Institute Vice President, Cardiovascular (AHN)

Company :

Allegheny Health Network

Job Description : 

AHN Cardiovascular Institute

The Network's Cardiovascular Institute, with over 200 physicians and advanced practice providers, offers comprehensive cardiovascular care across 58 clinics and 12 hospitals and represents a significant share of annualized revenue for AHN. Nationally recognized for its expertise, the Institute treats a wide range of conditions, from common to rare, using evidence-based medicine and a team-based approach.

Notable achievements include:

• Gold Seal of Approval® for Comprehensive Cardiac Care
• Development of the nation's first suture-free heart valve, doubling patient survival
• American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines® Gold Plus Heart Failure Achievement Award
• Participation in over 100 clinical trials and research studies
• Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award

Demonstrating its commitment to excellence, the Network’s flagship academic medical center (Allegheny General Hospital- the top-ranked CV hospital in Western PA) recently announced a 10-year transformation worth $1 billion. This ambitious undertaking includes a new Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) tower designed to provide a comprehensive and centralized hub for patients and their families. The CVI will feature highly specialized outpatient clinics, state-of-the-art inpatient and procedural suites, and the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic technologies available, all under one roof.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

JOB SUMMARY

As we continue to transform Allegheny Health Network (AHN) into a nationally leading, clinician-led provider of innovative, high-quality and high-value healthcare services, it is imperative that we have the right leaders in place across the organization to help set goals, drive expectations, inspire and galvanize others in the pursuit of clinical excellence, and implement meaningful change, when necessary.      

The Institute Vice President, Cardiovascular will report directly to the President, Allegheny Clinic and work in lockstep with the Physician Chairpersons of our Cardiovascular Institute. The successful candidate interacts closely with practice operations, Division Chiefs, System Chairs and hospital leaders to ensure stability, growth and the financial success of the institute. Serves as a liaison between the medical staff, offices, hospital management and AHN leadership. Overall strategic goals are to exceed standards for quality, safety, access care alignment, and financial performance.

As a key member of the Allegheny Health Network Institute leadership team, this position provides leadership, effective management oversight of the strategic and operational aspects of the Allegheny Health Network Cardiovascular Institute. The incumbent identifies opportunities to more fully integrate, standardize, and drive significant operational improvements to strengthen the Allegheny Health Network’s role as a Pacesetter, achieving the clinical model of the future.  This individual will serve as a key partner in executing upon the blended health strategy, transforming the value-based care model within the enterprise and successfully advancing key external partnerships. The incumbent will be highly focused in achieving and exceeding objectives in quality, equity, cost, experience, affordability and outcomes consistent with the quintuple aim.

The incumbent provides leadership resulting in strong operational performance, outstanding teamwork, superior quality of care and continued expansion in clinical programs including access across our network footprint.  The incumbent will ensure proper operational controls, administrative and reporting procedures, and operational systems are in place to ensure quality outcomes, financial strength, operating efficiency, and patient satisfaction for the Cardiovascular Institute. 

The successful candidate will partner with Physician Chairs on the clinical initiatives and   is responsible for the overall fiscal performance of Cardiovascular Institute operations as measured against established goals and objectives. The incumbent is responsible for the development and implementation of a comprehensive strategic plan for the Cardiovascular Institute with clear objectives and priorities for the successful integration and growth. He/She will assess existing talent within the Cardiovascular Institute and develops succession plans inclusive of structured development plans and replacement strategies and will play a key role in the development of the recently announced new Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) tower.

The Institute VP, Cardiovascular position requires candidates with a demonstrated track record of superior performance, exceptional clinical relationships, high ethical