Department: Cardiology

Job Title: Open Rank- Associate Professor or Professor - Associate Head (Vice Chief) for Clinical Affairs, Division of Cardiology

Position #: 00840956 – Requisition #:38113

Job Summary:

The Associate Head for Clinical Affairs in Cardiology (Vice Chief) is the physician leader for clinical practice across the Division of Cardiology at CU Anschutz, Colorado’s only allopathic medical school and a nationally recognized academic health center. As the Division’s ‘second in command,’ the Vice Chief helps oversee 45 cardiologists, 34 APPs, and 32 fellows, while advising administrative and clinical research staff. Working closely with the School of Medicine and UCHealth partners, the Vice Chief builds and optimizes clinical programs; ensures quality, safety, and protocol alignment; and advances divisional strategy. Core duties include program development, operational harmonization across sites, integrated care delivery, and alignment of clinical, educational, and research missions. The role oversees clinical Section Heads (General, Electrophysiology [EP], Advanced Heart Failure / Transplant [AHFTX], Interventional, Imaging, Advanced Practice Providers [APPs]) and Medical Directorships while fostering collaboration with other Divisions/Departments, UCHealth sites, and community/affiliate partners. The Vice Chief role includes 30% protected time paid at median benchmarks, with opportunity for additional protected time based on assumption versus delegation of overlapping medical directorships. To learn more about CU Anschutz, see: https://www.cuanschutz.edu/about  

Key Responsibilities:

1.    Clinical Operations, Access & Experience

·         Serve as primary liaison between Cardiology and UCHealth operations, quality, safety, nursing; partner closely with Medical Directors and hospital Clinical Directors. Provide leadership for the UCHealth Cardiovascular Outcomes Governance Group (system service line CV COGG).

·         Establish a Division “operations playbook”

o    Access/Scheduling: Optimize template design, room utilization, referral standards, subspecialty triage, new/return ratios, cancellation/no-show reduction, overbook/backfill protocols, wait-list management, PTO coverage.

o    Throughput/Flow: Enhance ED-to-unit flow, CCU and step-down utilization, discharge timing, readmission pathways, and navigator support.

o    Procedural Operations: Address on-time starts, turnaround times, add-on/urgent prioritization, device clinic throughput, remote-monitoring standards, and supply chain processes.

o    Community/Affiliate Sites: Standardize workflows, order sets, and diagnostic pathways.

o    Divisional programming: Evolve practices for ACS, shock and AHFTX, structural heart evaluation, EP/device,