MEDICAL DIRECTOR - Cardiovascular Intensive Care

Program Specifications

The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio is recruiting a highly motivated and skilled physician with fellowship training in critical care medicine to become the CVICU Director at our main hospital. This position provides clinical direction, education and leadership to the CVICU and serves as a liaison with Medical Staff, the Heart & Vascular Institute, and The Christ Hospital Physicians (TCHP) leadership.

This physician will lead a talented and multidisciplinary group (with backgrounds in critical care medicine, cardiology, advanced heart failure, emergency medicine and cardiac anesthesiology), providing 24/7 in-house care for our 28 bed CVICU. The Christ Hospital has a robust and advanced cardiothoracic program and is a regional referral center for cardiogenic shock, LVAD, ECMO, heart transplantation, multivalvular interventions, and complex cardiac care.

Critical care cases include managing a wide range of critical illness and cardiac conditions such as severe valvular disease, AMI, cardiogenic shock, dissections, mechanical cardiac support, heart transplantation and chronic heart failure.

Responsibilities

CVICU DIRECTOR

• Collaborate on all clinically related CVICU activities.
• Develop, review, revise, and implement policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of care, treatment, and services of the Service Line.
• Monitor, evaluate and provide performance feedback to physicians, related to CVICU.
• Serve as spokesperson to all internal and external CVICU related concerns.
• Promote physician engagement and wellness initiatives.
• Devise, promote, and implement strategies for CVICU growth and development - as directed by HVI Executive leadership.
• Establish partnerships with industry, healthcare insurance leaders (payers), and employers to promote the cardiovascular intensive care.
• Establish partnerships with other physicians and groups at TCHHN and community hospitals.
• Participate in national scientific meetings, including publications and presentations.
• Oversee provider performance issues including scheduling, rounding, behavior, productivity, documentation, policy adherence.

CARDIAC INTENSIVIST MEDICAL DIRECTOR

• 1.0 FTE – 0.1 FTE Administrative as Director, with 0.9 FTE as Cardiac Intensivist covering CVICU – 12hr shift model, fixed compensation, supported team with APPs and clinical pharmacy.
• Expectation for 13 twelve hour in-house shifts per month (0.9 clinical FTE), which may be daytime (6a-6p) or nighttime (6p-6a), typically grouped as consecutive days to provide continuity of patient care – such as 7 on / 7 off model.
• In CVICU – As part of direct patient care, the intensivist may provide instruction to general cardiology fellows and/or internal medicine residents (elective rotation); In addition, the CVICU is an optional clinical rotation for student APPs.

Qualifications

• Fellowship training in critical care medicine (board certified or board eligible).
• Additional training and experience with ECMO, LVAD, and cardiac transplant desired.
• Experience managing patients in the immediate postoperative period s/p heart transplant is preferred.
• Experience in perioperative care of cardiothoracic surgery patients is preferred.
• Individuals with unique training, job experience, or backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
• Eligibility for Ohio medical license and DEA certificate.