DIRECTOR OF CARDIOVASCULAR SERVICE LINE, CARDIOLOGY ADMIN
Job Summary
Facilitates the operations and strategic planning of the Cardiovascular Service Line, aligning the Service Line with the overall goals of the health system. Ensures safe, high-quality patient care, operational efficiency, and strategic growth. Manages staff, develops and implements clinical protocols, problem solves, organizes teams, handles human resources, physician relations, and patient relations. Manages the department's budget, ensuring efficient resource allocation and cost-effectiveness. Ensures compliance with healthcare regulations and standards of practice. Collaborates with other departments and stakeholders to ensure seamless patient care and service delivery. Tracks and analyzes quality data and KPIs to assess the effectiveness of the cardiology department.
Qualifications
- Minimum of Master’s in related field and 5 years of previous cardiovascular management and leadership required.
- MBA, MSN, or MHA preferred.
- Related health care certification/licensure required.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong physician relations skills, fiscal analysis skills, leadership abilities, and strong operational skills.
Working Conditions
- Mental Effort: Self-motivated, able to work independently, create and respond to strategies and opportunities in a consistent logical manner, utilize health coping skills to manage change, crisis, and human relations issues, plan in an organized fashion to meet deadlines, maintain professional composure under stressful situations involving patients, physicians, and/or staff, comfortable with extensive travel, able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing, able to grasp situations quickly and make sound decisions.
- Physical Demands: Sitting, standing, stooping, bending, lifting (in excess of 50 pounds on occasion), pushing equipment, video systems, carts, beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs, proper body mechanic technique in transferring patients would be necessary since some hands-on patient care would be expected.
- Working Environment: Air-conditioned environment, works in an air-conditioned environment, subject to irregular scheduling, occasional high levels of stress, exposure to infection and disease is possible when dealing with patients.