Physician - Advanced Heart Failure

About the job

MultiCare's Pulse Heart Institute in Spokane is hiring a full-time cardiologist with clinical experience in advanced heart failure and mechanical circulatory support. The physician joins the institute's Heart Failure program, which provides advanced cardiac therapies, has its own inpatient service and office space to care for heart failure patients across the full spectrum, and earned Joint Commission certification for destination therapy care in 2018.

Pulse Heart Institute is MultiCare's physician-led cardiovascular institute, bringing together cardiothoracic surgery and the vascular and cardiovascular service lines. It provides cardiac, thoracic and vascular care, including advanced heart failure services, advanced imaging, and complex structural heart disease and interventions.

What you'll do

• Manage heart failure patients across the full spectrum, supported by a dedicated inpatient service and office space
• Work in a collaborative team of general and interventional cardiologists, EPs, advanced heart failure specialists, and cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons

What you need

• Clinical experience as a cardiologist in advanced heart failure and mechanical circulatory support
• Board certification or eligibility (BC/BE) in Advanced Heart Failure
• Proficiency with pulmonary hypertension, cardioMEMS, ECMO, HMIII and short-term mechanical support strategies
• A Washington state license by the time employment begins
• DEA, NPI and prescriptive authority
• Current BLS for Healthcare Providers certification from the American Heart Association

Schedule

• Full-time (1.0 FTE), day shift
• Variable schedule

Benefits

• Performance and production bonuses and call pay
• Potential sign-on and relocation incentives
• Medical and dental coverage, retirement plans, CME and malpractice insurance with tail coverage
• Time off for rest and work-life balance
• Student loan repayment, leadership training and chances to advance
• Research opportunities, including investigator-initiated research and industry-sponsored clinical trials, with the Research Institute team
• Mental health services and wellness coaching