Pediatric Interventional Cardiologist

Location Address: 1100 Central Avenue SE , Albuquerque, New Mexico , United States of America

Type of Opportunity: Full time

FTE: 1

Summary: Interested candidates should have experience and expertise with all types of diagnostic and catheter-based cardiovascular interventions. This is a full-time position. Clinical responsibilities will be primarily in the cardiac catheterization lab with additional inpatient and outpatient activities. The physician is expected to deliver the highest quality pediatric interventional cardiology services to patients and their families.

At Presbyterian, it's not just what we do that matters. It's how we do it. How we do things here makes all the difference.

Presbyterian Medical Group seeks a Pediatric Interventional Cardiologist to join our established practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We're all about well-being, starting with yours. We offer a nationally competitive salary with relocation allowance available, CME allowance and fully paid malpractice insurance.

• Part of a full-scope pediatric cardiology program
• Roughly ~200 congenital cardiac interventions performed per year
• Collegial team of providers as well as CVL and clinic staff

Inpatient

• Perform and interpret pediatric and adult congenital cardiac catheterizations and interventions
• Consult on ED, NICU and PICU patients at Presbyterian hospitals
• Assist pediatric cardiology, electrophysiology, adult congenital, and pediatric heart surgery colleagues with the management of service and inpatient consults
• Assist in post-operative cardiology patient management
• Read pediatric and adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) echos, ECGs and holters

Outpatient

• Prepare for upcoming clinics by determining prior testing required for each patient
• Provide patient management for all patients scheduled for clinic
• Provide interpretation/billing for ECGs, holters, echos, event monitors for patient panel
• Communicate plan with referring providers
• Provide the same services for assigned outreach clinics
• Return parent calls and refill authorizations for patient panel
• Create referral letters and denial of authorization petitions for patient panel
• Prepare patient presentations for surgical conference and M&M conferences
• Supervise treadmills and stress tests for patient panel
• Participate in maintenance of ICAEL certification, staff/nursing education, and quality improvement projects

Call Coverage

• Be available via phone at all times while on call
• Respond to patient/parent and provider calls. Appropriately notify primary cardiologist for patient management decisions made overnight/weekend
• Provide prompt performance of urgent/STAT echos
• Provide prompt interpretations of any outside echocardiograms or ECGs
• Manage urgent notifications of holter/event monitor/lab results
• Round on inpatients on service over the weekends/holidays

Competencies

• Perform and interpret pediatric and adult congenital heart catheterizations
• Perform transcatheter valve replacement, ASD/VSD device closures, and other interventions
• Interpret TTE, ECGs, Holter, and treadmill tests

MD/DO Board eligible or certified in Pediatric Interventional Cardiology

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Presbyterian Healthcare Services exists to improve the health of patients, members and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with over 14,000 employees - including 1,200 providers and 4,000 nurses.

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