Per Diem Advanced Heart Failure Physician

Job Details

Job Description

• Provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care for patients with advanced heart failure and complex cardiovascular disease.
• Evaluate and manage patients being considered for advanced therapies including heart transplantation and durable mechanical circulatory support (LVAD).
• Participate in multidisciplinary heart failure transplant and mechanical circulatory support programs.
• Collaborate closely with cardiothoracic surgery electrophysiology interventional cardiology cardiac imaging palliative care and critical care teams.
• Participate in inpatient consultative services and call coverage as part of the Advanced Heart Failure team.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives clinical program development and strategic growth of heart failure services.
• Engage in teaching and mentorship of medical students residents and cardiology fellows.
• Participate in clinical research investigator-initiated studies and scholarly activities consistent with academic interests.
• Support community outreach and regional referral relationships to expand access to advanced heart failure care.

Qualifications

• MD DO or equivalent medical degree.
• Board Certified/Board Eligible in Cardiovascular Disease.
• Completion of an ACGME-accredited Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship.
• Eligibility for medical licensure in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
• Demonstrated commitment to clinical excellence collaboration and patient-centered care.
• Interest in academic medicine research and medical education is strongly encouraged.

Work Shift

Worker Sub Type

Employee Entity

Primary Location Address

Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

For more benefits information please click here