Clinical Component

Navigating the Clinical Component

A Practice Built for Professional Growth and Patient-Centered Excellence

Your clinical experience at Westover Hills Baptist Hospital will blend high-volume patient care with meaningful relationships and excellent outcomes. As you walk through your day, you'll find yourself in a modern facility where efficiency meets compassion. You'll work in a pod-based clinic design with approximately nine dedicated exam rooms, creating an efficient workflow that maximizes your time with patients while minimizing unnecessary steps between rooms.

In this high-growth area of San Antonio, you'll treat a diverse patient population with a wide range of cardiovascular conditions. From hypertension management to pre-operative clearances for orthopedic surgeries, your clinical expertise will be applied across the full spectrum of non-invasive cardiology. The fast-growing nature of the west side community means you'll establish long-term relationships with patients while continuously welcoming new families to your practice as the population expands.

  • Predominantly office-based practice (approximately 80% clinic, 20% hospital) with in-house diagnostic capabilities including echocardiography, nuclear stress testing, vascular studies, and treadmill stress tests
  • Freedom to structure your practice, with typical schedules allowing for 10 patients in the morning and 10 in the afternoon as you establish your patient base
  • Potential for higher volume as your practice matures, with established cardiologists seeing 15–20 patients per half-day
  • Access to advanced diagnostic equipment, including special imaging technology for heavier patients
  • Manageable call schedule shared among colleagues, with weekends typically resulting in about 20–25 patient encounters split between two facilities
  • Overnight calls typically involving only 2–6 phone consultations with limited need for in-person response
  • Clinical support systems including RNs who handle many after-hours calls and provide hospital follow-up management
  • EMR:
    Hospital: Cerner
    Clinic: Athena

Your practice will be supported by the hospital's cardiovascular service line, which includes interventional cardiology, vascular surgery, and cardiothoracic surgery. The Baptist Health System's largest vascular surgery group in San Antonio provides comprehensive support for your more complex patients, creating seamless care transitions when intervention is needed.

The backlog of referrals—with current wait times often exceeding 40–80 days for appointments—ensures that you'll build volume rapidly. You'll have immediate access to a robust network of approximately 40 referring primary care physicians, plus additional referrals from Baptist's freestanding emergency departments in the surrounding area. The immense demand for cardiology services means you can shape your practice to match your professional interests while meeting critical community needs.

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