Cardiologist

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Make a meaningful impact in the lives of Veterans as a Cardiologist at the John JPershing VA Medical Center - part of the national VA Cardiology Hub-and-Spoke initiative
• Provide vital cardiovascular care to rural Veterans while benefiting from a structured - collaborative system that supports continuity of care across sites
• Provide comprehensive - patient-centered care for veterans - delivering a full spectrum of cardiology services in outpatient - inpatient - and urgent care settings
• Perform and interpret diagnostic tests such as echocardiograms - stress tests (nuclear - chemical - and routine treadmill) - Holter monitor readings - and electrocardiograms (EKGs)
• Manage specialty clinics - including Congestive Heart Failure Clinic and post-acute myocardial infarction (AMI)/stent follow-up clinic
• Conduct cardiac clearance for surgical procedures
• Provide telephone consultations - electronic consultations (eConsult) - and informal (\"curbside\") consultations to enhance collaboration with providers across the Medical Center and Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs)
• Work closely with specialty care leadership and clinical staff to foster professional collaboration and improve patient outcomes

Requirements

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia
• Completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
• Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) - OR [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - OR (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences]
• Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs)
• PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis
• PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision
• Surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
• Proficiency in spoken and written English

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements
• Current - full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia
• Completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
• Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) - OR [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - OR (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences]
• Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs)
• PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis
• PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision
• Surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
• Proficiency in spoken and written English

Skills

• Ability to perform and interpret diagnostic tests such as echocardiograms - stress tests (nuclear - chemical - and routine treadmill) - Holter monitor readings - and electrocardiograms (EKGs)
• Experience managing specialty clinics - including Congestive Heart Failure Clinic and post-acute myocardial infarction (AMI)/stent follow-up clinic
• Experience conducting cardiac clearance for surgical procedures
• Experience providing telephone consultations - electronic consultations (eConsult) - and informal (\"curbside\") consultations to enhance collaboration with providers across the Medical Center and Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs)
• Experience working closely with specialty care leadership and clinical staff to foster professional collaboration and improve patient outcomes

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual performance bonus
• Regular salary increases
• 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)
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting)
• 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
• No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Pay

• Competitive salary

Schedule

• Monday-Friday - 8:00am-4:30pm