Job Details
Are you a Cardiologist interested in living in a family oriented community with a suburban feel, yet close to major cities, then Martinsburg, WV is for you! Located in the heart of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, the Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) can be found on 175 acres in historic Berkeley County and has a service area of more than 70,000 Veterans in West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
The Medical Center, part of the VA Capitol Health Care Network (VISN 5), offers a comprehensive range of services, including internal medicine, ambulatory surgery, audiology and speech pathology, dental, nursing home, nutrition, podiatry, prosthetics, women's health, mental health and rehabilitation medicine. Patient care is provided through an integrated primary care concept, and each veteran is assigned to a team of health care providers that follows the patient's care both as an inpatient and an outpatient. It is the mission of the Medical Center to honor America's Veterans as heroes by providing the highest quality health care. The employees of the Martinsburg VAMC are dedicated to improving the quality of life for eligible veterans through excellent health care.
Our Cardiologists perform inpatient and outpatient Cardiology consultation and interpret diagnostic tests such as treadmill, nuclear scanning, echocardiography, Zio patch and Holter Monitors. They work as team to meet the treatment needs of our patients and participate in quality assurance programs and chart reviews.
Duties:
Provide expertise and support the various functions of Non-Invasive Cardiology and patient care.
- Provide comprehensive cardiac services, echocardiography, stress echocardiograms, TEE and diagnostic cardiac catheterizations.
- Consult and treat Veterans while also performing stress test procedures (nuclear, chemical and routine treadmill) and echocardiography readings, Holter monitor, and EKG interpretations.
- Provides education and counseling of Veterans and families in preventive care, medical conditions, and use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
- Establish professional working relationships with clinical service providers within the medical center, Outpatient Clinics (OPCs), and the Community Base Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs), providing telephone and curbside consultation as needed and screening consults that are received for appropriateness prior to scheduling.
- Staff Cardiologists are ultimately responsible for the oversight of all aspects of cardiac medical care delivered to patients under their care.
- Participate in Cardiology and general medical staff meetings, committee, assignments, compliance and other components of an organized medical staff provider.
- Responsible for providing inpatient and outpatient care.
- Supports Academic Affiliations pertinent to Cardiology.
- Will provide residency and medical student teaching.
- Must be willing to be on call and work weekends and irregular hours.
- Research is not required. Research is encouraged by the Veteran Affairs and supported as feasible to allow the opportunity for study design, data collection, analysis, publication, and other aspects of research.
- other duties as assigned.
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