Vice President Medical Affairs - Physician - Grinnell, Iowa

Overview

UnityPoint Health is actively recruiting for a Vice President Medical Affairs to join our team in Grinnell, IA

Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world. Commitment to our team has earned us recognition as a Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare and among America's Best Employers by State in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

UnityPoint Health – Grinnell provides coordinated clinic, hospital and home-based care for patients in east central Iowa. The hospital achieved Top 100 rural hospital status with Chartis in 2026. A private, nonprofit, non-tax supported medical center, UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center is the largest hospital in Iowa between Des Moines and Iowa City and serves more than 47,000 residents in 6 counties.

Responsibilities

As a collaborative member of the Grinnell Leadership team, the Vice President Medical Affairs (VPMA) serves as a strategic physician leader focused on advancing the initiatives of UnityPoint Health – Grinnell, provider engagement and accountability, and operational excellence at UnityPoint Health – Grinnell. Working in close partnership with executive leadership, other physician leaders, and the medical staff, the VPMA helps align physicians and advanced practice providers around UnityPoint Health's strategic priorities while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

The VPMA serves as a trusted liaison between physicians, medical staff leadership, and administration, promoting effective communication, physician engagement and accountability, and high-quality patient care. This role partners closely with the Grinnell’s Rural President, the Market Chief Medical Officer and other executive and operational leaders, to support and strengthen Grinnell’s role within the market and larger system. 

Qualifications

• MD or DO
• Board Eligible or Board Certified in the physician’s field of practice
• Ability to obtain and hold an unrestricted license to practice in the state of Iowa
• Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the physician’s field of practice
• Eligible to work in the United States (H1-B cap exempt)

Community

Grinnell boasts some of the area’s best independent restaurants, one-of-a-kind retailers and a quaint downtown anchored by the Merchants National Bank, one of eight “jewel-box” banks designed by architect Louis Sullivan, mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright. Grinnell is where ideas come to life and exploration is encouraged. With forward-thinking community development initiatives, an environment ripe for entrepreneurialism and an enhanced quality of life, Grinnell is a great place to live, learn and work.