Physician Executive, Heart & Vascular Service Line Leader

ChristianaCare; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 710,000 - 1,262,000; Full time

Job summary

ChristianaCare seeks an accomplished physician executive to serve as its next Physician Executive, Heart & Vascular Service Line Leader, providing strategic, clinical, and administrative leadership for the Center for Heart & Vascular Health.

Reporting to the Chief Physician Executive, this leader will guide the vision, growth, and performance of an integrated cardiovascular service line across the continuum of care.

Qualifications

• MD/DO degree with board certification in cardiovascular specialty.
• Distinguished record of clinical excellence and physician leadership.
• Experience driving strategic growth, physician alignment, clinical integration, and performance improvement.
• Strong relationship-building, communication, and consensus-building skills.
• Experience supporting academic medicine, research, and physician education.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic direction and continued development of ChristianaCare’s heart and vascular service line.
• Drive growth, integration, access, and market differentiation across cardiovascular services.
• Advance clinical quality, patient safety, operational performance, and value-based care initiatives.
• Partner within a dyad leadership model to align clinical, operational, and financial priorities.
• Foster physician engagement, accountability, leadership development, and alignment across employed and community-based physicians.
• Champion innovation, new technologies, research, and academic initiatives, including medical education and fellowship development.
• Build collaborative relationships with physicians, administrators, academic partners, and external stakeholders to advance cardiovascular care.

Skills

Physician leadership

Strategic thinking

Relationship building

Communication

Education

MD/DO

Board certification in cardiovascular specialty

MBA/MHA preferred

Job description

ChristianaCare seeks an accomplished physician executive to serve as its next Physician Executive, Heart & Vascular Service Line Leader, providing strategic, clinical, and administrative leadership for the Center for Heart & Vascular Health.

Reporting to the Chief Physician Executive, this leader will guide the vision, growth, and performance of an integrated cardiovascular service line across the continuum of care.