Pediatric Medical Director of Echocardiography

PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGIST AS MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

• Selected candidate will have at least four years of experience and
  demonstrated excellence in echocardiography as well as outstanding
  leadership skills
• Leadership role as medical director of echocardiography with dedicated
  time and support
• Academic position as an assistant or associate professor of pediatrics at
  the UofL School of Medicine
• Full-service team providing congenital heart disease care, including
  complex neonatal surgery; pediatric ventricular assist device; and heart
  transplant, catheterization and electrophysiology procedures
• Growing practice of 20 cardiologists, 10 advanced practice providers and
  other specially trained cardiac staff
• Busy clinical practice performing over 10,000 echocardiograms a year,
  including:
  •  3,500 inpatient echocardiograms
  •  2,800 tele-echocardiograms
  •  900 fetal echocardiograms
  •  200 transesophageal echocardiograms
• Echocardiography laboratory at Norton Children’s Hospital is accredited
  in pediatric transthoracic, pediatric transesophageal and fetal echocardiography by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission
• Norton Children’s Hospital and Novak Center for Children’s Health are accredited Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Comprehensive Care
  Centers by the Adult Congenital Heart Association
• Established quality assurance processes following quality metrics from the American College of Cardiology Adult Congenital & Pediatric
  Cardiology Quality Network (QNet)
• Institute participates in numerous national registries and collaboratives, including the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Congenital Heart Surgeons Society, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4) and National Pediatric Cardiology-Quality Improvement Collaborative

• Research opportunities with resources available through Norton Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran

Norton Children’s, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, is the pediatric provider division of Norton Medical Group. Norton Children’s  employs more than 500 medical providers who work in over 170 locations in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. To support the community’s need for expanded care, Norton Children’s Medical Group encompasses all pediatric care, including inpatient, outpatient, specialty and primary care. Patients have access to multidisciplinary resources through Norton Medical Group’s extensive network of primary and specialty care practices, as well as Norton Children’s Hospital, Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Norton Children’s Medical Center and Novak Center for Children’s Health. More information is available at NortonChildrens.com.

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