Physician - Peds Imaging & Fetal Cardiology

MultiCare Health System•Tacoma, WA

2d•$428,000 - $650,000

About The Position

The Pediatric Imaging & Fetal Cardiologist is a board-certified or board-eligible pediatric cardiologist providing inpatient and outpatient fetal and imaging-focused cardiology care for fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and adults with congenital and acquired heart disease across Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and affiliated regional sites. The physician evaluates and manages patients using advanced cardiac imaging, including fetal echocardiography, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, and cardiac CT and MRI. The role collaborates with pediatric cardiology, maternal-fetal medicine, obstetrics, neonatology, congenital cardiac surgery, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, critical care, anesthesia, genetics, and imaging teams to support diagnosis, procedural and delivery planning, counseling, and longitudinal care. The position contributes to Heart Center operations, fetal heart program development, quality and safety initiatives, education, and regional outreach, supporting comprehensive fetal, pediatric, and congenital cardiac imaging services.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited medical school with an MD or DO.
Washington State licensure to practice medicine as a physician.
Board eligible or board certified in Pediatric Cardiology at the time of employment, with additional advanced cardiac imaging training.
Advanced training and/or demonstrated experience in fetal cardiology.
At least three years of experience with fetal echocardiography, prenatal counseling, and congenital heart disease imaging.
DEA, NPI, and prescriptive authority.
Current BLS for Healthcare Providers certification from the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

Evaluate, treat, and provide follow-up care to patients assigned by the Heart Center, including medical and cardiac imaging management of fetal, pediatric, and adult congenital patients.
Interpret fetal echocardiograms and provide consultation.
Provide prenatal counseling for suspected or confirmed congenital heart disease.
Develop fetal surveillance, delivery plans, and postnatal care recommendations in collaboration with maternal-fetal medicine, obstetrics, neonatology, and cardiac surgery teams.
Provide OR transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) coverage.
Provide cardiac CT and MRI services as appropriate based on training and program needs.
Provide inpatient and outpatient pediatric cardiology care.
Provide imaging support for congenital and adult congenital heart disease patients.
Support development and growth of the Mary Bridge Children’s Fetal Heart Center through multidisciplinary fetal case review, care pathway development, quality improvement, and regional referral growth.
Collaborate with maternal-fetal medicine, obstetric, neonatal, cardiac surgery, and referring provider partners to support coordinated prenatal diagnosis, family-centered counseling, delivery planning, and transition to postnatal cardiac care.
Cooperate with Heart Center management and governance activities as reasonably necessary.
Participate in Heart Center clinical operations, quality and safety initiatives, program development, and education of physicians, APPs, sonographers, nurses, trainees, and referring providers.
Keep clinical skills and knowledge current through study of medical literature and continuing medical education.