Physician - Cardiology - Advanced Heart Failure

Sanford Health•Fargo, ND

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint. Visas Accepted N/A Specialty Cardiology - Advanced Heart Failure Practice Details Sanford Health is seeking a BC/BE Cardiologist with a strong interest in Heart Failure to join their staff at the Sanford Heart Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. Join staff including 7 general cardiologists, 3 electro-physiologists, 4 interventional cardiologist and 3 cardiothoracic surgeons as well as 10 advanced practice providers, along with a Heart Failure Specialist joining the team in February 2024. On-call is split evenly among the general cardiologists Enjoy a busy revolving schedule covering hospital/consult service, clinic, and echo/nuclear/CT/PET labs and reading. Hospital service is supported by advanced practice providers. Internal Medicine residents are assigned to hospital service. Cardiac CT, MRI & Cardio MEMS available LVAD shared care site 2 Heart Failure NPs & 2 RN Heart Failure Navigators Patient catchment area of over 1 million Community Description ABOUT SANFORD HEALTH IN FARGO Three Sanford Health Medical Center campuses in Fargo/Moorhead area State-of-the-art one-million-square-foot medical center opened in 2017, with 302 beds Level I Adult Trauma Center supported by AirMed services covering a three-state area FARGO COMMUNITY The Fargo-Moorhead and West Fargo metro area is a diverse, family-oriented community of 216,000 people that offers high quality of life and low cost of living. Outstanding schools, a vibrant business community, a thriving downtown district, cultural activities, and a wide variety of sports and recreation are just a few of the many reasons people love to call the Fargo area home. Job Description Cardiology Core Privileges include the privileges to perform history and physical examination, admit, evaluate, diagnose, treat, and provide treatment or consultative services for adult patients presenting with diseases of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels.

Requirements

M.D. or D.O. degree.
Experience can be demonstrated in one of the following ways: An applicant who has just completed a fellowship shall provide his/her residency or fellowship log. Please see criteria at the following link www.acc.org. OR An applicant who is not applying directly out of a fellowship shall provide a quality profile from hospital(s) where he/she currently has privileges showing his/her clinical activity for the past 24 months, including numbers of procedures performed morbidity, mortality, infection rates, and other complications. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement of 100 cardiology procedures. Applicants that are level 2 and 3 Cardiologist (Invasive or Interventional Cardiologist) must also include 50 cardiac catheterizations as primary operator during the past two years with satisfactory quality data (if applicable to practice). OR If a quality profile is not available from the hospital(s) where the applicant currently has privileges, documentation of the applicant’s clinical activity for the past 24 months is required. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement of 100 Cardiology procedures. Applicants that are level 2 and 3 Cardiologist (Invasive or Interventional Cardiologist) must also include 50 cardiac catheterizations as primary operator during the past two years with satisfactory quality data (if applicable to practice).
Successful completion of a hospital affiliated Internal Medicine residency program and completion of a fellowship in Cardiology accredited by the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada in the residency.
Certification by the appropriate specialty /subspecialty board of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as applicable. Those applicants who are not board certified at the time of application but who have completed their fellowship training within the last five years shall be eligible, however must achieve board certification within five years from the date of completion of their fellowship training unless the appropriate governing Board waives such requirement.

Responsibilities

perform history and physical examination
admit, evaluate, diagnose, treat, and provide treatment or consultative services for adult patients presenting with diseases of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels