Physician (Regular Ft) Cardiologist

Department of Veterans Affairs • Northport, NY

44d • Onsite

About The Position

Northport VAMC is looking for a full-time Non-Invasive Board Certified Cardiologist. Northport VA Medical Center supports the Network 2 Mission to care for our Veterans with compassion and excellence. The Northport VA Healthcare System is seeking an experienced, full-time non-invasive Cardiologist (M.D. or D.O.) who is board-certified. Duties include overseeing all aspects of cardiac care delivered to referred patients and participating in daily ambulatory/outpatient Cardiology clinic services at our Northport VA Healthcare Systems VA Medical Center. The Cardiologist will consult, manage, and provide education and counseling of Veterans in preventative care and apply evidence-based care for various cardiac conditions while supervising comprehensive outpatient cardiac procedures. The facility can perform a wide variety of outpatient Cardiology services, including EKG and Arrhythmia monitoring interpretation, echocardiograms, exercise and pharmacologic stress echocardiograms, Transesophageal echocardiograms, and cardioversions. The Cardiologist will establish a professional relationship with clinical service providers within the outpatient center, provide telephone and curbside consultations, and screen consultative and procedural requests for appropriateness.

Requirements

• Board Certified Cardiologist
• M.D. or D.O.
• Board-certified
• 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Responsibilities

• Overseeing all aspects of cardiac care delivered to referred patients
• Participating in daily ambulatory/outpatient Cardiology clinic services
• Consulting, managing, and providing education and counseling of Veterans in preventative care
• Applying evidence-based care for various cardiac conditions
• Supervising comprehensive outpatient cardiac procedures
• Performing EKG and Arrhythmia monitoring interpretation
• Performing echocardiograms, exercise and pharmacologic stress echocardiograms, Transesophageal echocardiograms, and cardioversions
• Establishing a professional relationship with clinical service providers within the outpatient center
• Providing telephone and curbside consultations
• Screening consultative and procedural requests for appropriateness

Benefits

• 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 a 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)
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees