Job Description: This person will be responsible for overseeing Women's Cardiovascular Health and lead a well-supported Women's Heart Program for Intermountain Medical Center, Intermountain Health. The role will support multi- disciplinary services, outreach, research, and program growth. This position will provide clinical strategic direction, leadership, oversight, and support for Cardiovascular and Women's Health services and develop a culture of highly reliable best care for patients. The Medical Director for Women's Cardiovascular Health will collaborate and communicate effectively with and beyond other cardiovascular colleagues (surgeons, cardiologists, APPs, and other team members) to include women's health, primary care and health & wellness teams throughout the Intermountain system. This position will also partner and collaborate with other leaders in the Cardiovascular Clinical Program to create care processes and pathways to support patient care with this cross-specialty program. There is specific dedicated time, resources, and support for leadership and research. This position will champion provider growth and development, innovation, continuous improvement, and will be accountable for the successes of the Women's Heart program.
Importantly, this leader will promote excellence in the fundamentals of extraordinary care (safety, quality, patient experience, access, stewardship, engaged caregivers, growth, and equity) across Intermountain. This person will be responsible for outcomes and quality of all dimensions of Cardiovascular and Women's Health and collaborate with all team members to ensure its success. This position will work closely with clinical and operational leadership both at the local and system level. Scope
The Medical Director of Women's Cardiovascular will be a local clinical and regional research and programmatic leadership role, reporting to regional and market medical directors. They work in collaboration with system clinical program leaders to create and support a vision of excellence in Cardiovascular and Women's Health. Focus is on system-wide clinical best practices, outcomes, and clinical strategy. This person engages and elevates subspecialty teams and providers by encouraging innovation in clinical care, research, access, cost reduction, and program growth and development.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain clinical responsibilities in Cardiovascular and Women's Health.
- In partnership with the CV Clinical Program, leads process to establish evidence-based best care models for our patients, and ensures these standards are effectively implemented and monitored across Intermountain.
- Maps and optimizes the journey for patients across the care continuum including ambulatory and acute care.
- Works to engage and elevate subspecialty teams and providers by encouraging innovation in clinical care, research, access, cost reduction, and program growth and development.
- Leads physician/APP collaborations in Cardiovascular and Women's Health across Intermountain.
- Develops and implements a communication process which regularly informs and connects Cardiovascular and Women's Health physicians and APPs across the system.
- Develops, educates, and drives results for key performance metrics for safety, quality, patient experience, access, stewardship, engaged caregivers, growth, and equity, CMS metrics, documentation, and stewardship metrics including cost of care and utilization.
- Partners with CV Clinical Program, acute and ambulatory leaders in identifying care pathways and processes.
- Partners with market leaders in developing strategic vision for outreach and smart growth.
- Partners with hospital MECs in developing privileges and maintenance of privileges criteria for all Cardiovascular and Women's Health privileges as needed.
- Partners with key acute, ambulatory and CV leadership stakeholders in addressing clinical performance concerns of Cardiovascular and Women's Health physicians in concert with local CV leadership.
- Serves as the system expert for peer review for Cardiovascular and Women's Health and ensures a rapid response to requests to evaluate care or concerns.
- Leads Registry quality improvement work for their specialty system wide as applicable.
- Provides specialty-specific policy review or consultation as requested by SelectHealth.
- Participates in the CV Clinical Program strategic planning process. Partners in developing annual goals, and ensures goals and objectives are achieved.
- Supports appropriate research endeavors for Cardiovascular and Women's Health and collaborates with CV Research and the Office of Research.
- Responsible to clinically orient and educate new team members to ensure there is clear understanding of care processes.
- Creates networking opportunities.
- Supports local innovation, and scales good ideas across Intermountain.
This physician is the model for our model healthcare system as evidenced by:
- Professional presentations
- Professional dress
- Professional proposals and business plans
- Integrity, passion, and energy for the Clinical Program work
- Champion of Intermountain's Mission/Vision/Values and fundamentals
- Effective implementation of the Intermountain operating model
Minimum Requirements
- Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree. Education must be obtained through an ACGME or AOA accredited institution, will be verified.
- Board certified in Cardiology.
- Active State Medical Licensure, or in the process of obtaining licensure, is required.
- At least three years of clinical experience working as a physician in Cardiology.
- Two years of experience leading successful improvement in clinical settings.
- Two years of progressive healthcare leadership experience.
- Experience with change management with the ability to provide leadership in the adaptation and implementation of new processes and /or technology that enhance safety.
- Effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
- Trained in improvement science (i.e., Six Sigma, Lean, Project management, Advanced Training Program)
- Experience working in a complex health system (hospitals, ambulatory clinics, post-acute care, etc.).
- Demonstrated leadership of clinicians.
Physical Requirements:Location: Intermountain Health Intermountain Medical Center
Work City: Murray
Work State: Utah
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$7.25 - $999.99
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