UTHealth Houston

Key Responsibilities

• • Participating in the ACTAT Center for Advanced Heart Failure practice at various Memorial Hermann and UT Physician locations in Houston and surrounding areas, including participation in a UTHealth Houston Physicians Cardiology group call team for coverage
• • Providing feedback regarding office operations, including hiring staff, office logistics and new physician recruitment
• • Participating in the education and training of medical students, residents, and fellows
• • Supporting the research mission of the department and university through facilitating reasonable and appropriate access to patients by research staff
• • Assisting when requested with the collection of research data, including biological specimens
• • Providing information and education on ongoing research studies to potentially eligible research subjects
• • Identifying patient and family needs of the populations served; recommending and/or developing new programs and services to meet those needs; assuring that age-specific equipment, supplies, and educational resources are available for assigned units/services
• • Collaborating with UTHealth Houston and hospital administration and physicians to identify future opportunities and define the direction of department services; developing and implementing plans to achieve identified goals, including OR efficiency, productivity, and patient throughput targets across the care continuum
• • Maintaining an ongoing departmental Quality Improvement Plan and process consistent with the organizational Quality Management Plan; developing and implementing unit-specific standards, policies, and procedures that guide and support the provision of care and services; continuously assessing and improving assigned departments' performance while enhancing service
• • Reviewing appropriate financial reports and making appropriate modifications in UTHealth Houston and MHH to reduce costs associated with supplies, staffing, and service agreements, and/or identifying sound alternatives for purchasing equipment and supplies
• • Participating in and/or chairing committees, workgroups, and meetings as appropriate
• • Assuring interdisciplinary performance improvement programs are active, maintained, and ongoing. Following up to ensure that complaints have been satisfactorily handled. Collaborating to maintain a focus on providing excellent clinical services
• • Maintaining professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, in-services, current literature, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of the latest trends in fields of expertise; supporting and promoting education and research