Nashville General Hospital Careers

Nashville General Hospital is hiring a Director of Cardiology for Clinics as a full time job in Nashville, Tennessee.    

The Cardiology Manager 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. Oversees the Cardiology service line to ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care, maintain clear financials and reporting, and stays abreast of market trends to uphold a leading and forward-thinking department.    

Cardiology Director Roles & Responsibilities:  

• 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. 

Required Skills and Qualifications:    

•  Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred.
• Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of Tennessee required.
• CPR through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross required.
• Employee must have valid BLS upon hire. CPI required within 90 days of hire.   

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance within first 31 days of employment
• Programs to reduce share of deductible and total out-of-pocket expenses
• Metro Health Incentive Program - Access to high quality healthcare without incurring out-of-pocket expenses (see NGH providers without co-pays)
• Short and Long-Term Disability - up to 60% of eligible weekly pay
• Life Insurance - Metro provides you with basic life and AD&D coverage equal to $50,000 ($32,500 if you are age 65 or older), at no cost to you.
• Retirement Plan - eligible up to IRS max limits and includes company contribution
• Shift and Weekend Differential Pay Offered on Nights and Weekends
• Tuition Reimbursement for employee and dependents
• 12 paid holidays - any holiday worked is another holiday banked
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Onsite Gym
• Free Parking for all employees