Admin Director of Cardio Services

CoxHealth; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, Dental

Retirement with Employer Match

Job summary

CoxHealth seeks an Admin Director of Cardiovascular Services to lead the cardiovascular service line, including inpatient areas and the Wheeler Heart & Vascular Center. You will set mission, goals, and budgets, and drive performance aligned with CoxHealth objectives.

The role requires a Master’s degree in a healthcare field or business administration and at least five years of healthcare leadership, with preferred cardiology management experience and strong collaboration with staff and

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Health Care Field or Business Administration required.
• At least five years’ leadership experience in healthcare.
• Preferred: management experience in a cardiology environment.
• Ability to work effectively with staff, public and external agencies.
• Strong initiative, judgment, problem solving and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Cardiovascular service line within CoxHealth, including inpatient procedural areas and Wheeler Heart & Vascular Center.
• Define mission, goals, budget and performance standards for the service lines.
• Ensure alignment of services with organizational goals and strategies.
• Support employee engagement, patient experience, operations, capital planning and quality metrics.
• Cultivate physician relationships and oversee personnel development and conflict resolution.

Skills

Staff leadership

Physician relationship building

Initiative and judgment

Problem solving

Critical thinking

Conflict management

Negotiation

Personnel development

Education

Master’s Degree in Health Care Field

Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Job description

Facility:

CoxHealth National Building: 3660 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department:

1314 Operations CMG

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Hours:

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Varied

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
• Healthcare Innovation’s Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here:Benefits | CoxHealth

Job Description

The Admin Director of Cardiovascular Services has responsibility/accountability for leading and managing the Cardiovascular service line within CoxHealth, This includes the cardiovascular inpatient procedural areas and the Wheeler Heart & Vascular Center. The Admin Director is responsible/accountable for defining the mission, goals, budget and performance standards for these service lines and associated areas to produce a desired outcome. The director provides direction and support for the on-going development of the cardiovascular service line and is responsible for such items as employee engagement, patient experience, managing operations, capital planning and purchases, and quality metrics. The Admin Director ensures that the strategies, priorities, and operations of all services are aligned with organization goals.Education: Required: Master’s Degree in the Health Care Field or Business Administration Experience: Required: At least five years’ leadership experience in healthcare Preferred: Previous management experience in a cardiology environment Skills: Must be able to work effectively with staff, public and external agencies. Must have the ability to take initiative and to exercise good judgment and decision-making Problem solving Possess the ability to cultivate and foster strong physician relationships. Critical thinking, conflict management, negotiation and Personnel development Licensure/Certification/Registration: N/A