Physician | Cardiology - Non-Invasive Job

Physician | Cardiology - Non-Invasive Job | OK 74127

Seeking staff Cardiologist with the Tulsa, Oklahoma VA

Job Description

Seeking Talented Staff Physicians for the Section of Cardiology Non-invasive to Join Our Healthcare Team in Tulsa, OK.

The James Mountain Inhofe Veterans Affairs Medical Center (JMIVAMC) is seeking applications for the position of staff physician, Cardiology Non-invasive. We‘re seeking a board-certified, full-time employed physician to join our Cardiology Non-invasive department at the Eastern Oklahoma VA Medical Center Hospital. Our ideal candidate will enjoy a busy clinical practice and be dual board-certified in Cardiology and Internal Medicine. We are specifically seeking someone with an interest in Echocardiography, stress testing, Holter, event monitors. This opportunity has a combination outpatient and inpatient consults and management. Supports 58-bed VA hospital in Tulsa. Reports to the Chief of Medicine Specialty. Non-supervisory. 

The Staff Physicians may have teaching opportunities due to our association with Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (OSUCOM) and the Oklahoma University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (OUCOM) program. Qualified applicants will have an MD/DO, current medical license and be board-certified or eligible in Cardiology. The ideal candidate for the staff physician positions will be suitable for academic appointment at OSUCOM and OUCOM. At the level of assistant, associate, or full professor, as supported by a strong track record of academic and/or clinical excellence. Applicants must also be eligible for appointment at the VA. The clinical activities of the Section of Cardiology span the breath of the subspecialty and are strongly supported by surgery, pathology, radiology, and the other staff members of the Medicine Service.

Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday-Friday, (May be required to work evenings or weekends as a 24/7 Full-Time Physician).

• Must be U.S. Citizen – Non-US Citizens may be considered

• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the U.S.

• Board Certification in Cardiology and Internal Medicine is preferred, but Board Eligibility may also be considered.

Community Information

Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa metropolitan area, a region with 1,023,988 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, with urban development extending into Osage, Rogers and Wagoner counties.

Tulsa was settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American tribe and most of Tulsa is still part of the territory of the Muskogee (Creek) Nation. It is situated on the Arkansas River between the Osage Hills and the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in northeast Oklahoma, a region of the state known as ‘Green Country‘. Considered the cultural and arts center of Oklahoma, Tulsa houses two art museums, full-time professional opera and ballet companies, and one of the nation‘s largest concentrations of art deco architecture.

Benefits and Features

Expected Salary

• Salary range is $320,000 to $400,000 & potential for annual performance bonus up to $15,000

• A sign-on bonus will be offered.

Contract buyout program: VHA Contract Buy Out Program: This position may be eligible for the Physician / Provider Contract Buy Out Program (CBOP), which authorizes VHA to buy out service contracts (Locum agreements, loan repayments, sign-on bonus contracts, Physician-owned practices) in exchange for employment at certain rural or highly rural facilities for a period of obligated service (minimum 4 years).