Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist (Critical Care)

Children's Mercy KC•Kansas City, MO

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Division of Critical Care at Children's Mercy Kansas City is seeking a full-time Cardiac intensivist to join its Division. The Division currently provides coverage of a 24-bed dedicated cardiac intensive care unit and the candidate will join a team of 10 cardiac intensivists. The cardiac ICU cares for a growing population of infants and children with congenital and acquired heart disease. The program currently performs approximately 400 cardiopulmonary bypass cases annually and has a growing cardiomyopathy/cardiac transplantation program that includes a Ventricular Assist Device program. The institution has an active ECMO program that performs approximately 40 cases annually and has mobile ECMO capabilities. Clinical services are comprised of a team-based model with an excellent collaborative network of peers from various cardiology areas of expertise (heart failure, interventional cardiology, imaging, electrophysiology, etc.) and 4 excellent cardiovascular surgical colleagues. Clinical teams are supported with an outstanding group of APPs providing 24/7 coverage. PICU and Cardiology fellows rotate through the unit and the Division has just started its 4th year training program for a CICU fellow. The institution has recently announced plans for construction of a new Critical Care tower that will expand the existing unit to an integrated 48 bed progressive care unit to care for all heart center inpatients in a single place.

Requirements

Dual board certification in critical care/cardiology or focused cardiac ICU training in addition to critical care training.
Willingness to be vaccinated for seasonal influenza.
Willingness to be vaccinated if found non-immune to measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and chicken pox (varicella) and/or without evidence of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination since 2005.
Ability to maintain professional relationships with fellow employees, patients, parents and visitors.
Successful completion of a criminal background investigation.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a growing cardiomyopathy/cardiac transplantation program that includes a Ventricular Assist Device program.
Experience with an active ECMO program.
Experience with mobile ECMO capabilities.

Responsibilities

Provide coverage of a 24-bed dedicated cardiac intensive care unit.
Care for a growing population of infants and children with congenital and acquired heart disease.
Participate in a team-based model with a collaborative network of peers and cardiovascular surgical colleagues.
Support clinical teams with an outstanding group of APPs providing 24/7 coverage.
Potentially mentor PICU and Cardiology fellows who rotate through the unit.
Contribute to the CICU fellow training program.