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Cardiovascular Services Director
- HCA Healthcare (Nashville, TN)
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Description
This position is incentive eligible.
Introduction
Leaders thrive with us! HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, comprising of over 180 hospitals and about 2,000 sites of care in 21 states and the United Kingdom. We are looking for a Cardiovascular Director for our TriStar Centennial Medical Center team where excellence creates excellence.
Benefits
TriStar Centennial Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
+ Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
+ Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
+ Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
+ 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
+ Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
+ Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
+ Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
+ Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
+ Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
+ Colleague recognition program
+ Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
+ Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)
_Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._
HCA Healthcare has expanded our influence across the healthcare industry by investing $3.5 billion in capital improvements in recent years. Do you want to be an influencer in healthcare? Apply for our Cardiovascular Services Director role today!
Job Summary and Qualifications
The Cardiovascular Services Director maintains 24-hour responsibility of the departments and staff members assigned to the Cardiovascular Service Line.
What you will do in this role:
+ Demonstrate I-CARE values on a daily basis and hold those within the supervised dept(s) accountable to these values to promote a healthy culture and work environment.
+ Coordinate the provision of comprehensive, interprofessional patient care that results in clinical excellence, optimal outcomes, and maximum patient and family satisfaction.
+ Maintain expert-level knowledge of key quality metrics and registries (i.e., NCDR, TVT/STS, etc.) the supervised dept(s). Participate in Joint Commission standards and audits.
+ Work collaboratively in a dyad leadership with the CV Medical Director to continuously assess current quality performance, as well as plan, implement, and evaluate practices.
+ Ensure the smooth functioning of the procedural areas by providing directions and suggestions for patient care activities and priorities of the staff. Assist with direct patient care functions as needed.
+ Assess problem or potential problem situations and take pro-active, appropriate, and effective problem-solving action. Collaborate with others to problem solve or direct the problem to the appropriate resource(s).
+ Work directly with physicians, visitors, and/or patients who express concerns or have complaints concerning any aspect of cardiovascular services.
+ Respond to all code situations in the supervised departments. Provide direction and act as a resource to other responders. Assign staff to respond as needed.
+ Ensure that patient care assignments are based on the state licensing laws, hospital policy, and the individual education, experience skills, skills checklists and certification records of the nursing staff members.
+ Serve as a liaison between the medical staff and nursing.
+ Collaborate with Managers/Directors and staff of other nursing units and ancillary departments to ensure continuity of patient care and to prevent or resolve problems. Work directly with other managers to deal with conflict situations.
+ Ensure that documentation in the patient’s medical record is accurate and complete. Review records for required documentation. Act as needed to ensure that staff documents appropriately.
+ Maintain responsibility for employee compliance to policies and procedures and perform associated actions upon non-compliance (i.e., licensure/certification compliance, incident report review requirements, disaster plan, in-services, influenza immunization etc.).
+ Remain current and proficient with regulatory requirements for the provision of clinical services. Translate the requirements into operations to ensure compliance. Use automated systems to access, transmit, and produce information.
+ Develop and manage department operational and capital budgets, approvals, and ongoing maintenance of the department(s), ensuring operation in a cost-effective manner.
+ Ensure staffing plans and schedules meet department needs that reflect an understanding of the importance of cost-effectiveness.
+ Demonstrate an understanding of productivity guidelines and patient acuity in providing for quality patient care. Meet productivity guidelines for each shift as closely as possible.
+ Review and approve employee payroll. Assure that payroll sheets are accurately completed and are turned in to the Payroll Department within the specified time frame.
+ Ensure that new employees receive appropriate orientation to the unit. Ensure that education and training of the CV staff is ongoing. Ensure that staff members are certified to perform the specialized skills required in the cardiovascular departments (i.e. Moderate Sedation, CPR, Venipuncture, etc.).
+ Hold staff meetings, including discussion of QA and QI activities, identification of problems, proposed solutions, exchange of information, and relevant educational topics.
+ Interview and hire qualified staff members whose skills and knowledge match the patient care needs of the cardiovascular departments, including peer interviews if necessary.
+ Perform all employee evaluations on time. Collaborate with the Supervisor and other staff in obtaining accurate information regarding employees’ knowledge, skills, and performance of their responsibilities. Objectively measure employee’s behavior and performance in line with ICARE Values.
+ Effectively perform counseling to employees when standards are not met, policies are violated, or unprofessional behavior occurs.
+ Create department strategies to achieve financial targets and staffing needs through optimizing productivity, supply/resource efficiency, minimizing incidental overtime and overtime percentage, and other areas according to department specifications.
+ Ensure equipment and supply needs of nursing/physician care are met. Anticipate necessary equipment changes/updates/maintenance agreements and purchases as needed.
+ Project anticipated volume and demand for resources, conduct cost analysis, analyze and monitor budget reports and variances, evaluate human and material resource utilization, and make necessary adjustments. Analyze and interpret complex data sets and reports (variance analysis, financial/quality, population-specific reports).
+ Direct, develop, and implement strategic and operational/high level projects to grow the business of the cardiovascular service line and expand the breadth of services offered by the facility to the community with secured compliance in ethical and legal business practices and accreditation/regulatory/government regulations.
+ Identify and implement innovative solutions for practice or workflow changes to improve department, entity or system operations by leading unit projects and/or other department/system-directed activities.
+ Drive change initiatives, maintain effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjust effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements or cultures.
What qualifications you will need:
+ Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited University required; Master’s Degree in Nursing, Business, or Healthcare Management preferred.
+ 4+ years’ experience in a cardiovascular setting required.
+ 2+ years’ experience in management required.
+ Registered Nurse or Licensed Technologist with one of the following credentials: RN, RCIS, RT(R) required.
+ BLS required or must be obtained within 30 days of hire.
+ ACLS required or must be obtained within 90 days of hire.
TriStar Centennial Medical Center is a 740+ bed comprehensive facility. We offer medical and surgical programs. These include behavioral health and 24-hour emergency. These also include heart and vascular and imaging. These also include neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, pediatrics, rehabilitation, sleep disorder, and women's services. We are an affiliate of TriStar Health. TriStar Centennial Medical Center is a 43-acre campus. We are home to TriStar Centennial Heart & Vascular Center. We are home to TriStar Centennial Women's Hospital. Our campus includes The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial, Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at TriStar Centennial Medical Center, TriStar Centennial Advanced Joint Replacement Institute and TriStar Centennial Parthenon Pavilion.
"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you're looking for a leadership opportunity that provides both personal satisfaction and professional growth, apply to join HCA Healthcare as a Cardiovascular Services Director. Unlock your leadership potential with HCA Healthcare.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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