The Opportunity

Directs cardiovascular services activities and resources for the UCHealth Parkview area, including the cardiac catheterization lab, pre- and post-procedural care, the cardiac diagnostic testing center, cardiac rehabilitation, and cardiovascular testing operations. Ensures alignment with the mission, values, strategic priorities, and objectives of the organization while partnering closely with medical group leadership to advance coordinated market services.

Description

Directs cardiovascular services activities and resources for the UCHealth Parkview area, including the cardiac catheterization lab, pre- and post-procedural care, the cardiac diagnostic testing center, cardiac rehabilitation, and cardiovascular testing operations. Ensures alignment with the mission, values, strategic priorities, and objectives of the organization while partnering closely with medical group leadership to advance coordinated market services.

UCHth Parkview Medical Center, Pueblo, CO, Cath Lab

Reports to: Vice President Operations Parkview

Pay: $63.32 - $101.31 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience

This position is an onsite role and does not offer a hybrid or remote option

Summary

Directs the strategic, growth, and operational objectives for the service line in conjunction with organizational strategic plans. Directs and oversees continuous improvement initiatives, utilizing an inter-disciplinary and multi-departmental approach, to achieve quality and superior patient care and services across the continuum of care.

Key Responsibilities

• Develops and implements cardiovascular services goals, plans, and standards consistent with the strategic, administrative, legal, and ethical requirements and objectives of the organization and the UCHealth Parkview market.
• Directs and evaluates cardiovascular operations, including the cardiac catheterization lab, pre- and post-procedural care, the cardiac diagnostic testing center, cardiac rehabilitation, and testing operations, with accountability for access, throughput, quality, safety, service, standardization, and continuous improvement.
• Plans and monitors staffing activities for nurses, technologists, and support staff, including workforce planning, hiring, orientation, performance management, disciplinary actions, professional development, and continuing education initiatives.
• Prepares, monitors, and evaluates departmental budgets; leads financially efficient operating models; ensures compliance with allocated funding; and coordinates and directs internal and external audits. Partners closely with medical group leadership to align hospital and physician operations and collaboratively advance cardiovascular services across the market.

Candidate Qualifications

Candidates will be effective in a fast-paced, service-focused health care environment and able to lead within a financially efficient operating model. They will model professional behavior and high service expectations, demonstrate honesty, respect, trust, integrity, and strong ethical standards, and drive exceptional throughput, quality, safety, and patient experience. The successful candidate will meet the following requirements:

• Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare or relevant field.
• 5 years of administrative leadership experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strategic leadership experience in a cardiovascular services environment.

Skills And Traits

• Collaborative and relationship-oriented
• Accountable and results-driven
• Financially and operationally disciplined
• Transparent and direct in communication
• Calm and decisive through complexity
• Skilled at rebuilding trust and strengthening culture
• Committed to professional standards and psychological safety
• Adaptable to local and systemwide priorities
• Invested in coaching and developing others
• Strategic, forward-looking, and growth-minded

At UCHealth, We Improve Lives

Employees are our number one asset.

Recognition

• Performance bonus: UCHealth offers an Annual Performance Bonus to recognize employee contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, and financial goals.
• Performance-based pay increase: The Annual Merit Pay Increase recognizes work performance that meets or consistently exceeds performance standards documented through UCHealth's established evaluation process and accounts for increased experience, skills and cost of living.
• Market reviews: All UCHealth positions are reviewed annually to ensure UCHealth base pay aligns with market standards. Base pay rates are adjusted as needed to stay market competitive.

Health and well-being

• Medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Access to 24/7 mental health and well-being support for employees and dependents.
• Discounted gym memberships and fitness resources.
• Free Care.com membership.
• Voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and employee discount programs.
• Time away from work: Paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence.
• Employer-provided basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options.
• Employer-provided short-term disability and long-term disability.

Retirement and savings

• 403(b) plan with employer matching contribution.
• Additional 457(b) plan may be available.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent day care; health savings account available when enrolled in high-deductible (HD) medical plan.

Education and career growth

• UCHealth provides access to academic degrees and certificate programs to promote professional and personal growth.
  • Up to 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees.
  • Other programs may qualify for up to $10,000/year pre-paid by UCHealth or up to $5,250/year in the form of tuition reimbursement.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning, which offers thousands of virtual courses and seminars, and internal professional development opportunities.
• Employees have access to free assistance navigating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and submitting their federal student loans for forgiveness.
• Eligibility for some programs is based on an employee's scheduled work hours.

We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.

UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.

UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, color, national origin, language, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, socioeconomic status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state, or local law. UCHealth does not discriminate against any qualified applicant with a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when they do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.

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