Job Details

Jefferson Health is seeking a board-certified/board-eligible Advanced Heart Failure Cardiologist to join our nationally recognized cardiovascular team. This physician will play a key role in the evaluation, treatment, and long-term management of patients with advanced heart failure, cardiomyopathies, mechanical circulatory support devices, and cardiac transplantation.
The successful candidate will join a collaborative, multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering exceptional patient care, advancing clinical research, and educating the next generation of cardiovascular specialists. This position offers the opportunity to practice within a large, integrated academic health system that is committed to innovation, quality, and patient-centered care.

Job Description

• Provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care for patients with advanced heart failure and complex cardiovascular disease.
• Evaluate and manage patients being considered for advanced therapies, including heart transplantation and durable mechanical circulatory support (LVAD).
• Participate in multidisciplinary heart failure, transplant, and mechanical circulatory support programs.
• Collaborate closely with cardiothoracic surgery, electrophysiology, interventional cardiology, cardiac imaging, palliative care, and critical care teams.
• Participate in inpatient consultative services and call coverage as part of the Advanced Heart Failure team.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives, clinical program development, and strategic growth of heart failure services.
• Engage in teaching and mentorship of medical students, residents, and cardiology fellows.
• Participate in clinical research, investigator-initiated studies, and scholarly activities consistent with academic interests.
• Support community outreach and regional referral relationships to expand access to advanced heart failure care.

Qualifications

• MD, DO, or equivalent medical degree.
• Board Certified/Board Eligible in Cardiovascular Disease.
• Completion of an ACGME-accredited Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship.
• Eligibility for medical licensure in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
• Demonstrated commitment to clinical excellence, collaboration, and patient-centered care.
• Interest in academic medicine, research, and medical education is strongly encouraged.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Abington Memorial Hospital

Primary Location Address

1200 Old York Road, Abington, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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