Physician - Cardiology - General

Sanford Health•Sioux Falls, SD

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Cardiovascular Institute is seeking a BE/BC General Cardiologist to join its current group of five general cardiologists, one advanced imager, two cardiac electrophysiologist, three interventional cardiologists and three cardiothoracic vascular surgeons and 22 APPs. This position encompasses the full scope of General Cardiology responsibilities including inpatient rounding, outpatient appointments, robust outreach program, and reading Cardiology diagnostic testing. The role offers skilled supportive colleagues with decades of experience, strong mentorship, and collaboration among the team. The institute also has comprehensive Fellowship programs, including accredited General Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship programs. Fellows are actively involved in research and procedural training. There are currently 9 General Fellows and 1 IC, with 1 Fellow in house at night, 7 days a week, who take first call for the attending cardiologist on call.

Requirements

M.D. or D.O. degree.
Successful completion of a hospital affiliated Internal Medicine residency program.
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.
Level 1 (Cardiology) – Providers who will practice noninvasive cardiology and whose invasive activities will be confined to critical care unit procedures.
An applicant who has just completed a fellowship shall provide his/her residency or fellowship log.
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).
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).

Nice To Haves

Level 2 (Invasive Cardiology) – Providers who will practice diagnostic but not interventional cardiac catheterization.
Level 3 (Interventional Cardiology) – Providers who will practice diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization.

Responsibilities

Inpatient rounding
Outpatient appointments
Robust outreach program
Reading Cardiology diagnostic testing
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.