Cardiologist - Non-Invasive

Job Description Summary

Responsible for providing comprehensive cardiology care at South Shore Hospital and South Shore Cardiology, a Part of South Shore Health/South Shore Medical Center. Primary responsibility will be to evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with cardiovascular conditions in both the in-patient and out-patient settings. Will be joining a team of interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologist and other non-invasive cardiologists and advance practice providers.

Responsible for providing comprehensive cardiology care at South Shore Hospital and South Shore Cardiology, a Part of South Shore Health/South Shore Medical Center. Primary responsibility will be to evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with cardiovascular conditions in both the in-patient and out-patient settings. Will be joining a team of interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologist and other non-invasive cardiologists and advance practice providers.

• To provide ambulatory cardiovascular care at South Shore Cardiology, a Part of South Shore Health
• To participate in cardiology coverage at South Shore Hospital; inpatient work is solely in consultation; the hospital has a busy interventional and electrophysiology laboratory
• Perform/supervise/analyze various cardiac testing both in the hospital and in the office practice - including stress tests, reading EKGs, interpreting transthoracic echocardiograms, performing transesophageal echocardiograms, and performing cardioversions
• Be an active member of the South Shore Health cardiovascular program
• To collaborate with Primary Care and other specialties on the optimization of cardiovascular care for the health system
• Provides supervision to patients undergoing cardiac evaluation as per guidelines and in accordance with licensure, credentialing, and privileging as a member of the medical staff of SSMC
• Ensures all services adhere to credentialing and privileging policy of SSMC
• Involves the patient and, when appropriate, the patient's family members to explain diagnoses, plan of care, possible outcomes and any other information that should be shared with the patient family
• Adheres to documentation standards and policies
• Ensures the integrity of clinical care standards
• Monitors, evaluates and acts to improve the quality of medical care
• Participates in initiatives that encourage the sharing of best practices, incorporates data feedback for objective analysis and promotes collaborative improvements
• Maintains awareness of developments in the care and treatment of cardiology patients through continuing medical education
• Provides input into patient care rendered by other disciplines outside the department, assuring adherence to acceptable medical care standards
• Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors, and fellow colleagues to ensure a professional, responsible, and courteous environment

Medical Doctor Degree; residency program

Board Eligible/Board Certified in Cardiol

Meets requirements of South Shore Health medical staff bylaws.

Credentialed by SSH medical staff.

• MD or DO with the successful completion of a residency and licensed in Massachusetts
• Certified by the appropriate Board of their residency/fellowship training
• ACLS certification.