Director Cardiovascular Services
Location: Santa Cruz
Posted on: June 23, 2025
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Job Description:
Dominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke
Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominican’s services include the only
comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County, a Total Joint
Replacement program, and advanced neurological and endoscopic
services. Dominican regularly receives ‘A’ grades for hospital
safety from Leapfrog Group, and has received national recognition
for superior patient safety, cardiac care, and stroke treatment
from Healthgrades, a leading provider of comprehensive information
about physicians and hospitals. As Santa Cruz County’s heart attack
(STEMI) receiving center, Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge
cardiac care. The hospital’s heart attack treatment times
consistently beat the national average, and the hospital offers two
cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure, which
allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patient’s
chest. Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with
area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The
hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
through a partnership with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a
partnership with Stanford Health Care. In The Community Beyond care
inside the hospital, Dominican is dedicated to the health and
wellness of the Santa Cruz community. Community programs include a
Mobile Wellness Clinic, a tattoo removal program, and support
groups for patients and new mothers. In addition, and in accordance
with our mission, Dominican Hospital supports programs for the
underserved in our community, including children and adults,
students, seniors, and the homeless population. Dominican also has
received several awards for environmental excellence. Position
Summary: Provides daily and strategic administrative oversight and
operational control for the assigned Cardiovascular departments
Implements monitoring in the fiscal management of the department.
Manages department budget within fiscal year approved targets.
Explores and initiates revenue enhancement activities such as
program development. Principal Duties and Accountabilities: •
Assures departmental competency and compliance to all regulatory,
accreditation and hospital standards of care. • Prepares and
justifies annual budgeting including, anticipates realistic volume
trends, maintains effective staffing and leadership development
plans, determines productive and non-productive expenditures,
determines and prioritizes capital expedites and determines
non-labor expense requirements justified. • Implements control in
fiscal management of the department, manages department budget
within fiscal year approved targets, explores and initiates revenue
enhancement activities such as program development. • Develops,
implements and monitors department safety management programs which
includes Workers Compensation, patient safety and written safety
procedures. Qualifications Education and Experience: • Masters
degree in Nursing or related health care discipline required and/or
additional job related experience in lieu of the degree. • Minimum
of five (5) years of experience in a related field. Minimum of
three (3) years of management experience. Licensure: • R.N. or
RT-AHA healthcare license preferred; ACLS and BLS preferred.
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