
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Wellness Programs
- Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
- Community and Volunteer Opportunities
- Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, and Verizon
- ….and more!