Supervisory Cardiologist

Job Title

Physician

Duties

The successful applicant must have excellent communication skills and ability to work with all staff. Duties will include but are not limited to:

• Provide a full range of supervisor duties and managing employee performance.
• Provide comprehensive medical and selected specialty services for outpatients.
• Attend Medicine Service meetings, and meetings with other medical center staff.
• Diagnose, treat, and manage patients with cardiovascular disease according to standard techniques and guidelines.
• Provide services such outpatient and inpatient cardiology consultation and ongoing patient management in outpatient and inpatient settings.
• Perform chart reviews and coordinate with Hospitalists regarding patient care issues. You will be responsible for timely documentation of patient care data in electronic medical health records, as per facility policy.
• Develop and maintain performance plans, assign and monitor work, provide guidance and coaching, approve leave and resolve conflicts.
• The physician will provide consultation services and follow up of cardiovascular patients in the inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Collaborate with Nurse Practitioners.
• Attend to patients in outpatient clinics, inpatient wards, Urgent Care, mobile clinic and telehealth clinic.
• Perform cardiology procedures such as trans-esophageal echocardiograms and electrical cardioversions, with pacemaker skills desirable but not required.
• Interpretation of ECGs, Holter and event monitor recordings and transthoracic echocardiograms.
• Perform exercise (treadmill, bicycle) or pharmacologic (dipyridamole, adenosine, Lexiscan [regadenoson], dobutamine) cardiac stress testing (current ACLS certification required for privileging)
• Establish professional working relationships with clinical service providers within the medical center and the Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs).
• Required to participate in the education of medical students and residents.
• Participate in the performance evaluation process.
• Maintain VA training requirements, with upkeep of credentials, state license and DEA Registration as required.
• BLS and ACLS Certification required.
• Privileges to admit, evaluate, diagnose, and provide treatment or consultative services to patients over the age of 18 years old presenting with cardiovascular disease.
• Use of pharmacologic agents in association with radionuclide imaging

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Authorized; may be offered to a highly qualified candidate.

Not authorized

: This position is eligible for EDRP, a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of your start date. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP Participants are ineligible to apply for the program. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io for questions/assistance.

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Full-time. 8:00am - 4:30pm. A compressed schedule may be available.