Cardiovascular Critical Care Physician

MaineHealth; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 450,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Recruitment incentives

Productivity incentives

Quality incentives

Job summary

MaineHealth Maine Medical Center’s Cardiovascular Service Line seeks a highly experienced, full-time Intensivist to manage critically ill patients in Cardiac Medical and Cardiac Surgical ICUs. You will join a multidisciplinary team delivering advanced cardiac critical care, ECMO, TEE, POCUS, and MCS programs.

The role offers a base salary of $500,000 with comprehensive benefits and a Total Rewards package, including relocation assistance and incentives.

Qualifications

• Board certification in Critical Care Medicine is required.
• Significant experience in cardiac critical care and tertiary/quaternary centers.
• Proven expertise in ECMO programs and mechanical circulatory support.
• Ability to lead in a multidisciplinary cardiovascular team.

Responsibilities

• Manage critically ill patients in Cardiac Medical and Cardiac Surgical ICUs.
• Provide advanced hemodynamic monitoring and critical care oversight.
• Collaborate with cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, and ECMO teams.
• Lead quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.

Skills

Critical care medicine

Cardiac critical care

Leadership

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Board Certification in Critical Care Medicine

Experience in Cardiac Critical Care

Tools

POCUS

TEE

ECMO

IABP

LVAD

Job description

MaineHealth Maine Medical Center’s Cardiovascular Service Line is seeking a highly experienced, full-time Intensivist with extensive expertise in both Cardiac Medical Intensive Care and Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive critical care management for patients with complex cardiovascular conditions and advanced circulatory support needs.

Position Overview

The Intensivist will be responsible for the management of critically ill patients in both Cardiac Medical ICUs and Cardiac Surgical ICUs, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, advanced practice providers, nurses, perfusionists, and allied healthcare professionals.

Candidates must demonstrate strong competency in general critical care medicine while possessing advanced expertise in the management of cardiovascular critical illness, cardiogenic shock, mechanical circulatory support, and extracorporeal life support.

Required Clinical Expertise

Critical Care and Cardiovascular Management

• Comprehensive management of critically ill patients in Cardiac Medical and Cardiac Surgical ICUs.
• Expert-level proficiency in general critical care medicine.
• Advanced management of acute decompensated heart failure and cardiogenic shock
• Diagnosis and management of all forms of shock, including cardiogenic, distributive, obstructive, and mixed shock states.
• Post-cardiac arrest care, including targeted neurological and hemodynamic management.
• Post-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) management.
• Comprehensive postoperative cardiac surgery care.

Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring

• Pulmonary artery catheter insertion, interpretation, and management.
• Advanced hemodynamic assessment and monitoring.
• Expertise in goal-directed resuscitation and shock management.

Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Echocardiography

• Advanced proficiency in Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS).
• Experience with resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE).

Mechanical Circulatory Support

• Management of all forms of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), including:VA-ECMO,VV-ECMO,Hybrid ECMO configurations.
• ECMO cannulation experience strongly preferred.
• Management of: Impella devices,Intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP),Durable and temporary ventricular assist devices (LVADs and other MCS platforms)
• Expertise in escalation, weaning, troubleshooting, and decannulation planning of mechanical circulatory support systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Board Certification in Critical Care Medicine.
• Additional training or significant experience in Cardiac Critical Care.
• Demonstrated experience in high-acuity tertiary or quaternary care centers.
• Proven expertise in advanced mechanical circulatory support and ECMO programs.
• Experience working collaboratively with cardiothoracic surgery, advanced heart failure, interventional cardiology, and transplant teams.

Key Attributes

• Excellent clinical judgment and decision-making skills.
• Strong leadership and multidisciplinary collaboration capabilities.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and patient safety.
• Ability to manage complex cardiovascular critical care patients in a high-acuity environment.

This position offers the opportunity to practice at the highest level of cardiac critical care while caring for some of the most complex cardiovascular patients, including those requiring advanced mechanical circulatory support and extracorporeal life support.

At MaineHealth, we recognize the value each team member brings to our organization. Total compensation packages may include, based on eligibility, recruitment payments, relocation assistance, productivity incentives, and quality incentives.

The clinical base salary for this position is $500,000.

In addition to base pay, MaineHealth offerscomprehensivebenefits, recognition programs and career growth opportunities.

Portland, Maine, situated on the Maine coast, Portland offers the best of urban sophistication combined with small-town friendliness. The area provides four season recreational opportunities, such as skiing, hiking, sailing, and miles of beautiful beaches. Just two hours north of Boston, this is an exceptionally diverse and vibrant community.

MaineHealth is a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, “Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America.” MaineHealth consists of nine local health systems, a comprehensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and 1,700 employed clinicians working together through the MaineHealth Medical Group. With approximately 22,000 care team members, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire. MaineHealth offers a Total Rewards package that includes comprehensive and competitive benefits, along with programs and resources to meet the diverse needs of our workforce.

To learn more about our system please visit www.mainehealth.org and our benefits page.