Chief Heart Failure Leader — Systemwide Cardiology

Heart Failure Society of America; Morrisville (NJ); On-site; USD 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Health in Morristown, New Jersey seeks an accomplished heart failure physician leader to serve as Medical Director for the Heart Failure Center of Cardiology at Morristown Medical Center. This high-visibility role directs clinical, educational, and research efforts across the system to advance advanced heart failure care.

Responsibilities include leading systemwide strategy, standardizing pathways, and collaborating with transplant and assistive-device programs, while supporting fellows

Qualifications

• MD, DO, or MD/PhD with the ability to obtain an unrestricted medical license in New Jersey.
• Board certification in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology.
• Demonstrated experience leading a heart failure program within a large, multi-hospital health system.
• Record of clinical excellence, program development, interdisciplinary collaboration, quality improvement, teaching, and scholarly activity.
• Ability to work effectively across hospital, system, physician group, and external partner environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of a systemwide strategy for heart failure care, including goals for clinical quality, access, program growth, and care standardization.
• Oversee inpatient and outpatient heart failure programs across Atlantic Health System, including efforts to reduce length of stay, mortality, readmissions, and variation in care.
• Develop and implement standardized care pathways, network protocols, and EPIC order sets for patients with heart failure and cardiac mechanical assist needs.
• Collaborate with cardiovascular, surgical, mechanical circulatory support, pulmonary hypertension, transplant, hospitalist, advanced practice, and external partner programs to strengthen coordinated care.
• Support education for cardiology fellows, medical staff, clinicians, patients, and families, while helping to build a nationally visible research and academic presence in advanced heart failure.

Skills

Cardiology leadership

Educational & scholarly activity

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Quality improvement

Program development

Education

MD, DO or MD/PhD

Job description

Atlantic Health in Morristown, New Jersey seeks an accomplished heart failure physician leader to serve as Medical Director for the Heart Failure Center of Cardiology at Morristown Medical Center. This high-visibility role directs clinical, educational, and research efforts across the system to advance advanced heart failure care.

Responsibilities include leading systemwide strategy, standardizing pathways, and collaborating with transplant and assistive-device programs, while supporting fellows