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Physician- Interventional Cardiologist- Section Chief
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
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- →The Chief of Cardiology demonstrates outstanding professional ability to develop and implement various inpatient and outpatient Cardiovascular programs in Interventional Cardiology, General Cardiology, Electrophysiology, and multimodality imaging including ECHO, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac CT angiography and vascular imaging at OKC-VHS.
- →Duties of Chief of Cardiology The Cardiology Section Chief supervises Cardiology providers and medical instrument technicians in the section of Cardiology, and reports directly to the Chief, Medicine Service Line.
- →Chief of Cardiology should have comprehensive administrative, clinical, and research expertise in the domains of Interventional Cardiology, non-invasive cardiology, multimodality imaging in Cardiology (including ECHO cardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac CTA, and Vascular Imaging) to lead Cardiology program in OKC-VHS.
- →The Section Chief will contribute time to VISN 19, and National Cardiology program as requested by the Chief of Staff or Chief of Medicine.
- →The Section Chief will provide Cardiovascular consultation and procedural services and follow up in the inpatient and outpatient setting at the OKC-VHS.
- →The Section Chief may travel to Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) for the supervision of Cardiovascular services.
- →The Section Chief will provide administrative, clinical, research and programmatic leadership for the section to maintain clinical, educational, research excellence and recruitment activities as monitored by VHA regulations.
- →The Section Chief will provide administrative, clinical, research and programmatic leadership support for GME training programs including General cardiology, Interventional cardiology, Electrophysiology, Internal medicine residency and nurse practitioner residency program.
- →The section Chief Ensure cardiology providers compliance with VHA regulations, medical staff by laws, facility policies, Joint Commission standards, performance metrics, and appropriate regulations, including the provider professional evaluation process.
- →The Section Chief will maintain the cardiology clinical standards, educational standards, research standards, clinical grids, and section schedules for cardiology providers.
- →During employment, participation in special projects pertinent to cardiovascular sub-specialty may be necessary as the projects become available with strategic or other initiatives at local facility, VISN 19 or national level.
- →When working with inpatients, the Section Chief is expected to participate in interdisciplinary quality improvement projects in the facility.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine.
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