Job Description

Saint Lukes Hospital of Kansas City and Saint Lukes Mid America Heart Institute are seeking adual-boarded Critical Care Cardiologistto join our growing cardiac intensive care program. This is a flexible clinical position ideal for a cardiologist with training and board certification/eligibility in bothcardiovascular disease and critical care medicine with an interest in caring for complex cardiac patients in a high-acuity multidisciplinary environment.

Position Highlights

The successful candidate will work primarily in theCardiac Intensive Care Unit caring for a broad spectrum of critically ill cardiovascular patients including those with:

• Acute and advanced heart failure

• Cardiogenic shock

• Acute coronary syndromes

• Complex arrhythmias

• Mechanical circulatory support including temporary MCS

• ECMO-supported patients

• Multisystem critical illness with cardiovascular disease

The position can be tailored to the candidates interests and may include opportunities for:

• Inpatient cardiac critical care

• Echocardiography interpretation

• General or subspecialty outpatient cardiology

• Collaboration with advanced heart failure interventional cardiology electrophysiology cardiac surgery imaging and transplant teams

• Program development education quality improvement and clinical research

Why This Role

This position offers the opportunity to help shape and grow a modern cardiac critical care program whilemaintainingflexibility in clinical focus. Candidates may build a role centered on the CICU or combine critical care cardiology with imaging outpatient cardiology advanced heart failure or other areas of interest.

Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a collaborative clinically excellent physician who is comfortable managing high-acuity cardiovascular illness and working within a team-based model of qualifications include:

• Board certification or eligibility inCardiovascular Disease

• Board certification or eligibility inCritical Care Medicine

• Experience or strong interest in cardiac ICU care

• Experiencewith mechanical circulatory support and ECMO

• Experience with critical care procedures and skills including intubation vent management chest tube placement arterial and venous access

• Interest in multidisciplinary care education and program growth

• Echo training or interest in echocardiography is welcome but notrequired depending on the candidates desired role

About Saint Lukes Mid America Heart Institute

Saint Lukes Mid America Heart Institute is part of Saint Lukes the West Region of BJC Health one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States. The Heart Institute a teaching affiliate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine is one of the most distinguished cardiovascular programs in the country. Its legacy of innovation began more than 40 years ago when it opened as the nations first freestanding heart hospital. Since then the nearly 200 board-certified specialists and cardiovascular experts have earned a global reputation for excellence in the treatment of heart disease including interventional cardiology cardiovascular surgery imaging heart failure transplant heart disease prevention cardio-oncology cardiometabolic disease womens heart disease electrophysiology outcomes research and health economics by being the third hospital in the U.S. to achieve Comprehensive Cardiac Center certification from The Joint 2023 the Heart Institute completed its 1000th heart transplant making it one of only 23 advanced programs to have reached this milestone.

About Saint Lukes

Saint Lukes serves the West Region of BJC Health one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States. Through its 10 hospitals and campuses multiple health service organizations and more than 100 primary and specialty care offices Saint Lukes provides the highest levels of quality and compassionate health care and health-related services for patients in urban suburban and rural communities in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas. Saint Lukes Hospital of Kansas City is nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report and is one of the elite hospitals in the region. Saint Lukes is committed to the highest levels of excellence in health care and the advancement of medical research and education.

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The best place to get care. The best place to give care. Saint Lukes 12000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Our employees are proud to work for the only faith-based nonprofit locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Lukes means joining a team of exceptional professionals who strive for excellence in patient care. Do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive workspace where all voices matter.

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