***Director, Cardiovascular Services - Remote

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Director, Cardiovascular Services will be a team member tasked with addressing complex challenges across various domains of the care continuum: ambulatory specialty clinic, outpatient and inpatient procedural (cath, TAVR, E/P) and surgical (CABG, carotid artery, revascularization, aneurysms), with post-operative patient management. This individual must possess a contemporary and advanced understanding of these intricate areas. Our clients seek innovative, transformational solutions to enhance clinical operations, including optimizing workflow efficiencies, improving patient safety protocols, integrating advanced technology for better data management, and implementing cost reduction strategies. Additionally, fostering interprofessional collaboration will be essential to elevate patient care standards while ensuring financial sustainability.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. while tackling challenging and rewarding opportunities.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical subject matter expertise to initiative teams to drive financial and quality outcomes, focused primarily on transformational partnership due diligence and implementation including:
  
  
  
  
  • Lead Initiatives: Oversee the development and implementation of best practices in heart and vascular services to enhance patient care and operational efficiency
  • Clinical Expertise: Provide expert guidance on clinical protocols, policies, and procedures, workflows, throughput, EMR technology, and overall management within the specialty
  • Data Analysis: Analyze clinical and operational data to identify trends, improve outcomes, and inform decision-making processes
  • Team Collaboration: Work closely with interdisciplinary teams to foster collaboration and ensure seamless patient transitions through various care settings
  • Training and Development: Design and deliver training programs for clients/staff to enhance their understanding of cardiovascular processes and standards
  • Innovation: Stay abreast of the latest advancements in perioperative practices and technologies to recommend innovative solutions that improve efficiency and reduce costs
  • Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, accreditation standards, and organizational policies within perioperative services
  • Cost Management: Identify opportunities for cost reduction and resource optimization while maintaining high-quality patient care standards
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with stakeholders to assess needs and develop strategies that align with organizational goals and improve patient outcomes
  • Continuous Improvement: Drive quality improvement initiatives and participate in performance improvement projects
  
  
  
  
• Participates in client delivery, solution design, and analytic requirements of high quality clinical variation/transformational engagements or services, including presenting executive level reports and dashboards for demonstrating outcome trends
• Assesses, designs and implements strategic client goals related to clinical variation initiatives targeted to promote the growth and enhancement of existing structures working in partnership with the organization's executive and physician leadership
• May provides subject matter expertise and/or oversight to engagements or other clinical consulting engagements depending upon additional clinical expertise
• Oversees and manages OAS team members either directly or through a matrixed, client-based environment
• Ensures that client expectations and contract deliverables are met during assigned engagement
• Coordinates the development of short and long plans to drive effective clinical and non-clinical sourcing and utilization
• Support the creation of sales pursuit materials and other business development activities (e.g. proposals and Change Notices)
• Support ongoing design of best practice methodologies in ambulatory clinic and acute care settings

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Active nursing license
• 10+ years of professional experience in ambulatory, outpatient procedural, and combined with hospital operations/Cardiovascular surgery - evidence of driving cost reduction
• Experience working in a highly matrixed organization
• Proven experience developing and implementing operating plans, analyzing financial and quality data
• Demonstrated experience in engaging physicians, along with the ability to offer valuable insights and articulate logical explanations when addressing challenging questions
• Clinical consulting experience across multiple clinical and cost improvement-related areas
• Demonstrated success in yielding unprecedented results within the area of clinical variation
• Proven ability to recommend relevant data for specific topics, ensuring it supports the development of KPIs and other performance metrics, and interpret and analyze the data effectively
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 60% of the time
• Ability to use Microsoft products, develop and deliver presentations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Interventional procedure, operational experience
• Experience in provider management and / or clinical transformation consulting engagements resulting in significant recurring financial benefit
• Experience developing cost reduction and clinical transformation methodologies and designing innovative solutions in a complex and rapidly changing environment
• Solid understanding of health systems / provider organizations

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

The salary range for this role is $124,500 to $239,400 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.