Cardiologist Physician

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Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

The Cardiologist Physician is a health care professional who performs a specific specialty of patient services. The Cardiologist Physician will deliver comprehensive health care within their specialty.

The Cardiologist Physician will work full time as a resource for Eastern Kansas Health Care System (EKHCS)-Leavenworth campus. Duties include, but are not limited to:

- Provides competent care to a diverse Veteran population with consideration for differences in cultural, socio-economic, military service and age-specific criteria
- Obtains relevant health and medical history
- Performs physical examination based on age and history
- Performs or orders preventive/diagnostic procedures based on client's age and history
- Identifies health and medical risk factors
- Applies critical thinking in the diagnostic process
- Synthesizes and analyzes collected data
- Formulates differential diagnosis based on history, physical examination, and diagnostic test results
- Establishes priorities to meet the health needs of the Veteran
- Formulates individualized treatment plan
- Orders additional diagnostic tests
- Selects appropriate pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions
- Develops a patient education plan
- Initiates consultation/referral as indicated
- Establishes priorities for interventions
- Provides individualized care appropriate to meet Veterans identified needs
- Implements interventions consistent with treatment plan
- Initiates interventions based on scientific principles, current knowledge, and level of clinical expertise
- Orders, conducts and interprets diagnostic tests accurately, and conveys those results to the patient
- Prescribes specific pharmacologic agents and/or nonpharmacologic therapies as indicated
- Demonstrates current knowledge of advance pharmacology and therapeutics
- Follows any standardized procedures accordingly
- Implements current clinical guidelines/pathways
- Provides relevant patient education
- Makes appropriate referrals to other health care professionals and community agencies
- Participates in peer reviews as assigned
- Utilizes appropriate health care resources
- Obtains informed consent when appropriate
- Maintains a process for systematic follow-up
- Evaluates effectiveness of treatment plan promptly
- Documents effects of interventions and outcomes of care in the patient record accurately
- Reassesses and modifies plan as necessary to achieve health care goals
- Serves on committees, teams, workgroups, and chart reviews as requested/approved by administration
- Completes all training as mandated by VA
- The Cardiologist Physician will be responsible for a variety of duties which involves the development, implementation, and maintenance of a comprehensive health care plan for patients within scope of specialty
- Provides ongoing inpatient or outpatient care for patients in the Physicians assigned clinical setting
- When consulting in an inpatient setting, makes inpatient rounds, as appropriate, to observe and record each patient's medical progress, updating and summarizing medical records, changing orders when appropriate, and notifying the responsible physician of significant changes in the patient's condition
- In the outpatient setting, evaluates outpatients and managers acute and chronic illnesses according to the usual scope of care to include attention to maintenance of stable conditions, preventive health care and screening. Consult with other physician(s) regarding diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of outpatients as indicated

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm

Paid Time Off:

• 26 Days paid annual (vacation/personal) leave
• 13 Days paid sick leave each year with no limit on accumulation
• 11 Federal holidays with pay annually
• 5 Days paid absence to attend approved CME courses

Insurance:

• Health Insurance: VA employees have an outstanding number of health insurance plans from which to choose (premiums are partially paid by VA) Lifetime Healthcare Insurance options available
• Dental & Vision: Our insurance options also include exceptional vision and dental plans (premiums are partially paid by VA)
• VA employees have the option to use Flexible Spending Accounts, which allow you to use tax-free dollars to pay for medical, dental, and vision care expenses that are not reimbursed by your health insurance plan
• Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government
• Long-term care insurance is available as an option

Federal Retirement Plan:

• VA employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits, 2) FERS-RAE basic benefits (pension), and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan
• How is the pension funded? VA employees automatically contribute 4.4% of their salary each pay period and the VA contributes 12.2% of the employee’s salary each pay period for a total annual contribution percentage equal to 16.6% of the employee’s salary
• Similar to the 401(k) savings plans widely available in the private sector, the TSP allows employees to tax defer a portion of their income each year, subject to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. For calendar year 2025, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to $23,500, while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $31,000.
• The Federal Government also provides an automatic basic contribution (1% of salary) and up to 4% of salary in matching contributions, depending on the amount of the employee contribution
• For retired military personnel, these benefits are in addition to full monthly retirement pay or pension
• In addition to FERS, VA provides health care insurance coverage for retired personnel
• Disability Retirement
• Employees are vested in a federal pension after only 5 years service