System Medical Director Cardiac Imaging Integration

Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics is seeking a System Medical Director for Cardiac Imaging Integration in Hartford, Connecticut. This role will coordinate strategic direction, operational efficiency, and ensure high-quality cardiac imaging services.

Responsibilities include leading quality improvement initiatives, collaborating with clinical teams and regional partners, and promoting evidence-based standards. Ideal candidates will possess board certification in Cardiology with significant experience in echocardiography, MRI, CT, or nuclear cardiology.

Qualifications

• Experienced Cardiologist board certified with significant experience/training in echocardiography, MRI, CT, or nuclear cardiology.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate strategic direction and operational efficiency of cardiac imaging services.
• Optimize quality of care and imaging resource utilization.
• Collaborate with clinical leaders for enhanced patient care.
• Promote evidence-based practices and quality standards.
• Perform advanced cardiac imaging procedures and consultations.
• Drive program growth and innovation in cardiac imaging services.

Skills

Experience in echocardiography

Experience with MRI

Experience with CT

Experience with nuclear cardiology

Collaboration skills

Leadership in quality improvement

Education

Board certification in Cardiology

Job description

System Medical Director, Cardiac Imaging Integration

System Medical Director, Cardiac Imaging Integration will coordinate the strategic direction, operational efficiency, and clinical quality of all cardiac imaging services (Echocardiography, Nuclear, SPECT CT, PET CT, CT, MRI) within Hartford HealthCare’s Heart & Vascular Institute, and in partnership with Radiology partners across the ecosystem. Reporting to the HVI SVP, Operations and HVI Physicians-in-Chief, this role will ensure delivery of exceptional patient care, optimize imaging resource utilization, and drive innovation in cardiac imaging technology.

Key Accountabilities

• Executes on comprehensive strategic plan for cardiac imaging services for all cardiac imaging modalities, in alignment and coordination with our key stakeholders in Radiology and aligned with A2E2 (Access, Affordability, Equity and Excellence) and HVI’s vision to improve access to high quality imaging services.
• Collaborates with other clinical leaders to optimize patient care.
• Ensures collaboration with regional radiology partners to optimize patient care for cardiac CT and cardiac MRI.
• Promotes evidence-based practices and guidelines and establishes safe and effective standards for Hartford HealthCare cardiac imaging.
• Performs complex advanced cardiac imaging procedures, interpreting results, and providing expert consultation to referring physicians.
• Identifies, develops, plans, and actualizes opportunities for program growth and innovation for cardiac imaging services across the system.
• Leads quality improvement initiatives in partnership with HVI, radiology and system quality teams.
• Collaborates with radiology partners and cardiologists to optimize workflows and throughput between the two specialties.
• Works in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to balance technology with values that emphasize quality of life, consumer choice, risk‑benefit decisions, access and integrity of life.
• Demonstrates systems thinking by recognizing, responding and following up on all issues, concerns and suggestions on behalf of the patient population and staff. Provides timely follow-up and provides leadership in system redesign to promote a culture of safety.

Qualifications

– Experienced Cardiologist board certified with significant experience/training in echocardiography, MRI, CT, or nuclear cardiology.