Chief of Cardiology

Essen Medical Associates•New York, NY

8d•$400,000 - $600,000

About The Position

Essen Health Care is seeking an experienced, board-certified cardiologist to serve as Chief of Cardiology. This physician leader will oversee the clinical quality, operational performance, provider development, and strategic growth of cardiology services while maintaining an active clinical practice. The Chief of Cardiology will guide accessible, coordinated, evidence-based cardiovascular care across Essen’s applicable clinical settings. The role collaborates closely with primary care, other specialties, clinical operations, and executive leadership to improve access, strengthen referral coordination, and support continuity of care for patients with complex medical and social needs. The position combines direct patient care with dedicated administrative leadership responsibilities. Travel between Essen locations may be required. The clinical schedule, administrative allocation, and any call responsibilities will be established before hire.

Requirements

MD or DO from an accredited institution.
Completion of an accredited Internal Medicine residency and Cardiovascular Disease fellowship.
Current board certification in Cardiovascular Disease through an appropriate recognized certifying board.
Active, unrestricted New York State medical license, or eligibility to obtain one before the start date.
Current DEA registration, as required for assigned clinical responsibilities.
Eligibility for credentialing, payer enrollment, and applicable clinical privileges.
Significant cardiology practice experience, with demonstrated success in a physician leadership, medical director, division chief, or comparable role.
Experience leading clinical teams, developing care standards, and implementing quality improvement initiatives.
Strong understanding of outpatient cardiology operations, diagnostic services, and multidisciplinary care coordination.
Ability to interpret clinical and operational data and translate findings into practical improvements.
Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
Commitment to equitable, culturally responsive care for diverse patient populations.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading cardiology services across multiple outpatient locations.
Experience caring for underserved populations and patients with complex chronic conditions.
Additional training or certification in echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, cardiac CT, or other relevant areas.
Experience developing cardiovascular prevention, heart failure, or other disease-management programs.
Familiarity with population health, value-based care, and strategies to improve care transitions.
Experience recruiting, mentoring, and retaining physicians and advanced practice providers.
Spanish language proficiency or experience working effectively with interpreter services.

Responsibilities

Provide overall clinical direction for cardiology services and establish standards for evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and documentation.
Maintain an active clinical practice, providing cardiovascular consultations and managing acute and chronic cardiac conditions.
Promote cardiovascular prevention, early disease identification, and evidence-based management of risk factors.
Establish clinical pathways for appropriate testing, timely treatment, communication of findings, and escalation of urgent concerns.
Define the appropriate scope of services for each cardiology location in partnership with leadership.
Develop and implement a cardiology service plan aligned with organizational priorities, patient needs, and goals.
Assess patient demand, referral patterns, appointment availability, provider capacity, and service gaps to guide department priorities.
Evaluate opportunities for new locations, expanded services, and additional diagnostic capabilities, including staffing, equipment, workflows, and quality measures.
Set annual department goals and monitor performance, supporting sustainable growth, quality, appropriate utilization, and access.
Lead, mentor, and evaluate cardiologists and assigned clinical team members; establish expectations for performance, patient experience, conduct, documentation, and collaboration.
Partner with Talent Acquisition and leadership on staffing needs, recruitment, retention, interviews, onboarding, and provider development.
Conduct department meetings, case discussions, and performance reviews, and address concerns through coaching or corrective action with appropriate leaders.
Provide clinical oversight of cardiology diagnostic services and establish standards for ordering, preparation, study quality, interpretation, reporting, and communication of results.
Oversee applicable diagnostic services, which may include electrocardiography, ambulatory rhythm monitoring, echocardiography, vascular studies, stress testing, and appropriately staffed advanced imaging.
Ensure interpreting physicians hold necessary credentials and privileges; monitor turnaround times, incomplete studies, repeat testing, abnormal-result follow-up, and interpretation quality.
Collaborate with technical and operational leaders on staff competency, equipment, maintenance, and accreditation requirements.
Strengthen coordination between cardiology, primary care, other specialties, care coordination teams, hospitals, and external specialists.
Establish referral criteria and triage processes for routine, expedited, and urgent cardiology needs; improve timely communication with referring providers.
Support appointment completion, medication adherence, diagnostic follow-up, continuity of care, and transitions after emergency visits and hospital discharges.
Lead quality improvement initiatives and monitor evidence-based guideline adherence, outcomes, access, diagnostic quality, patient experience, and safety.
Participate in peer review, chart audits, case reviews, and patient safety event investigations; identify problems and implement corrective improvements.
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, organizational policies, professional standards, credentialing, documentation, billing, privacy, and protected health information requirements.
Partner with operations to optimize schedules, appointment templates, staffing, room utilization, and diagnostic capacity; monitor access, backlogs, cancellations, and no-shows.
Set reasonable productivity expectations and participate in budgeting, staffing plans, capital investment reviews, and performance reviews with finance and operations.
Support appropriate resource use and recommend workflow and technology improvements to reduce delays, duplication, and inefficiencies.