Physician - Cardiologist(General/Invasive/Interventional)

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 230,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Federal pension

Federal health insurance

Job summary

The Dayton VAMC Medical Service in Dayton, Ohio, is recruiting a Cardiologist for a full-time position. The role offers the federal pay scale, annual bonuses, generous paid time off, and a comprehensive array of health and retirement benefits.

Duties include evaluating and treating patients with cardiovascular diseases, performing echocardiography, interpreting ECGs, and supporting emergency and consultative services. This role provides opportunities to care for Veterans across all ages.

Responsibilities

• Admit, evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with diseases of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels and manage complex cardiac conditions
• Assess, stabilize, and determine disposition of patients with emergent conditions per medical staff policy
• Perform adult transthoracic echocardiography
• Ambulatory electrocardiology monitor interpretation
• ECG interpretation, including signal-averaged ECG
• Infusion and management of antithrombotic and thrombolytic agents
• Insertion and management of central venous catheters and arterial lines
• Non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring
• Carry out history and physical exams
• Stress echocardiography and stress testing
• Tilt table testing
• Transcutaneous external pacemaker placement
• All other duties as assigned
• Pay: Competitive salary with annual performance bonus and generous paid time off; federal pension and federal 401K with contributions; comprehensive health/vision/dental insurance; licensure and CME support; work schedule 0800-1630, Monday-Friday

Job description

Summary

The Dayton VAMC Medical Service is recruiting for a Cardiologist.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine
• The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
• 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
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
• (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - in the list published for the year the residency - or fellowship if applicable - was completed
• OR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States
• OR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - 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
• Exceptions: 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 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
• Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
• In rare and unusual circumstances - the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer - who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience - accomplishments - performance - and qualifications warrant such action
• Proficiency in spoken and written English
• Preferred Experience: Cardiology Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
• Physical Requirements: See VA Handbook 5019

Duties

• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• VHA Physician Total Rewards
• Duties include - but are not limited to: Admit - evaluate - diagnose - treat - and provide consultation to patients ofall ages presenting with diseases of the heart - lungs - and blood vesselsand manage complex cardiac conditions
• Assess - stabilize - and determine disposition of patients with emergentconditions consistent with medical staff policy regarding emergency andconsultative call services
• Adult transthoracic echocardiography
• Ambulatory electro cardiology monitor interpretation
• DC Cardioversion - electrical - elective
• ECG interpretation - including signal average ECG
• Infusion and management of Gp iib/lla agents and thrombolytic agentsand antithrombotic agents
• Insertion and management of central venous catheters - pulmonary artery catheters - and arterial lines
• Non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring
• Perform history and physical exams
• Peri cardiocentesis
• Stress echocardiography (exercise and pharmacologic stress)
• Stress testing (exercise and pharmacologic stress)
• Tilt table testing
• Transcutaneous external pacemaker placement
• All other duties as assigned
• Pay: Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases Paid Time Off: 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) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and 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) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory CME: Possible $1 -000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification) Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting Work Schedule: 0800-1630 - Monday-Friday