Physician / Cardiology - General / Ohio / Locum Tenens / Cardiovascular Locum Job in Zanesville, OH Job

Inpatient Non-Invasive Cardiologist

General Cardiology is currently down 3.0 FTE physicians. General cardiology is responsible for inpatient rounding, night and weekend call coverage, as well as weekend rounding, cardiovascular diagnostic reads for the system (echo, stress, monitors, TEEs, EKGs), outreach clinic coverage in Somerset, Cambridge, and Coshocton, and the ambulatory clinic at the main campus. The reduction in FTEs by 4.0 creates a gap in coverage of critical services and increases stressors on the team, staff, and patients. This request is for 1 Inpatient Non-Invasive Cardiologist who may have to work some clinic if the need arises.

Inpatient non-invasive cardiology service is Monday 7:00 AM to Friday 5:00 PM. Weekday night call will alternate with HVG physician sharing inpatient coverage for the week, with the locum typically responsible for 3 overnight calls per week. The HVG physician will assume weekend call starting at 5:00 PM on Fridays and any holiday coverage required. Additional skills required include echo and stress echo interpretation, nuclear stress test interpretation, and TEE/Cardioversions.

Outpatient clinic coverage is Monday to Friday 8:00 AM through 5:00 PM at our Cambridge outreach location, providing ambulatory clinic patient visits and coverage of the cardiac diagnostic lab for stress testing. The General Cardiology team employs APPs who will be available as a resource, in addition to the physicians. The APP team does not support the locum physician on the inpatient service. The general cardiology team consists of 7.0 FTE general cardiologists as well as interventional, electrophysiology, cardiothoracic surgery, and vascular surgery.