Job Summary
Job Description
Some details about the position:
· Join a cardiology practice of 2 interventional cardiologists, 1 non-invasive, 2 electrophysiologists, and 1 heart failure specialist
· Practice has pacemaker clinic and established EP clinic with solid patient base
· Primarily outpatient practice with APP support
· Patient load of an estimated 25 patients per day
· Work schedule in the office Monday – Friday 8 am – 5 pm; 2 days in clinic and 3 days in EP lab doing procedures.
· Call schedule is 1 night per week, Monday – Friday and 1 in every 5 weekends
· Department includes Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners
2023 Procedure and Volume Statistics:
Cath Lab Statistics:
· Patient Visits: 2,511
· Catheterizations: 1,975
· Impella: 13
· Drug Eluting Stent: 814
· Rotablador: 27
· Watchman: 309
· TAVR: 64
EP Lab Statistics:
· Patient Visits: 1,187
· Pacemaker insertions: 177
· Bi-V Pacemaker: 20
· ICD Insertion: 56
· Bi-V ICD: 65
· Loop Recorder Insert: 177
· EP Study: 23
· Ablation simple: 171
· Ablation complex: 361
Compensation:
Competitive compensation and benefits package includes a base salary and wRVU bonus, sign-on bonus, relocation allowance, annual CME stipend, paid vacation, medical/dental/vision and life insurance, retirement benefits and malpractice insurance.
The Company
· UPMC Altoona is part of the world-renowned UPMC network of 42 hospitals, 92,000 employees, 700 physician offices, and a 4.5-million-member insurance services division
· The hospital is a 400-bed tertiary care hospital with 400+ practicing physicians serving a 6-county region in central PA with an accredited level 2 trauma, stroke and chest pain center and a regional oncology, cardiology, cardiac and vascular surgery center.
· The Altoona Regional Health Services (ARHS) is a multi-specialty physician practice with cardiology, medical oncology, neurology, pulmonology, dermatology, internal medicine, family practice, urology, ENT and plastic surgery.
The Community
· Altoona is a small city surrounded by mountains in central PA with easy access to 5 major metro areas - a friendly, uncomplicated, family-oriented community filled with cultural and recreational opportunities, and excellent schools.
· Altoona Metro/Blair County Population: 130,000
· Hospital Service Area Population: 350,000
· Trauma Service Area Population: 1 million+ (20 county)
· 5 major metropolitan areas within 2 – 5 hours, accessible by local air and train service