Manager of Cardiology Service Line

Nashville General Hospital; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Nashville General Hospital seeks a Manager of Cardiology Service Line to lead clinical nursing oversight and drive operational excellence across the cardiology programs.

You will partner with marketing and hospital leaders to shape service line strategy, perform financial analyses, improve access, and guide physician alignment and accreditation efforts while fostering high reliability and patient safety.

Qualifications

• Five years of Cardiology experience or related field as individual contributor.
• 1–3 years of leadership and healthcare operations experience.
• Proven track record of driving volume growth in healthcare settings.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Knowledge of healthcare regulations, nursing standards, and operational best practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical nursing leadership within the cardiology service line.
• Collaborate with marketing and hospital leaders to design and implement service line strategy.
• Conduct business and financial analyses on service line products, projects, and capital investments.
• Execute cardiovascular service line strategies to improve access to safe, high-quality care.
• Support physician alignment, succession planning, and satisfaction initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Nursing Leadership

Education

RN License

Job description

About the job Manager of Cardiology Service Line

Title: Manager of Cardiology Service Line

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Reports to: Director of Ambulatory

Manager of Cardiology

As the Manager for our Cardiology Service Line, you will be a key player in merging clinical excellence with operational efficiency to drive volume growth. Your responsibilities encompass:

Provide clinical nursing leadership, ensuring adherence to the highest standards of patient care within the cardiology service line.

Collaborates with marketing leadership, including hospital operational leaders, medical group operational and clinical leaders, and community partners to design, lead, and implement cardiovascular service line strategy for the market.

In partnership with Leadership, conducts thorough business and financial analyses on service line products and services, new projects, financial forecasts, volume projections, and proposed capital investments.

Collaborate with operational leaders across the continuum of care to execute cardiovascular service line strategies to improve access to safe and high-quality patient care.

Ensures a physician alignment strategy for cardiovascular service lines. Identify the needs of physician leaders and referring physicians in the cardiovascular service line and create plans for innovation and satisfaction. Partner with the director service lines and executive leaders to ensure physician succession planning and geographic access planning are implemented. Suggest and support clinical quality benchmark initiatives.

Manage results of a balanced scorecard incorporating operational, clinical, market share, and financial metrics to measure cardiovascular service line business plan success and monitor performance.

Leads efforts to achieve cardiovascular-specific accreditations and center-of-excellence designations.

Research and advance innovation of products and procedures to support growth and continuity of care.

Collaborates with the Marketing Department to implement local and market strategies for marketing, digital, and consumer experience strategies regarding service line priorities and business plans.

Evaluate resources across the market and develop action plans with the Director to maximize cost-effectiveness and utilization while supporting a culture that fosters trust, high reliability, safety, and quality.

Recommends and implements plans that uphold and improve the experience of patients, families, customers, associates, and providers.

Ensures service line programs and processes follow all regulatory agencies governing health care delivery.

Develops the organization's talent in direct reporting relationships and cross-market teams; effectively attracts, mentors, and develops future leaders of NGH.

Certification & Licensures: Registered Nurse (RN), CPR is required through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross, and ACLS is required within 90 days of hire.

Experience: The Cardiology Manager requires five years of experience in Cardiology or other related area as an individual contributor and 1 to 3 years of leadership and healthcare operations experience required with extensive knowledge of the cardiology service line. Proven track record of driving volume growth in healthcare settings. Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills. Knowledge of healthcare regulations, nursing standards, and operational best practices.