Healthcare Strategist, Cardiology Service Line

Strategic Planning & Growth

Develop Comprehensive Strategy: Create a multi-year strategy for the Heart & Vascular service line aligned with system goals, population needs, and emerging clinical trends.

Conduct Market Assessments: Perform competitive analyses and service gap evaluations across the McLeod Health service area.

Recommend Strategic Investments: Identify opportunities in programs, technologies, providers, and sites of care to expand market share and improve access.

Evaluate Outreach Opportunities: Strengthen referral management, transfer pathways, and system capture of cardiac patients.

Program Development & Optimization

Design New Programs: Partner with clinical and operational leaders to develop advanced heart failure, structural heart, EP service expansion, and vascular surgery optimization initiatives.

Support Standardized Care Pathways: Develop evidence-based models across the continuum—from community hospital and ambulatory entry points through tertiary cardiac care and post-acute transitions.

Collaborate on Workforce Planning: Address current and future demand for cardiology, cardiac surgery, vascular care, and advanced practice providers.

Lead Continuity Initiatives: Improve care continuity for hospitals without full-time cardiology coverage.

Performance Management & Analytics

Use Data-Driven Insights: Monitor clinical quality, operational efficiency, financial performance, and patient outcomes.

Build Dashboards & Reporting Structures: Enhance visibility of key metrics such as volume, transfer trends, LOS, readmissions, physician utilization, and capacity management.

Identify Performance Gaps: Partner with leaders to implement improvement strategies.

Evaluate Financial Models: Assess capital business cases and ROI for service line investments.

Physician & Stakeholder Engagement

Foster Strong Relationships: Engage cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, vascular surgeons, APPs, and community physicians across the system.

Engage Clinical Leaders: Involve physicians in strategic initiatives, program development, and process improvement.

Facilitate Collaboration: Connect hospital and practice-level administrators, nursing leadership, and ancillary departments involved in cardiac care delivery.

System Integration & Coordination

Coordinate Strategic Alignment: Align hospitals with varying levels of cardiology presence and capability.

Design Transfer Strategy: Support a system-wide transfer strategy for acute cardiac patients ensuring timely access to tertiary care.

Promote Consistency: Ensure uniformity in service offerings, clinical protocols, and patient experience across facilities.

Support Post-Acute Integration: Connect with cardiac rehab, imaging, ambulatory cardiology, and vascular clinics.

Project Leadership

Lead Cross-Functional Teams: Manage major strategic initiatives and capital projects.

Oversee Execution: Handle timelines, stakeholder communication, change management efforts, and implementation of strategic plans.

Translate Complex Issues: Convert clinical and operational challenges into clear, actionable solutions.