Let me share a little bit about the Hospital and lay some groundwork for you on what you would be stepping into. St. Mary’s is a Level II Trauma Center with Accredited Stroke Center that functions more like a Level I. We can handle everything but Transplants and Burns. You are joining a growing team currently comprised of 4 Interventionalists, 3 General Cardiologists, 2 EP’s, 7 APPs, 3 CT Surgeons and 3 Vascular surgeons.
One of the many selling points of the practice is that you will be walking into a NEW (2019) $52 Millon dollar Heart & Vascular Center that currently has 2 Cath labs, 1 EP lab, and 1 hybrid OR. We are already planning to add both another Cath lab and possibly another EP lab. We have a stellar Structural heart program including TAVR, Mitra clip, ASD closures, Watchman, comprehensive imaging including Echo, Nuclear cardiology, and cardiac CTA and MRI.
For support in the hospital, our Hospitalists serve as the Primary and will admit patients to the cardiology service, with the cardiologists being the consultant. We have 2 Hospital-based APPs to assist you in rounding on the less-acute patients and education/dismissal planning. We have a 28-Bed CVICU with 3 CV surgeons, vascular surgeons and 24/7 Intensivists. It is basically a closed ICU to hospitalists, but open for specialist consults. We have 2 rooms in the CVICU that can be converted into OR’s to open the chest.
Additionally, both your clinic and the hospital utilize EPIC for all medical records.
Here’s what you can expect regarding your day-to-day Practice:
Clinic: 15-20 Patients per clinic day, Dedicated reading days, Inpatient rotation one week a month, evening home-call one night per week
Perform Cardioversions, TEE’s ,read Echoes, Holter Monitors, Stress Tests and EKGs
1:4 Consultative Call- NEVER Come into the Hospital for call (again, 2 Hospital APP’s help with Rounding/Discharges)
It’s by no means a prerequisite to apply, BUT we are also open to candidates with an additional interest in Advanced Heart Failure.
Regarding the Inpatient and Call pieces, Call will be 1:4 and taken a week at a time from Monday at 7a-Monday-7a. You then have that Monday completely off post-call, then will be in clinic for the next 3 weeks. While on call in the evening, you typically get 3-4 phone calls before 10p and then maybe one call after midnight. Our hospitalists will do the admitting and use us as consultants. Our interventionalists have a separate STEMI call. Holiday coverage is evenly divided up with the group. These are rotated through providers. We are 9-12 months out right now for the provider’s schedules, which they prefer as it’s easier to plan their family vacations, CME, etc…and also switch with one another when needed.