[Hiring] Vice President of Cardiology Operations @AMSURG

Role Description

The Vice President of Cardiology Operations (“VPCO”) focuses primarily on cardiology specialty within our Ambulatory Surgery Center business. The VPCO is responsible for building physician partnerships, setting the Cardiology Division’s growth strategy, and managing the clinical, financial, and operational performance of the Division.

The VPCO is responsible for building a strong shared vision for the Cardiology Division and ensuring they have the supporting people as well as the clinical and operational processes in place to drive performance.

Essential Responsibilities

• Operational Management:
• Quality Oversight
• Operational Efficiency
• Cost Management
• Risk Management
• Regulatory Compliance
• Teammate Engagement and Retention
• Provider Engagement
• Growth
• Helps foster a people-centric, success-oriented, accountable company culture.
• Acts as a consultant/subject matter expert specific to cardiology.
• Ensures healthy board governance throughout the Cardiology Division, participating and supporting board meetings and governance as needed.
• Informs people development, professional growth, and management approach for Cardiology Division.
• Responsible for supporting other Vice Presidents of Operations (“VPO’s”) and Directors of Operations (“DOO’s”) and providing strategic direction to drive operational excellence across the portfolio.
• Works with the Senior Vice President (“SVP”) to implement initiatives to improve major regional partner relationships and center management across the Cardiology Division.
• Coaches and guides DOOs and Center leaders in building successful relationships between AMSURG and its providers.
• Articulates corporate initiatives to Cardiology Division and develops enactment plan with DOOs.
• Creates programming and agendas for Physician Advisory Board to partner with physicians to drive strategy and clinical quality excellence for cardiology.
• Construct an operational, and, in partnership with AMSURG’s clinical team, clinical playbook for cardiology operations management.
• Contribute to cardiology-focused educational content updates for Center Administrators.
• Responsible for high level oversight and continuous improvement of the following areas with assistance of AMSURG resources:
• Strategy and Growth:
• Responsible for development and execution of Cardiology Division portfolio strategy.
• Fosters and maintains deep relationships with key health system joint ventures, physician partnerships, physician practice management MSOs.
• Develops Cardiology Division business planning and growth strategy in partnership with the SVP and business development leadership.
• Works with SVP in supporting and fostering best-in-class Patient-centered-Care.
• Responsible for identification of new regional opportunities within communities and across payers.
• Owns relationships with physicians and their growth needs.
• Provides strategic direction and oversight to maintain strong relationships with existing health system joint ventures, physician/physician practices.
• Supports organic growth and strategic initiatives, driving alignment within Cardiology Division.
• Identifies and introduces appropriate new initiatives to expand and grow same store and Cardiology Division volume and revenue.
• Build, in partnership with our Integration and Facilities Maintenance and Construction teams, the de novo and expansion playbook for cardiology.
• Supports acquisition due diligence efforts for new center opportunities.
• Leads DOOs and center leaders to support business development in due diligence efforts to investigate and execute on new opportunities.
• Customer Relationship Management:
• Represents the organization with key stakeholders.
• Fosters and maintains strong physician partnerships.
• Drives a strong clinician value proposition and Patient-Centered-Care.
• Owns regional physician Cardiology Division, health system partnerships, physician practice management operations.
• Sells and influences adoption of new strategic initiatives.
• Provides AMSURG advocacy updates to provider partners.
• Active member of Partnership Board of Directors.
• Financial Management:
• Accountable for Cardiology Division portfolio financial performance.
• Responsible for managing DOOs and providing strategic direction to support optimizing financial performance of the region.
• Develops and maintains understanding of Financial Reporting and operation of assigned DOO geography.
• Assist the SVP with Managed Care messaging throughout their Cardiology Division.
• Reads and abides by the company’s code of conduct, ethics statements, employee handbook(s), policies and procedures and other corporate mandates.
• Review entire Cardiology Division’s portfolio, develops Cardiology Division’s budget and assist assigned ops leads to develop their center level budgets.
• Responsible for managing and pushing back on portfolio and growth targets.
• Reports any real or suspected violation of the corporate compliance program, company policies and procedures, harassment, or other prohibited activities.
• Crisis Management:
• Provides leadership in crisis situations to less senior operations leaders.
• Assesses crisis situations and leverages appropriate AMSURG resources in resolution.
• Develops and communicates plan of action.
• Debriefs with all involved parties upon resolution to determine root cause.
• Implements plans to mitigate root causes in future using AMSURG resources.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a leadership role with a track record of driving team success and achieving organizational objectives.
• Demonstrated eagerness to identify and address opportunities or challenges without needing direct oversight.
• Excellent interpersonal skills necessary to work cooperatively with physicians, all staff members, and external customers.
• Strong management skills with the ability to oversee complex projects and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; comfortable with presentations to senior management, boards, community Divisions, and physicians.
• Proven track record of taking initiative and driving projects to completion with minimal supervision.
• Ability to manage ambiguity and a highly matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated growth mindset with a passion for continuous learning and self-improvement.
• Proven ability to embrace challenges, learn from feedback, and adapt to evolving situations.

Requirements

• Willingness to travel up to 60% of the time, with an average travel commitment of 40-60%.
• Bachelor’s degree and/or master’s degree in business, healthcare administration or relevant field, and/or equivalent work.
• Minimum ten (10) years of healthcare operations management experience.
• Extensive experience leading healthcare operations in a multi-state integrated healthcare delivery system of a minimum of $100M + million revenue of Direct P&L experience.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability
• Healthcare FSA, Dependent Care FSA, Limited Healthcare FSA, FSAs for Transportation and Parking & HSAs
• Matching 401(K) Plan
• AMSURG offers paid time off, 9 observed holidays, and paid family leave.
• You accrue Paid Time Off (PTO) each pay period and depending on your position can earn a minimum of 20 days and up to 25 days per calendar year.