Cardiovascular System Medical Director Job Ithaca area,New York USA,Healthcare

The System Cardiovascular Service Line Medical Director serves as the clinical leader for strategic oversight, operational governance, and operational execution for the cardiovascular service line of Centralus Health. This position reports to Chief Operating Officer of Centralus Health or designee. The CV Medical Director will work closely with an administrative dyad partner and will collaborate with the hospital and medical group directors and leadership involved in the delivery of care within the CV clinical service line.

The role is focused on the strategic development of the service line, identifying areas of opportunity to expand services provided to the community and improving patient access to services. The CV Medical Director is tasked with establishing a culture for evidence-based, collaborative clinical care and continuous improvement of outcomes driven patient experiences. The CV Medical Director works across hospitals, outpatient, and practice locations to develop team effectiveness and engagement.

The CV Medical Director sets expectations and holds others accountable for our patients' clinical experiences and effective care transitions. The CV Medical Director works collaboratively across specialties using recognized national benchmarks and best practices to develop a framework of operational excellence and peer review, as appropriate. The expectations for this role include a minimum clinical responsibility of 0.6 FTE, along with a 0.4 FTE Medical Directorship, as mutually agreed upon.

Qualifications:

MD or DO degree.

Active medical license and board certification in the specialty in cardiology.

5+ years in clinical practice with leadership experience and training, preferred.

Reports to:

Directly to the Chief Operating Officer of Centralus Health or designee.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide strategic oversight, operational management and broad leadership to the cardiovascular service.

Act as chair, and facilitate cardiovascular service line meetings, and function as the cardiovascular representative to the hospital committees.
Develop goals for the service line based on national benchmarks and best practices and continually manage and monitor service line goal achievement.
Provide ongoing assessment to achieve objectives consistent with the cardiovascular service line and Centralus Health strategic plans.
Assure there is a system for benchmarking clinical and operational performance; plan and implement required changes to meet and exceed benchmarks.
Collaborate with senior leadership to align service line KPIs to achieve improved patient access, high quality care and financial performance consistent with the goals of Centralus Health.
Lead scheduled and ad hoc meetings with key stakeholders to discuss performance indicators including, but not limited to patient flow, quality outcomes, scheduling and other operational metrics.
Provide clinical leadership and operational support to the ambulatory based practices within Centralus.
Responsible for ensuring participation of the service line in GME programs as needed.

Quality and Safety

In partnership with the Director of Performance Improvement and Centralus Health Administration, develop a culture of safety in the cardiovascular service line.

Develop a plan to improve operational efficiencies, standardization of treatment protocols, and improve patient throughput and productivity.

Undertake regular quality improvement/patient safety initiatives in coordination with organizational priorities. Examples may include but are not limited to value-based purchasing (payer) metrics, infection control rates, and evidence-based clinical performance metrics.

Report regularly to the Medical Executive Committee and Administration on the progress towards the strategic and operational goals as determined by Administration and Medical Executive Committee.

Identify quality metrics, implement strategies for improvement, and monitor results.

Develop strategies to measure and improve patient experience across all gastroenterology services, including patient access.

Develop and maintain a high quality, high reliability environment.

Evaluate existing cardiovascular standard operating procedures (SOPs), policies and procedures, and revise as needed based on clinical evidence and best practices. Create "guiding documents".

Regularly review, update, and certify those cardiovascular service line guiding documents that dually satisfy accreditation standards and enable performance standards defined by Centralus Health.

Where deficiencies exist in the guiding documents, the CV Medical Director shall direct the development of needed documents to assure high quality/safe processes within all areas of cardiovascular service line practice.

Responsibly address any concerns or questions of policy raised by cardiovascular providers or other cardiovascular services personnel.

Responsible for the delivery of high-quality care in ambulatory settings and in collaboration with operational leaders, operational…


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