Summary

Interventional Cardiologist will provide direct cardiovascular care and consultation to an adult population eligible for care at the VA medical center or at any of its subsidiary locations. The Cardiologist is responsible for a wide range of duties to ensure safe - efficient - high quality care.

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 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 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) - b) 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
• Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
• Proficiency in spoken and written English
• Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
• Physical Requirements: The incumbent must be able to perform all activities of the position without restriction
• This position may involve standing - walking - stooping - bending - reaching - lifting - and turning
• The work may involve going up and down flights of stairs.

Duties

• Duties of the Interventional Cardiologist are - but not limited to the following: Admit - evaluate - treat - and provide consultation to patients of all ages with acute and chronic coronary artery disease - acute coronary syndromes - and valvular heart disease
• including but not limited to chronic ischemic heart disease - acute ischemic syndromes - cardiomyopathy and valvular heart disease and technical procedures and medications to treat abnormalities that impair the function of the heart
• May provide care to patients in the intensive care setting
• Assess - stabilize - and determine disposition of patients with emergent conditions consistent with medical staff policy regarding emergency and consultative call services
• The core privileges in this specialty include the procedures as listed below: Femoral - Brachial or radial - axillary cannulation for diagnostic angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention
• Interpretation of coronary arteriograms - ventriculography - and hemodynamics Intracoronary foreign body retrieval Intracoronary infusion of pharmacological agents including thrombolytics Intracoronary mechanical thrombectomy Intracoronary stents Intravascular imaging of coronary arteries or grafts Management of mechanical complications of percutaneous intervention Performance of balloon angioplasty - stents - and other commonly used interventional devices Use of intracoronary Doppler and flow wire (FFR) Use of vasoactive agents for epicardial and microvascular spasm VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• VHA Physician Total Rewards
• 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: Monday - Friday - 8:00am to 4:30pm (Rotating On-Call)