Pediatric Hospitalist - Cardiology

Children's Mercy KC • Kansas City, MO

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Ward Family Heart Center at Children's Mercy Kansas City is seeking a full-time Pediatric Hospitalist to join their team. The successful candidate will join an existing group of 43 cardiologists, 4 CV surgeons, and over 40 APNs. The Children’s Mercy Heart Center serves a population of over 5 million and performs a high volume of cardiac operations, catheterizations, outpatient visits, and echocardiograms annually. The center boasts state-of-the-art catheterization labs, telehealth capabilities, and extensive super-specialty resources including Electrophysiology, Cardiac Transplantation/Heart Failure, Interventional Cardiology, and Advanced Cardiac Imaging. Specialized care is also provided in Fetal Cardiology, Interstage Monitoring, Preventive Cardiology, Cardiac Genetics, Cardio-oncology, Single Ventricle Survivorship, Pulmonary Hypertension, a POTS clinic, and Cardiac Neurodevelopmental services.

Requirements

• MD or DO
• Trainees in their final year of residency are welcome to apply
• Board Eligible or Certified in Pediatrics
• Experience and interest in pediatric Cardiology
• Unwavering commitment to excellence, integrity, collegiality, antiracism, and respect for inclusion of individuals with diverse backgrounds.

Nice To Haves

• Residency trained pediatrician with interest in cardiology to provide care for infants and children with congenital, acquired, or complex cardiovascular conditions.

Responsibilities

• Primary responsibilities will center on inpatient clinical care within the dedicated Acute Care Cardiac team, participating in multidisciplinary rounds.
• Caring for infants and children with congenital, acquired, or complex cardiovascular conditions requiring intermediate level care.
• Working with sub-specialty teams, cardiology dedicated APRNs, medical students, cardiology nursing, nutrition, PT/OT, pharmacy, social work, care management, and more.
• Anticipating day with an emphasis on evening coverage.

Benefits

• Seasonal influenza vaccine is a condition of employment
• 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.
• Medical and/or religious exemptions can be discussed with Human Resources.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level