Cardiology - Interventional Physician

Cardiologist

Join our dynamic team as a Cardiologist in a hospital-employed position with supportive administration. This role offers strong mid-level support and the opportunity to participate in expanding the cath lab program within a growing community.

Job Description

• Looking for a Cardiologist
• Hospital employed position with supportive administration
• Strong mid-level support
• Growing program in a growing community
• Will participate in expanding cath lab program
• Second lab and hybrid lab planned in $80 million hospital expansion
• PCI experience is a must for the Interventionalist
• Non-Interventionalist may be invasive or non-invasive
• Peripherals, devices, and TEE helpful but not required
• Coronary CTA program coming in collegial venture with radiology
• Excellent cath lab and echo staff
• Active wound care clinic if interested in PAD and vein disease
• Busy monthly outreach clinic in beautiful Talkeetna, AK
• Light call with excellent hospitalist and intensivist support

Requirements

• PCI experience is a must for the Interventionalist
• Non-Interventionalist may be invasive or non-invasive

Benefits

• The starting salary is $50,000 to $75,000 more compared to starting Interventional Cardiology Medicine salaries in Anchorage.
• Cost of living is 20% lower than the aforementioned metropolitan areas, providing significant purchasing power to build a dream home, pay off school loans, and retire early.

Community Overview

Palmer is a city in and the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area. Palmer is 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Anchorage on the Glenn Highway. It lies on the north shore of the Matanuska River, not far above tidewater, in a wide valley between the Talkeetna Mountains to the north and the Chugach Mountains to the south and east. Pioneer Peak rises over 6,000 feet (1,800 m) above the town, just a few miles south.

The Employer

70+ bed facility with a wide range of inpatient and outpatient care, diagnostic imaging, and emergency, medical, and surgical services. Offers a sleep lab, cardiac catheterization lab, off-site urgent care facility, robotic surgery, and advanced total hip replacement procedures.

Closest Major City

• 49 miles to Anchorage, AK

Colleges and Universities

• Charter College-Anchorage (about 37 miles; Anchorage, AK; Full-time enrollment: 2,983)
• University of Alaska Anchorage (about 37 miles; Anchorage, AK; FT enrollment: 12,483)
• University of Alaska Fairbanks (about 229 miles; Fairbanks, AK; FT enrollment: 6,397)

Recreation

• Alaska Mushing School
• Glacier Dog Sledding with Anchorage Helicopter Tours
• Hell Bent Fishing Charter
• Alaska Backcountry Adventures Snowmachine Tours

Shopping

• The Garden Gate
• Carrs Fred Meyer
• Chickadee's
• Side Kicks & Gifts