About Baptist Medical Center Downtown Jacksonville

About Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville

For more than 20 years, healthcare consumers have named Baptist Health the “most preferred healthcare provider” in the region. As the central hub of the Baptist Health of Northeast Florida health system, the Baptist Jacksonville campus is home to a 24/7 Emergency Center, a comprehensive stroke center, Baptist Heart Hospital including Baptist Heart Rhythm Center, Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baptist Neurological Institute, Jacksonville Orthopedic Institute and the AgeWell Center for Senior Health. We serve families in every stage of life with the highest level of medical and surgical care using the latest technologies.

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Heart Failure Cardiologist Medical Director - Downtown

Company:Baptist Health

Profession/Specialty:Medical Director

Location:Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Job Type:Full-time, In-person, Permanent

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Job Description

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
Please note that Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville and its affiliated hospitals are not doing transplants, and do not have transplant facilities

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

Manage 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

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Community Information - Jacksonville - Duval County

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Something for Everyone: Whether you're a history buff exploring the Cummer Museum, a nature lover checking out the Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve, or a foodie sampling barbecue and fresh seafood, Jacksonville has something to offer.
Daily Adventure: Jacksonville is a great launch pad for exploring other parts of Florida. Take a day trip to St. Augustine, the nation's oldest permanently occupied city, or head south to Orlando for theme park thrills.