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Physician-Cardiologist (Heart Failure)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →The Cardiologist will have training and experience managing advanced heart failure patients with formal heart failure fellowship training preferred.
- →The Cardiologist participates in inpatient and outpatient quality care, teaching, and research related to cardiovascular diseases.
- →Candidate will have experience and training in novel advanced pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic heart failure treatment modalities.
- →Candidate will apply national and VA guidelines to patient screening, surveillance and management of cardiovascular diseases.
- →Position requires candidate to work as an attending physician, responsible for supervising University of Pittsburgh trainees-Internal Medicine residents and Cardiology fellows.
- →Duties and responsibilities include: Prescribe appropriate treatments, supervise, teach and provide consultation to other health care providers (nurse practitioners, medical students and residents rotating through cardiology service and cardiology fellows).
- →Provide consultations to the medical and support staff on cardiology issues when needed.
- →Perform echocardiography, right heart catheterizations, exercise and pharmacologic stress testing, Holter monitor and electrocardiogram interpretation, diagnosis and management of arrhythmias and Ischemic Heart Disease.
- →Able to identify, assist with work up of pre- and post- LVAD and heart transplant evaluations.
- →Co-manage post-heart transplant and post-LVAD patients with other VA and community hospitals.
- →Take an active role in education and in the evaluation of the patient, deciding treatment/care options.
- →Serve on service level and/or facility committees as needed and participates in the facility peer review program.
- →Maintain professional competency, courtesy and flexibility to provide the necessary services of this specialty to our Veteran population.
- →Participate in the expanded use of clinical video telehealth (VVC and CVT)/electronic consultation (e-Consult) to improve access to cardiology care.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 2-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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