Medical Director of General Cardiology

UnityPoint Health; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

UnityPoint Health seeks a Medical Director of General Cardiology to lead the cardiology service line across its geography and sites. The role reports to the Cardiovascular Service Line Chief Medical Officer and serves as the accountable clinical executive for general cardiology and cardiovascular imaging.

The Medical Director will champion high reliability care, develop performance dashboards, and implement action plans to improve clinical outcomes, patient experience, and operational efficiency

Responsibilities

• Lead the cardiology service line across the organization including general cardiology and cardiovascular imaging.
• Champion high reliability care standards and develop dashboards to monitor clinical outcomes and patient experience.
• Create and implement action plans to improve performance, efficiency and clinical outcomes.
• Manage physicians and APPs within the service line and support culture-building and workforce planning.
• Disseminate information to physicians, APPs and staff; lead service line meetings and coordinate program development.

Job description

The client is seeking a Medical Director of General Cardiology for its cardiology service line. Reporting to the Cardiovascular Service Line Chief Medical Officer, the Medical Director will serve as the accountable clinical executive for general cardiology and cardiovascular imaging across The client’s geography and all sites of service. In collaboration with cardiovascular clinical and operations leadership and other physician leaders, the role will optimize growth while ensuring efficient and effective delivery of cardiovascular care through clinical, operational, and financial outcomes.

The Medical Director will support clinical and service quality by representing general cardiology within the system and with independent partners, building strong working relationships with employed and independent providers, and leading efforts to reduce unnecessary clinical and operational variation. This includes championing high reliability care standards, developing and reviewing performance dashboards to monitor clinical outcomes (including quality metrics, registry outcomes, and patient experience results), and creating and implementing action plans to improve performance. The role also includes managing physicians and APPs within the service line, supporting culture-building, and addressing performance concerns.

Additional responsibilities include education and training development, such as establishing and leading standardization of clinical protocols and ensuring adherence to established policies and procedures. The Medical Director will disseminate information consistently to physicians, APPs, and clinical staff, conduct regularly scheduled service line meetings, and stay informed about relevant national developments. The role will also support clinical program development and workforce recruitment by aligning physician and APP efforts to strategic priorities, partnering with operations leaders to develop short- and long-term service line plans, informing new program and technology initiatives, participating in business plan discussions, coordinating performance metric attainment, and participating in workforce planning and recruitment strategy development, while maintaining an active clinical practice.