Pediatric Cardiologist - Heart Transplant and Advanced Heart Failure

Position Summary

Posting Note: Phoenix Children's - Division of Cardiology, is actively seeking up to 2 full-time faculty to join the Advanced Heart Failure - Cardiac Transplant Team at the level of Instructor, Assistant, or Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Child Health. The program performs an average of 12-15 heart transplants annually, follows heart failure patients in both the inpatient and outpatient setting and supports a mechanical circulatory support program offering the full range of pediatric and adult devices. The successful applicant will join our heart transplant team, consisting of three physician members, five NP transplant coordinators, a dedicated VAD coordinator, and interdisciplinary members in areas of nutrition, pharmacy, social work and child psychology. Applicants must have an M.D. or equivalent degree, be board certified or board eligible in Pediatric Cardiology by the American Board of Pediatrics and eligible for medical licensure in the State of Arizona. Candidates will have already completed an ACGME accredited 3-year fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology, with additional year of advanced subspecialty training in pediatric advanced heart failure including management of cardiac transplant patients and mechanical circulatory support.

Candidates should demonstrate a rigorous academic focus preferably in clinical and/or translational research, however, basic science opportunities are also available. Academic clinical faculty appointments will be facilitated at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix and Tucson, Creighton University School of Medicine, and Mayo Clinic School of Medicine - Scottsdale. Additional research collaborations exist with the Translational Genomics Research Institute (tGen) and the Arizona State University, Department of Bioengineering.

The Division of Cardiology currently hosts a fellowship training program in general pediatric cardiology with 9 fellows distributed over 3 years. The Phoenix Children's Center for Heart Care also hosts subspecialty fellowships in pediatric cardiac critical care, advanced cardiac imaging, and interventional cardiac catheterization. The inpatient service includes a 48-bed CV intensive care unit and transition care unit. Patient care is interdisciplinary involving transplant cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, and dedicated cardiac NP and PA providers. The provision of both workplace based and didactic teaching to fellows, residents, medical students, and nurses is an expectation in this role. The successful candidate(s) will join our program with 24 cardiologists, 13 cardiac intensivists, 3 cardiovascular surgeons, and 25 advanced practice providers. Inpatient pediatric cardiac care is centered at the Phoenix Children's Hospital while adult congenital inpatient care and procedures are also provided at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. Ambulatory cardiac services for transplant and heart failure are centered at the Center for Heart Care - Thomas Campus.

The Phoenix metropolitan area is the 5th largest metropolitan area in the United States with a population of ~1.6M and an estimated pediatric population of 1M in Maricopa county alone. Phoenix Children's is one of the largest freestanding children's health systems in the nation with 533 licensed beds and a faculty of over 1200 employed / affiliated physicians. Phoenix is consistently ranked among the Best Places to live in the United States and boasts over 300 sunny days per year and convenient access to ocean and mountain attractions.

Interested candidates should send a curriculum vitae with a cover letter of introduction to:

David Blaha
Physician Talent Acquisition Partner

The staff physician shall provide patient care services and will support the Phoenix Children's mission of providing hope, healing and the best health care for children and their families.

Position Duties

• Patient Care Services

  1) Provide patient care services for which he/she is clinically privileged, including but not limited to:
  a) Provide direct patient care services on an inpatient and outpatient basis
  b) Provide subspecialty consultations and follow-up.
  c) Provide diagnostic and therapeutic services/procedures
  d) Provide these services for urgent/ emergent care as necessary
  2) Strive to achieve the best patient and family centered care
  3) Support Hospital's patient satisfaction goals as well as division's specific targets
  4) Support and adhere to divisional patient safety and quality of care standards
  5) Practices Contemporary Evidence based medicine or latest experience based medicine

• Divisional Responsibilities

  1) Establish and demonstrate effort to achieve annual physician goals and objectives (e.g. individual, division, hospital)
  2) Support the medical education programs and activities of the Division, including but not limited to:
  a) Provide direct supervision of trainees and allied health care professionals for the delivery of inpatient and outpatient services when applicable
  b) Conduct teaching rounds, lectures and conference for trainees
  c) Participate in the teaching and supervision of trainees and allied health care professionals assigned to the division
  d) Participate in the postgraduate continuing educational activities of the division
  3) Support the research endeavors of the division including the research initiatives by other members of the division
  4) Support programmatic growth of division
  5) Support satellite efforts of division when appropriate

• Professionalism

  1) Treat colleagues, Phoenix Children's employees and customers with courtesy, dignity and respect
  2) Promote safe, cooperative and professional health care environment
  3) Support Phoenix Children's mission, vision and values, including family centered care, excellence in clinical care, leadership, collaboration, and accountability

• Other activities

  1) Physician shall support the Division Chief in his/her role as liaison to the professional community and general public as requested by the Division Chief
  2) Physician may conduct teaching rounds or conferences outside of Phoenix Children's, particularly if these activities support divisional clinical and teaching programs/ initiatives.
  3) Physician shall represent Phoenix Children's in the medical and business communities and before the general public in a professional manner
  4) The following physical and mental skills are essential to the physician's ability to successfully perform the foregoing duties and responsibilities:
  a) The ability to communicate by telephone, computer or other communication devices
  b) The ability to perform after hours or night call responsibilities as needed
  c) The ability to work regularly scheduled work hours

• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.