Director, General & Preventative Cardiology

Faculty Name: TBD 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 d evelop, 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 · Basic Life Support (BCLS) certification · Eligible for licensure in New Jersey For additional information about the position please email us directly, Andrea Bernard at ab2333@rwjms.rutgers.edu Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.