Cardiology - Heart Failure and Transplant Physician

Advanced Heart Failure Cardiologist Locum Opportunity Fort Myers, FL

We are seeking a Board Certified or Board Eligible Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist for a weekend locum opportunity in Fort Myers, Florida, beginning December 2026. This assignment provides coverage for a high-volume Advanced Heart Failure program managing complex heart failure, cardiogenic shock, Impella, and ECMO patients within an integrated cardiac and surgical program.

Assignment Details

• Start Date: December 4, 2026
• End Date: March 31, 2027
• Assignment Length: Approximately 17 weeks
• Full weekend coverage needed
• Advanced Heart Failure Cardiology

Schedule

• Friday 5:00 PM Monday 8:00 AM
• Saturday and Sunday rounding required
• Approximately 8 hours onsite each day for rounding
• Coverage after onsite rounding transitions to call
• Overnight call required
• Provider must be available for the entire weekend coverage period
• Daily overtime applies after 8 hours

Practice Setting

• Advanced Heart Failure Center
• Integrated Advanced Heart Failure Cardiology and Surgical program
• Inpatient and clinic coverage
• High-acuity cardiac patient population
• No telehealth
• High-volume and growing Advanced Heart Failure program

Patient Population

• Advanced and complex heart failure
• Cardiogenic shock
• Patients requiring short-term mechanical circulatory support

Clinical Responsibilities

• Provide Advanced Heart Failure Cardiology coverage
• Perform weekend inpatient rounding
• Provide overnight call coverage
• Manage complex and advanced heart failure patients
• Manage cardiogenic shock
• Manage short-term mechanical circulatory support
• Impella management
• ECMO management
• Provide comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic heart failure care
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary cardiac and surgical teams
• Manage clinic patients independently when applicable

Mechanical Circulatory Support

• Percutaneous Impella
• Surgical Impella
• ECMO
• No LVAD implantation currently performed
• Heart transplantation is not performed onsite
• Program works closely with 4 regional heart transplant referral centers

Support Staff

• Multidisciplinary Advanced Heart Failure team
• APP typically rounds with the physician in the hospital
• Physician must be comfortable rounding independently if APP coverage is unavailable due to PTO or CME
• Clinic patients are managed independently by the physician

Requirements

• MD or DO
• Board Certified or Board Eligible by ABIM in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
• Completion of an ACGME-accredited Heart Failure fellowship
• Proficiency with short-term mechanical circulatory support
• Impella experience required
• ECMO experience required
• More than 5 years of post-fellowship experience preferred
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Comfortable working within a large multidisciplinary team

Submission Requirements

• NPDB report must be no more than 3 months old
• Clear NPDB required
• Candidates with NPDB reports/issues will not be accepted

Ideal Candidate

An experienced Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist with strong expertise in cardiogenic shock, Impella, ECMO, and short-term mechanical circulatory support. This opportunity is particularly well suited for a physician seeking recurring weekend coverage who is comfortable managing high-acuity heart failure patients both collaboratively and independently.

by Jobble