Part Time Staff Physician- Cardiology
About The Position
The Detroit VA Medical Center is searching for a Board Eligible/Board Certified part time Cardiologist to serve on the staff of a very active academic cardiology section with clinical strengths in electrophysiology, interventional cardiology, advanced heart failure/transplant and imaging. Skills in the performance, supervision and interpretation of cardiac imaging studies, including nuclear cardiology, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography are highly desired. Opportunity exists to perform diagnostic cardiac catheterization but not therapeutic coronary or structural interventions. In addition to cardiac imaging, clinical duties include managing patients on the inpatient ward and outpatient specialty clinics. In support of VA's teaching mission, the incumbent will provide supervisory oversight of fellows, residents, and medical students. Candidates with demonstrated effectiveness in teaching and passion for mentoring are desired. The Detroit Outpatient Clinic offers the full spectrum of noninvasive Cardiology care, including daily outpatient Cardiology clinic, interpretation of exercise stress tests, echocardiograms, ECGs, and Holter monitors.
Requirements
- Board Eligible/Board Certified
- 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
Nice To Haves
- Skills in the performance, supervision and interpretation of cardiac imaging studies, including nuclear cardiology, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography
- Candidates with demonstrated effectiveness in teaching and passion for mentoring are desired.
Responsibilities
- See new and returning cardiac patients, document, and code in the Computerized Patient Record System CPRS.
- Answer phone and E-consult cardiology requests from Jacksonville and associated CBOCs.
- Supervise Medical Instrument Technicians and interpret ECG, Stress Test and transthoracic echocardiograms.
- Supervise administering echo contrast or bubble contrast during echocardiograms as needed, and interrogate cardiac devices (after appropriate training).
- Help with remoted ECG, ETT, Holter and echo reading as needed systemwide.
Benefits
- Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP)
- 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)
- 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)
- Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
- No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Administration of Human Resource Programs
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
