Cardiac Rehab Medical Director | Department of Internal Medicine | F79640

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine is apremier academic medical center located in the heart of Richmond.

Accounting for almost half of VCU’s sponsored research, the Schoolof Medicine is internationally recognized for patient care and education. Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity employer.

Unit: School of Medicine

Department: Internal Medicine

Mission or Goal of Unit: This position will work to launch apreventative cardiovascular medicine program within a new VCUhealth cardiopulmonary rehab location endeavoring to improve patient care, scientific discovery and collaboration through the implementation of innovative cardiovascular care.

Chief Purpose of this position: The Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Health seek to recruit a director of preventative cardiovascular medicine and rehabilitation. The incumbent willserve to coordinate the clinical education, research, and communityoutreach activities of the VCU Health Pauley Heart Center as they pertain to preventative cardiovascular medicine and rehabilitation.

This position will require expertise in exercise prescription,counseling and training, risk factor modification, psychosocial and outcomes assessment, creation, implementation, and evaluation of activity-based interventions. In addition, the Director would develop primary and secondary prevention strategies to reduce cardiovascular risk, maximize quality of life, and improve cardiorespiratory fitness.

The program will interdigitate with advanced extramurally funded research, initiatives involving diagnostic testing and therapeutic interventions designed to improve overall cardiovascular health.

This will include development of evidence-based policies and procedures that meet regulatory and certification standards thatallow program accreditation. This position will coordinate the activities of exercise physiologists, behavioral scientists,dieticians, nursing team members, pulmonary function specialists,advanced practice providers, and other early, mid-career, andsenior faculty with interest in improving Cardiovascular Health through the implementation of primary and secondary prevention thatmay utilize cardiovascular rehabilitation involving activity, diet,and medical theory interventions.

Resources available to this position will include state-of-the-art cardiovascular medicine facilities and equipment, and research program oversight/infrastructure. Advanced cardiovascular testing,including cardiopulmonary exercise testing, stress and restechocardiography, stress and rest cardiovascular magnetic resonance, and computed tomography methodologies and techniques.

Advanced laboratory specimen assessments and artificial intelligence techniques.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Teaching:
To support teaching directly via interactions with fellows, house staff, and non-physician professionals. Periodically will be expected to present appropriate reviews in patient management discussions at Cardiology and Department of Internal Medicine conferences. In addition, will be expected to participate in University Continuing Medical Education programs for practicing physicians.

Research:
Development of an institutional registry to track rehabilitation program outcomes assessment. Active collaboration with research faculty in projects related to components of primary and secondary prevention programs. Support related clinical research protocols as needed.

Service:
Will be expected to participate in quality, safety, and efficiency initiatives. The director of the cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) program will provide program oversight including staying abreast of new local, state, federal regulatory developments and requirements, development of CR policies and procedures, supervise qualified, multidisciplinary CR staff todeliver high-quality care, ensure appropriate referral and enrollment of eligible patients, oversight of patients individual treatment plans (ITP), and development/oversight of systems totrack CR program outcomes assessment.

Attainment of CR program accreditation.

Clinical:
Will primarily be dedicated to the cardiovascular medicine and rehabilitation services. Coordinate and/or provide physician supervision of CR program and stress testing services.

Direct progress of individual CR program patients and coordinateoversight of the ITP process. Provide interpretation of cardiovascular testing including rest and stress echocardiography,ECG stress testing, and…