Job Summary

Northeast Florida's renowned leader in cardiovascular care is recruiting a Heart Failure Cardiologist Medical Director to lead and grow the dynamic and distinguished CHF program within Baptist Heart Specialists. This position offers the successful candidate an exceptional opportunity to build a robust clinical practice with the region's top-ranked and most well-established group in one of the nation's most sought after destinations.

Organizational Appeal and Excellence

Baptist Heart Specialists and Baptist Health are the region leaders in heart care with an unmatched level of multidisciplinary services, expertise and a top-ranked, comprehensive program backed by award-winning facilities.

• Backed 24/7 by four magnet-designated hospitals and accredited chest pain centers, the Baptist Health network features award-winning community hospital capabilities and comprehensive tertiary services including the only dedicated heart hospital in Northeast Florida
• The Baptist Heart Hospital serves as the centerpiece to our top-ranked program which also includes dedicated clinics for anticoagulation, heart failure and valve disease, an accomplished clinical research program, comprehensive cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, advanced imaging and cardiac testing across 8 locations
• The Baptist Heart team is comprised of more than 30 board certified physicians across eight locations spanning four counties and providing the full spectrum of diagnostic, invasive and interventional cardiology, peripheral vascular, comprehensive electrophysiology and structural heart care
• The Baptist Health physician network is the largest and most comprehensive in the region with more than 300 outpatient and inpatient primary care physicians at its core
• Physician-centric and physician-led
• Please note that Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville and its affiliated hospitals are not doing transplants, and do not have transplant facilities

Qualifications

• Board Certified / Board Eligible in Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure
• Skilled at Myocardial Biopsy
• Able to perform right heart catheterizations to diagnosis and treat pulmonary hypertension
• No transplant experience necessary

• Manage and direct all outpatient heart failure clinics
• Guideline based protocols
• Training and monitoring of CHF Advance Provider Practitioners
• Track and Document improvement in system wide Heart Failure Outcomes
• Create an interdisciplinary program for both HFrEF and HFpEF

• Help create and develop an inpatient congestive heart failure program
• Inotropic support
• Work with CT surgery and Interventional Cardiologist on current LV assist devices, Impella, IABP
• Help guide CT surgery and cardiology on possible future LVAD support
• Be a Liaison to regional cardiac transplant programs
• Help enhance the EP aspect of Baptist Heart in heart failure patients
• Increase the appropriate use of Bi V ACID devices in HFrEF patients
• Help guide the appropriate management of cardiac dysrhythmias in HFrEF patients
• Develop and guide the use of invasive/device based hemodynamics monitoring of patients

• Enhance the role of structural heart in congestive heart failure patients
• Mitral Clip
• TAVR
• Have the determination and drive to create specialized cardiomyopathy clinics
• Amyloid
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Advance HFpEF

• Create and guide Pulmonary Hypertension Program
• Involved in Clinical Research

Perks of Practicing in Florida

• Miles of Sandy beaches along both coasts. Jacksonville is located on the Eastern Florida Coast with spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean.
• No state income tax.
• Low property taxes.
• Orlando, Florida is home to Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and other attractions are not more than a few hours away. From Jacksonville, it's only a couple hours away.
• Year-round events in major Florida cities like Tampa's Gasparilla, Daytona 500, Miami Swim Week, Ponte Vedra's PGA Tours, Tortuga Festival, and more.

Baptist Health is open to considering candidates that require visa sponsorship.

Education Required

Doctorate of Medicine

Education Preferred

Doctorate of Medicine

Experience

• New and experience physicians are encouraged to apply
• Skilled at Myocardial Biopsy
• Able to perform right heart catheterizations to diagnose and treat pulmonary hypertension
• No transplant experience necessary

License and Certification

• Board Certified / Board Eligible in Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure
• Board Certified/Board Eligible Physician (MD or DO) Required
• Ability to obtain an active and unrestricted Florida Medical License Required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Required
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) License Required

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