Job Summary
Job Description
Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (SAVAHCS) in scenic - sunny Tucson, Arizona is currently looking for a full time Physician Electrophysiologist.
Position Information:
SAVAHCS has been a flagship quality provider within the VA and was a 2012 winner of the prestigious Robert W. Carey Performance Excellence Award. This is an excellent opportunity as we are in a growth area for the VA.
It is a tertiary care facility providing a full range of clinical services including complex coronary angioplasty, electrophysiology, cardiac surgery, Mohs surgery and neurosurgery.
It is also a principal teaching affiliate of the University of Arizona Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy.
Candidates must be eligible for a faculty appointment with the University of Arizona commensurate with clinical experience and academic achievement to facilitate teaching of medical students, residents, and fellows. All our division members participate in outpatient clinic services, including fellows' clinic. There is an opportunity to participate in interpretation of cardiac ultrasound, nuclear cardiology imaging, cardiac CT, and cardiac MR, depending upon training and interest. We have on-boarded an experienced cardiology nurse practitioner to support the electrophysiology service.
Job Responsibilities
• Participate in quality improvement activities and comply with rules and regulations of the agency, facility, and department.
• Support a satisfactory process for supervision and training of fellows, residents and medical students from University of Arizona College of Medicine rotating through the Cardiology Division.
• A commitment to compliance with VA and SAVAHCS regulatory requirements
• Testing for, diagnosing, and treating abnormal heart rhythms
• Prescribing medication or making lifestyle recommendations
• Making diagnostics based on a patient s medical history and recommending an appropriate treatment plan
• Working with other medical staff in the process
• Performing catheter ablations to treat heart rhythm problems
Qualifications
• United States Citizenship
• Non-US Citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified US Citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine
• Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in all the US States
• Must be Board Certified in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology by the ABIM (American Board of Internal Medicine)
• Successful completion of Residency Training in the USA
• Maintain American Heart Association BLS and ACLS certification.
Working Hours