Medical Director, Women's Cardiovascular Health

Scope

The Medical Director of Cardiovascular and Women’s Health is a system-wide role reporting to the Senior Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Clinical Program. They work in collaboration with local market 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 the 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 the right site of care.
• 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 system Cardiovascular and Women’s Health privileges.
• 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

• Interact with others requiring employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information.
• Operate computers, telephones, office equipment, and manipulate paper requiring the ability to move fingers and hands.
• See and read computer monitors and documents.
• Remain sitting or standing for long periods of time to perform work on a computer, telephone, or other equipment.