Director - Cardiovascular Services - F/T Days

About the Role

Under the leadership of the respective Vice President, Operations, and in partnership with physician leadership, local site leaders, and other constituents, the Director is responsible for planning, administering, and directing invasive and non-invasive cardiac and vascular service line activities across all Hackensack Meridian Health entities. This role ensures institutional alignment and integration that meets or exceeds national standards, efficient deployment of initiatives, and acts as a key interface with HR, Finance, and IT for cross-functional initiatives. The Director collaborates with local leadership to ensure consistency of processes, maximize benchmarking initiatives, and leverage technology platforms to support operations and quality.

In partnership with the VP of Operations, physician, and local leadership teams, the Director assists in operational and workforce optimization, including productivity, FTE resource management, and harmonization. The role serves as an integral part of the leadership team, reporting on relevant data and key metrics aligned with Hackensack Meridian Health network service goals. The Director monitors and analyzes financial indicators, makes recommendations to modify business activities, and mentors local leaders in growth and professional development.

The Director oversees the efficient and effective operations of designated hospital clinical departments, ensuring management and team members have the skills and training to perform within guidelines. This role utilizes interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance quality, efficiency, access, and financial growth while providing an optimum environment for health enhancement and staff development.

Responsibilities

• Direct activities to lead the organization's redesign of value-based healthcare delivery models.
• Facilitate methods to improve workforce initiatives, effectiveness, and efficiencies for operations across the medical center.
• Develop a dynamic and cohesive interprofessional team approach and subsequent policies and procedures for value-based care redesign.
• Assist the VP with the development of business plans to support growth opportunities, program development, and special projects.
• Direct individual departmental leadership responsibilities and goals, including comparative analysis of traditional costs versus innovative interprofessional approaches.
• Oversee, organize, staff, direct, and control network departments and centralized staffing.
• Collaborate with hospital leadership to ensure operational needs of the medical center are met.
• Supervise staff, coordinate staffing, oversee payroll, support throughput, quality and safety outcomes, staff competency, hiring, clinical and staff corrective actions, and other departmental activities.
• Directly oversee the clinical and operational integration of all value-based initiatives to ensure successful ongoing process improvement activities.
• Utilize metric tools to report clinical and fiscal compliance and demonstrate value-based process improvements.
• Determine and manage organizational resources and continuing education needs in collaboration with senior administration.
• Initiate and attend team meetings to facilitate achievement of clinical and fiscal objectives for assigned service lines.
• Report progress and needs to senior leadership on a recurrent basis.
• Serve as a resource leader and liaison to clinical, IT, and fiscal team members to evaluate complex issues and identify desired outcomes.
• Develop, implement, and maintain systems for accurate and comprehensive tracking of all service business, operational, and financial aspects.
• Develop and analyze monthly dashboards in partnership with finance, business intelligence, and strategy teams.
• Identify, track, analyze, and report on relevant data and metrics, including opportunities, obstacles, and industry developments.
• Analyze data to proactively identify weaknesses and opportunities for improvement; participate in root cause analyses and development of actionable items.
• Execute strategies to provide consistent service operational performance and practice.
• Provide guidance on financial management, planning, productivity reporting, and purchasing.
• Develop clinical protocols using evidence-based best practices to standardize workflows and drive performance outcomes.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Nursing, or other clinically related field.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in healthcare operations and/or clinical leadership role.
• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse license.
• Extensive budget experience.
• Excellent financial management, delegation, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, both internally and externally.
• Exceptional communication skills and experience engaging and building relationships with network leadership.
• Understanding of the business implications of supporting volumes and quality outcomes.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory compliance related to service lines.
• Knowledge of healthcare and business analytics, metrics, benchmarks, and industry standards.
• Ability to establish and measure metrics to assess service line success.
• Demonstrated ability to develop creative, workable strategies to accomplish goals.
• Strong leadership presence, relationship-building skills, and ability to influence across all levels of employees and management.
• Demonstrated analytical ability to identify problems, develop solutions, and execute collaboratively.
• Ability to develop high-performing teams and steering committees, articulate vision, create trust, and build consensus.
• Strong business acumen with a focus on results.
• Proficient computer skills, including Google Suite and/or Microsoft Office platforms.

Pay

Hackensack Meridian Health is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted rate of pay is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting, in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act. The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. The base compensation may vary based on factors such as labor market data, experience, education, certifications, skills, geographic location, internal equity, and budget considerations.

Minimum annual rate: $174,491.20.

In addition to base compensation, full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) positions may be eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, retirement benefits, performance-based incentives, bonuses, or commissions. Certain positions may also be eligible for shift differentials for work performed on evening, night, or weekend shifts.