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Inova Women's Services is seeking a visionary System Chief of Obstetrics to lead obstetric care across the entire Inova Health System. This role provides strategic, operational, and clinical leadership for obstetrics at all Inova hospitals, including the flagship Inova Women's Hospital at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, a nationally recognized Maternal Level of Care IV tertiary referral center.

This full-time position includes 0.7 clinical FTE and 0.3 administrative FTE dedicated to system-wide oversight of obstetric services, quality and safety initiatives, program development, multidisciplinary integration, and advancement of evidence-based obstetric care across diverse clinical environments.

Inova Women's Services supports one of the largest obstetric programs in the Washington, D.C. region, with more than 10,000 births annually at Inova Women's Hospital and over 20,000 deliveries system-wide. Our Gynecology program is consistently nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report, and the only Level IV Maternal Care Center in the region. Inova provides dedicated labor and delivery operating rooms, specialized obstetric emergency services, maternal critical care capabilities, and integrated collaboration with Anesthesia, Neonatology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, and surgical subspecialties.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation. 

Featured Benefits:

• Physician Led Organization: Potential for Physician leadership opportunities 
• Committed to Team Member Health: offering comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Competitive Compensation Package: Competitive Base and Incentive program, opportunities for Sign On/Retention/Relocation
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day. 457B retirement plan is also available for physicians in a 0.5 FTE and greater
• CME Support: Up to $3,500 a year for CME support and up to 5 days of CME
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off and paid parental leave
• Additional Benefits: licensure and DEA reimbursement

System Chief of Obstetrics Job Responsibilities:

• Key System Leadership Responsibilities: 
  • Provide shared system leadership with Maternal-Fetal Medicine, ensuring unified standards, joint clinical decision-making frameworks, and system-wide alignment of evidence-based practices for both routine and high-risk pregnancies.
  • Strengthen care integration across all Inova obstetric units, aligning standards, pathways, safety bundles, and performance expectations to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.
  • Facilitate strong cross-disciplinary collaboration with Pediatrics, Neonatology, Anesthesia, Pharmacy, Nursing, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and Complex Family Planning to ensure comprehensive, coordinated care. 
  • Champion clinical research and innovation, supporting the development, implementation, and dissemination of research studies, quality improvement initiatives, and new models of care that advance maternal health.
  • Support education and training, partnering with OB/GYN residency and MFM fellowship leadership to enhance teaching, simulation, curriculum development, and professional growth for residents, fellows, and advanced practice providers.
  • Lead programmatic growth aligned with Inova's commitment to excellence in maternal and reproductive care, patient experience, health equity, and high-reliability performance.
• Serve as the physician leader for obstetric services, ensuring delivery of safe, high-quality, evidence-based care across all inpatient and outpatient settings. 
• Provide clinical and medical oversight for obstetric operations, promoting excellence in patient safety, quality outcomes, and patient experience.
• Facilitate effective coordination among employed, community, and independent physicians, ensuring seamless systemwide communication and unified practice standards.
• Foster collaboration among Inova OB/GYN, InovaCares, OB Emergency Department physicians, Laborists, Midwives and independent community provider groups.
• Lead initiatives to harmonize routine obstetric services across all sites, ensuring consistent clinical standards, protocols, and patient management strategies. 
• Oversee the development and implementation of standardized clinical pathways and algorithms, ensuring adherence through data review, simulation, and multidisciplinary education.
• Guide initiatives aimed at reducing primary and repeat cesarean section rates through evidence-based interventions, provider engagement, and continuous quality improvement.
• Champion a culture of exceptional patient experience, high-functioning teamwork, and coordinated, patient-centered models of care.
• Monitor and improve key quality metrics-including cesarean rates, maternal morbidity, severe maternal events, and neonatal outcomes-and drive systemwide improvement initiatives.
• Support continuing medical education and professional development for physicians, registered nurses, and other members of the obstetric care team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Doctor of Medicine degree from an accredited institution. Board eligible or board certified in OB/GYN.
• Experience: successful completion of Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program.
• Licensure: Current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Virginia
• Payor Credentialing: Ability to successfully complete the credentialing process by third-party payors and Ability to enrolled as a CMS Medicare/Medicaid payor
• Medical Staff Credentialing: Successful completion of credentialing for Medical Staff membership and appropriate clinical privileges sufficient to perform all required services

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in an administrative and leadership role for an OBGYN department or service line is strongly preferred 

We are Inova, Northern Virginia's leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better - to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare. 

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.