Medical Director - Cardiovascular Intensive Care (THE CHRIST HOSPITAL - CINCINNATI, OH)

MEDICAL DIRECTOR - CVICU

This position provides clinical direction, education and leadership to the CVICU and serves as a liaison with Medical Staff, the Heart & Vascular Institute, and The Christ Hospital Physicians (TCHP) leadership. This physician will lead a talented and multidisciplinary group (with backgrounds in critical care medicine, cardiology, advanced heart failure, emergency medicine and cardiac anesthesiology), providing 24/7 in-house care for our 28 bed CVICU. The Christ Hospital has a robust and advanced cardiothoracic program and is a regional referral center for cardiogenic shock, LVAD, ECMO, heart transplantation, multivalvular interventions, and complex cardiac care. Critical care cases include managing a wide range of critical illness and cardiac conditions such as severe valvular disease, AMI, cardiogenic shock, dissections, mechanical cardiac support, heart transplantation and chronic heart failure.

PROGRAM SPECIFICS:

• 555 bed hospital

• "The Heart Hospital" of the Tristate area and nationally amongst the Top 50

• 28 bed CVICU with major focus on cardiogenic shock, mechanical circulatory support, biventricular support, heart transplantation, total artificial heart, LVAD implantation

• Perioperative care for > 1000 Cardiopulmonary bypass cases per year

• Affiliation with Lindner Research Institute, Clinical Trial Research opportunities if desired

• Open CVICU with collaborative collegial work environment - intensivist manages primarily with closed loop communication with heart failure cardiology, cardiac surgery and cardiac transplant surgery

• 2 Physicians during the day, 1 Physician at night + 3 APPs during the day, 2 APPs at night

CVICU DIRECTOR JOB SPECIFICS:

1. Clinical

• Collaborate on all clinically related CVICU activities.

• Develop, review, revise, and implement policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of care, treatment, and services of the Service Line.

2. Leadership

• Monitor, evaluate and provide performance feedback to physicians, related to CVICU.

• Support the education and clinical experience of physicians in training.

• Serve as spokesperson to all internal and external CVICU related concerns.

• Promote physician engagement and wellness initiatives.

• Devise, promote, and implement strategies for CVICU growth and development - as directed by HVI Executive leadership.

• Establish partnerships with industry, healthcare insurance leaders (payers), and employers to promote the cardiovascular intensive care.

• Establish partnerships with other physicians and groups at TCHHN and community hospitals.

• Participate in national scientific meetings, including publications and presentations.

3. Quality

• Continually assess and improve quality of care, treatment, and services.

• Develop and facilitate the implementation of evidence based clinical guidelines and evaluate their effectiveness.

• Monitor, improve and report on quality and performance metrics.

• Oversee provider performance issues including scheduling, rounding, behavior, productivity, documentation, policy adherence.

4. Administration

• Serve as collaborative point of contact to deliver communication to and from physician members of CVICU.

• Establish regular meetings with physicians regarding departmental concerns, access, and satisfaction.

• Assist in development and management of capital, revenue and expense budget for CVICU.

• Meet regularly (at least quarterly) with and report to HVI President and Executive Director.

• Attend and participate in meetings associated with the Heart & Vascular Institute.

CARDIAC INTENSIVIST MEDICAL DIRECTOR - JOB SPECIFICS:

• 1.0 FTE - 0.1 FTE Administrative as Director, with 0.9 FTE as Cardiac Intensivist covering CVICU - 12hr shift model, fixed compensation, supported team with APPs and clinical pharmacy

• Expectation for 13 twelve-hour in-house shifts per month (0.9 clinical FTE); may be daytime (6a-6p) or nighttime (6p-6a), typically grouped as consecutive days to provide continuity of patient care - such as 7 on / 7 off model.

• In CVICU - As part of direct patient care, the intensivist may provide instruction to general cardiology fellows and/or internal medicine residents (elective rotation); In addition, the CVICU is an optional clinical rotation for student APPs.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Fellowship training in critical care medicine (board certified or board eligible)

• Additional training and experience with ECMO, LVAD, and cardiac transplant desired

• Experience managing patients in the immediate postoperative period s/p heart transplant is preferred

• Experience in perioperative care of cardiothoracic surgery patients is preferred

• Individuals with unique training, job experience, or backgrounds are encouraged to apply

• Eligibility for Ohio medical license and DEA certificate