AVP, Cardiology Service Lines

SUMMARY:

Reporting to the CEO of Tucson Medical Center, the Cardiology Service Line AVP is a key partner and member of the senior management team. This role is broadly accountable for the success of all aspects of the TMC Health Cardiology Program at all locations in Southern Arizona. The position facilitates and develops highly coordinated, system-level planning and implementation to achieve and maintain a top decile patient experience, well-executed patient care delivery with superior clinical outcomes, and excellent patient access and support. It fosters a multidisciplinary team approach to cardiology disease management across diagnostic, medical, surgical, and all aspects of treatment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Responsible across the full continuum of Cardiac and Vascular indices including cardiac disease, interventional cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology, advanced heart failure, structural heart, endovascular, cardiac surgery, & vascular surgery.
• Accountable for quality, program and service line growth and development, physician relationships and deployment, integration and consistency, clinical strategy to inform operational budgeting and capital allocation, as well as strategic business development for cardiology services across the system.
• Develops network optimization to expand patient access and ensure seamless continuity of cardiology care across inpatient, ambulatory and outpatient centers.
• Establishes market positioning by building strategies to develop and promote the service line as a premier regional cardiac center.
• Works with service line stakeholders, TMC Health leaders, and cardiology medical staff to drive quality and service line development initiatives across the region.
• Experience with clinical research and integration of a robust clinical trials program (up to and including Phase 1 trials) within a cardiology workstream.
• Collaboration with clinical leaders through a team approach to ensure the implementation of the strategic direction for the cardiovascular service line and to drive the execution of primary responsibilities.
• Responsible for maintaining the appropriate alignment with key TMC Health system-wide initiatives and colleagues in the regions/operations units, ensuring that activities within the system, operating unit, and regional strategy are integrated within ambulatory and acute resources.
• Adheres to TMCH organizational and department-specific safety, confidentiality, values, policies, and standards.

·         Performs related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION:

• Master’s degree in health administration, business, public health, or related field.

EXPERIENCE: 

• Seven (7) to ten (10) years of senior-level service line leadership experience, preferably within a complex, high-performing health system.

LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION:

• None required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: 

·         Utilizes Evidence Based Practice (EBP) incorporating data-driven evidence and accountability for continuous improvement intentionally to advance, improve, and accelerate decision making that improves patient outcomes.

·         Demonstrates proficiency and knowledge to effectively plan and coordinate patient care consistent with applicable standards and regulations.

·         Understanding of clinical operations and workflows, and how operational process/workflow impacts other department operations.

·         Working knowledge and thorough understanding of health care laws, licensing and accreditation requirements, and clinical standards of practice with the ability to interpret and implement applicable requirements to ensure operational compliance.

·         Knowledge of emerging trends and regulatory changes, and how they impact operations.

·         Business acumen demonstrated ability to establish goals and standards to meet long and short-term objectives and make sound business decisions.

·         Demonstrates strong leadership presence with the ability to respond to questions with logic, clarity, calmness, and authority; and the ability to engage others.

·         Demonstrates familiarity with various methods of care delivery and quality improvement concepts.

·         Demonstrates progressive management ability in providing administrative direction to innovative programs within the healthcare field. Written and verbal communications skills, as well as effective human resource skills, are essential.

·         Demonstrates financial acumen and ability to prepare and review budgets and financial statements.

·         Excellent interpersonal and change management skills, as demonstrated by the ability to motivate and work effectively with physician and administrative partners and teams across disciplines.

·         Demonstrated success in defining and realizing the highest standards of patient care, using measurement and data-driven improvement efforts, technology, and innovation to strategically move the system of care toward optimization of patient outcomes.

·         Provides input and support to specialty committees and leadership to ensure effective governance and positive, engaged physician relationships.

·         Monitors compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations.

·         Implements alignment and process strategies to “link” specialist physicians with cardiologists and hospital service lines and/or departments.

·         Responsible to engage physicians as leaders and partners in the development, implementation and assessment of comprehensive cardiology practice performance.

·         Responsible for the Cardiology Service Line physician relationship. Including ongoing physician feedback on performance, strategy, mediating difficult issues and demonstrating integrity through responsive follow-up and engagement.

·         Ability to communicate effectively and timely to physicians, and cardiology leaders the vision, mission, values and objectives of the organization and how this relates to each member of the team.

·         Ability to discern and communicate appropriate information to peers and senior leaders and engage in bringing forth recommendations for positive changes to TMC Health overall and within their areas of responsibility.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of that which an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, see, and hear.  The employee frequently is required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.  The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee may potentially be exposed to infectious organisms during routine and emergency situations.

TMC reserves the right to make changes to this document at any time in accordance with business needs.  This document is not intended to list all duties of the job.  It is descriptive only of the chief duties and responsibilities.