Job Title: Director, General & Preventative Cardiology
Department:Medicine, (Division of Cardiovascular Disease & Hypertension)
Facility: Medical Education Building/Clinical Academic Building
Reports to: Chief, Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension, RWJMS/RWJUH
Summary
This Section Chief will lead and give oversight to the General and Preventative Cardiology Section. The Section Chief will develop, guide, manage, implement, monitor and enforce the clinical, administrative, educational and research activities of the Section to ensure efficient, timely and high-quality delivery of patient care services. Contribution to the mission of the Division and a commitment to the development of faculty, staff and fellow will also be important to this role.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Position Highlights:
In collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to include faculty and staff, this position will define the vision and goals for the section
Identify and assume responsibility for cost effective systems needed to support the section while considering the budget and resources available and business trends
Define the standards of quality necessary for services offered and related work and establish systems to support compliance with those quality standards
Collaborate with other cardiology specialists and cardiovascular surgeons to manage out-patient and in-patient patients with complex multisystem disease in a comprehensive and highly effective manner;
Develop/improve in- and out-patient care systems and the quality standards and direct care.
Serve as attending physician on hospital service and demonstrate expertise in diagnosing and treating cardiac patients
Opportunity for academic and clinical research and to educate medical residents and fellows
Oversee staff, employee development, job performance and conduct performance evaluation.
Prepare regular performance reports.
Contribute to the education of residents, students and staff.
Education/Qualification
Candidate must possess a MD/DO degree
Achieve or eligible for appointment as Associate Professor or Professor
Managerial and/or leadership experience
Certificates/Licenses
Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine
Board certified in Cardiology
Advances Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
RWJBarnabas Health is the most comprehensive health care delivery system in New Jersey, treating over 3 million patients a year.
The system includes eleven acute care hospitals – Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, Community Medical Center in Toms River, Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, Monmouth Medical Center Souther...n Campus in Lakewood, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, RWJUH in New Brunswick and Somerville, RWJUH- Hamilton, RWJUH- Rahway and Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston; three acute care children’s hospitals and a leading pediatric rehabilitation hospital (Children’s Specialized Hospital), a freestanding 100-bed behavioral health center, ambulatory care centers, geriatric centers, the state’s largest behavioral health network, comprehensive home care and hospice programs, fitness and wellness centers, retail pharmacy services, a medical group, multi-site imaging centers and four accountable care organizations.
RWJBarnabas Health is New Jersey’s second largest private employer – with more than 32,000 employees, 9,000 physicians and 1,000 residents and interns – and routinely captures national awards for its outstanding quality and safety.