Physician - Cardiologist Interventional

Department of Veterans Affairs • Jackson, MS

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About The Position

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP),a student loan payment reimbursement program.You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment.Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000)& eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application.Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply. This is an Open Continuous Announcement and may be extended beyond the current closing date until the position is filled. Eligible applications will be referred at regular intervals, as additional vacancies occur and/or on an as-needed basis during the duration of the announcement. Once a selection is made and offer is accepted the announcement may close pending no additional vacancies. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more. EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Ms. Ronda Eady at [email protected], the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance Generalized duties of a staff cardiologist are to prevent, diagnose and treat many different heart and blood vessel conditions, including those that may not have been known at the time of presentation; to teach the medical students and train the cardiology fellows; and to coordinate care with local and distant primary care and specialty providers.

Requirements

• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Responsibilities

• Perform and interpret transesophageal echos.
• Interpret transthoracic, stress, and transesophageal echos.
• Interpret: EKGs, Treadmill EKGs, Ambulatory EKGs, Rhythm strips, and Rhythm reports from Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices.
• Supervise and interpret Treadmill and Pharmacologic Stress EKGs.
• Perform elective and emergent cardioversion and defibrillation and TEE cardioversion.
• Perform and supervise cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Perform emergent transcutaneous and transvenous pacing.
• Perform Non OR emergency airway management.
• Inpatient Clinical Cardiology Teaching Rounds and Consultations in the ER, OR, ICU, Telemetry, or General Medicine units. Incidental supervision and triage of the appropriate use of telemetry.
• Review and accept or delegate requests for consultation.
• Serve as attending physician in the Cardiology Outpatient Clinic for ambulatory management of veterans with heart disease.
• Participate in Division and Department meetings CME, and VA continuing education and Quality Improvement activities.
• Complete a timely clinical note and encounter form (or workload capture) for each clinical encounter.
• Participate in rotational call for after hours and holiday coverage.
• Participate in care coordination for veterans transferred to other institutions.
• Supervise and train students, interns, residents and cardiology fellows.
• Perform cardiac cath lab procedures, including but not limited to: coronary catheterization (left and right), stent placement, angioplasty, etc.

Benefits

• Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
• Paid Time Off: 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 possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
• Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
• Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees