Staff Physician - Advanced Heart Failure

Norton Healthcare; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Norton Healthcare is looking for a board-certified or board-eligible advanced heart failure cardiologist to join their Advanced Heart Failure & Recovery Program in Louisville, Kentucky. The role involves managing complex heart failure cases, performing diagnostic procedures, and collaborating with various medical professionals to enhance patient outcomes.

The ideal candidate will be dedicated to advanced heart failure management, interested in both clinical practice and research, ensuring comprehensive care for patients, and engaging in multidisciplinary collaborations.

Qualifications

• Board-certified or board-eligible in cardiology.
• Experience with advanced heart failure management and device therapy.
• Willingness to participate in research studies.

Responsibilities

• Manage patients with heart failure of varying severity.
• Perform diagnostic procedures and assess patient conditions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for comprehensive patient care.

Skills

Heart failure management

Risk stratification

Device management

Right heart catheterizations

Telecardiology services

Education

Doctorate Degree

DO or MD

Job description

Responsibilities

The NORTON ADVANCED HEART FAILURE CLINICS is seeking a board‑certified or board‑eligible advanced heart failure cardiologist to join its expanding program. The ideal candidate will join our Advanced Heart Failure & Recovery Program, a multidisciplinary team that includes fellowship‑trained heart failure cardiologists, advanced practice providers, ventricular‑assist device surgeons, and specialized nursing, social work, financial counseling, pharmacy, perfusion, and device coordination support.

• Management of patients who have heart failure with preserved systolic function and heart failure with reduced systolic function
• Ability to risk‑stratify patients who need disease management, guideline‑directed medical therapy or referral for advanced surgical options, including LVAD or heart transplantation
• Knowledge of device management, including implantable cardiac defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization therapy
• Experience with heart failure monitoring tools, including the CardioMEMS HF system, ReDS system vest and LifeVest
• Ability to perform right heart catheterizations and endomyocardial biopsies
• Barostim baroreflex activation therapy to provide innovative neuromodulation treatment for patients with symptomatic heart failure despite optimal medical therapy
• Opportunity to practice specialized therapies for amyloid, hypertrophic, noncompaction and sarcoid cardiomyopathy, and more
• Interest in temporary and permanent mechanical circulatory support, including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
• Collaborate with hospital and community‑wide initiatives around re‑admission reduction and post‑acute care for heart failure patients
• Support and manage VAD implant patients and heart transplant patients with pre‑ and post‑transplant follow‑up through the UK HealthCare Gill Heart & Vascular Institute Affiliate Network
• Collaborate with Norton Children’s Heart Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, to provide total congenital heart disease and mechanical circulatory support in conjunction with their pediatric heart transplant program
• Join current efforts participating in heart failure and transplant national research studies, including support for investigator‑initiated projects
• Advanced Heart Failure & Recovery Program takes over patients’ care after their one‑year anniversary from post‑transplant care
• Telecardiology services readily available
• Advanced practice provider first‑call structure

The physician is responsible for recording a detailed medical history of each patient in the electronic medical record, including, but not limited to, chief complaint, present condition, individual history, and family history. Performing appropriate physical examination of each patient. Analyzing reports and/or findings of tests and personal examinations in order to assess the medical condition of the patient, including diagnosing the patient's injury or illness and formulating a prognosis.

Qualifications

• Doctorate Degree
• One of: DO or MD