Physician General Cardiologist

ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM

JOB DESCRIPTION

TITLE:                                                 SCMG Physician – Non-Invasive Cardiologist (or General Cardiologist)

REPORTS TO POSITION:                SCMG Clinical Division Director, Heart and Lung

DEPARTMENT:                                 St. Charles Heart & Lung Specialists

DATE LAST REVIEWED:                 October 13th, 2021

OUR VISION:                Creating America’s healthiest community, together

OUR MISSION:             In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value

OUR VALUES:              Accountability, Caring and Teamwork

DEPARTMENTAL SUMMARY: St. Charles Heart & Lung Specialists-Non-Invasive Cardiology is part of the St. Charles Heart & Lung Specialists clinic, other subspecialties within the practice include Interventional Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Structural Heart.  Non-invasive Cardiology provides outpatient Cardiology services throughout Central Oregon and inpatient hospital care at the St. Charles Bend campus.

POSITION OVERVIEW: Non-Invasive Cardiologist is responsible for providing Cardiology services in the inpatient and outpatient setting.  This includes evaluation & management services, interpretation of cardiac diagnostic studies and performing transesophageal echocardiogram and cardioversion procedures.   Noninvasive Cardiology will work in collaboration with other medical specialties to assess and manages patients following established standards and practices.

Work schedule: Full time Physician shall complete 47 weeks of clinical work per year, reducing according to the St. Charles Medical group tenured clinic provider policy.  Duties include a blend of hospital rounding, scheduled clinic visits, performing and interpreting cardiac diagnostic studies.  This includes clinical documentation and all other necessary duties. 

• Hospital Service week:  Monday-Friday of assigned rotation followed by weekend hospital call, frequency based on the total FTE. Weekday hospital rotation split equally between all Non-Invasive Cardiologists in the group.
• Clinic week: 4 days per week.  Each provider has a consistent day off each clinic week.  Each week consists of a combination of:
  • Bend outpatient clinic: clinic hours between 8am – 5:00 pm, with a minimum of 12 appointment slots daily. 
  • Outreach outpatient clinic:  Outreach clinic performed at the agreed upon interval based on clinical need in assigned outreach area.  Outreach clinic start adjusted depending on distance from Bend campus.      
  • On call support physician: on site Bend clinic location 8am – 5pm.  Responsible for emergent patient needs in the Heart & Lung center including but not limited to Cardiac Rehab, Echo, and Stress testing.  Responsible for hospital and unassigned echo, stress, and other cardiac diagnostic interpretation, ED triage, urgent outpatient visits and additional consultative support to the inpatient Cardiology service. 

Call expectation:  Physician will participate in the non-invasive Cardiology call rotation, which is shared equally by all physicians in the Non-Invasive Cardiology group based on FTE allocation.  This shift requirement will adjust based on changes to the FTE structure within the group.

• Night Non-invasive Cardiology call: 5pm – 7am Monday-Friday as assigned, approximately 2-3 nights/per month.
• Weekend Non-invasive Cardiology call:  24 hour service coverage for each day of assigned weekend.  Includes hospital rounding, admissions, and discharges.  Split equally between Non-Invasive physicians.   

Work location: Physician’s inpatient work location is St. Charles Bend Hospital with clinic in the Bend Heart & Lung Center and agreed upon Heart & Lung Specialist outreach clinic. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES: (May perform additional duties of similar complexity within SCHS as required or assigned)

Clinical Expectations:

• Examines, diagnoses, and provides a broad scope of treatments for cardiac disease processes
• Performs interpretation of echocardiograms, stress testing, electrocardiograms and cardiac monitors according to the established cardiac diagnostic reading standard.
• Performs patient examinations, obtains and records pertinent medical history, subjective, and