Baptist Heart Specialist Director of Congestive Heart Failure

Northeast Florida’s renowned leader in cardiovascular care is recruiting a Heart Failure Cardiologist Medical Director to lead and grow the dynamic and distinguished CHF program within Baptist Heart Specialists. This position offers the successful candidate an exceptional opportunity to build a robust clinical practice with the region’s top-ranked and most well-established group in one of the nation’s most sought after destinations.

Organizational Appeal and Excellence

Baptist Heart Specialists and Baptist Health are the region leaders in heart care with an unmatched level of multidisciplinary services, expertise and a top-ranked, comprehensive program backed by award-winning facilities.

• Backed 24/7 by four magnet-designated hospitals and accredited chest pain centers, the Baptist Health network features award-winning community hospital capabilities and comprehensive tertiary services including the only dedicated heart hospital in Northeast Florida
• The Baptist Heart Hospital serves as the centerpiece to our top-ranked program which also includes dedicated clinics for anticoagulation, heart failure and valve disease, an accomplished clinical research program, comprehensive cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, advanced imaging and cardiac testing across 8 locations
• The Baptist Heart team is comprised of more than 30 board certified physicians across eight locations spanning four counties and providing the full spectrum of diagnostic, invasive and interventional cardiology, peripheral vascular, comprehensive electrophysiology and structural heart care
• The Baptist Health physician network is the largest and most comprehensive in the region with more than 300 outpatient and inpatient primary care physicians at its core
• Physician-centric and physician-led

Qualifications

• Board Certified / Board Eligible in Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure
• Skilled at Myocardial Biopsy
• Able to perform right heart catheterizations to diagnosis and treat pulmonary hypertension
• No transplant experience necessary
• Mange and direct all outpatient heart failure clinics
• Guideline based protocols
• Training and monitoring of CHF Advance Provider Practitioners
• Track and Document improvement in system wide Heart Failure Outcomes
• Create an interdisciplinary program for both HFrEF and HFpEF
• Help create and develop an inpatient congestive heart failure program
• Inotropic support
• Work with CT surgery and Interventional Cardiologist on current LV assist devices, Impella, IABP
• Help guide CT surgery and cardiology on possible future LVAD support
• Be a Liaison to regional cardiac transplant programs
• Help enhance the EP aspect of Baptist Heart in heart failure patients
• Increase the appropriate use of Bi V ACID devices in HFrEF patients
• Help guide the appropriate management of cardiac dysrhythmias in HFrEF patients
• Develop and guide the use of invasive/device based hemodynamics monitoring of patients
• Enhance the role of structural heart in congestive heart failure patients
• Mitral Clip
• TAVR
• Have the determination and drive to create specialized cardiomyopathy clinics
• Amyloid
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Advance HFpEF
• Create and guide Pulmonary Hypertension Program
• Involved in Clinical Research

World-Famous Quality of Life and Regional Appeal

• Northeast Florida is alive with over 1,100 miles of beaches and waterways, 80,000 acres of parks and trails, a strong and prosperous economy, multiple professional sport teams, championship tennis clubs, world-renowned golf courses and diverse cultural experiences
• The area serves as home to some of the Sunshine State’s best cost of living and the nation’s most sought after quality of life
• Immediately within reach are world famous destinations, attractions, theme parks, entertainment and recreation for individuals and families of all ages
• Recently ranked by Forbes Magazine as the second most desirable city for relocation in the United States, Jacksonville is a modern and vibrant destination surrounded by the very best that Florida has to offer
• The Saint Johns County School District is the #1 ranked School District in the state of Florida
• Florida has no state income tax