Virginia Commonwealth University VCU School of Medicine is a premier academic medical center located in the heart of Richmond. Accounting for almost half of VCUs sponsored research, the School of 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 a preventative cardiovascular medicine program within a new VCU health cardiopulmonary rehab location, endeavoring to improve patient care, scientific discovery, diversity, 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 will serve to coordinate the clinical education, research, and community outreach activities of the VCU Health Pauley Heart Center as they pertain to preventative cardiovascular medicine and rehabilitation.
Responsibilities: • Coordinate the clinical education, research, and community outreach activities of the VCU Health Pauley Heart Center. • Develop primary and secondary prevention strategies to reduce cardiovascular risk, maximize quality of life, and improve cardiorespiratory fitness. • Implement and evaluate activity-based interventions. • Develop evidence-based policies and procedures that meet regulatory and certification standards for program accreditation. • Coordinate the activities of exercise physiologists, behavioral scientists, dieticians, nursing team members, pulmonary function specialists, advanced practice providers, and other faculty members with interest in improving Cardiovascular Health.
Resources available to this position: • State-of-the-art cardiovascular medicine facilities and equipment. • Research program oversight infrastructure. • Advanced cardiovascular testing, including cardiopulmonary exercise testing, stress and rest echocardiography, stress and rest cardiovascular magnetic resonance, and computed tomography methodologies and techniques. • Advanced laboratory specimen assessments and artificial intelligence techniques.
Duties & Responsibilities: Teaching: • Support teaching directly via interactions with fellows, housestaff, and non-physician professionals. • Periodically present appropriate reviews in patient management discussions at Cardiology and Department of Internal Medicine conferences. • Participate in University Continuing Medical Education programs for practicing physicians.
Research: • Develop 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: • Participate in quality, safety, and efficiency initiatives. • Provide program oversight, including staying abreast of new local, state, federal regulatory developments and requirements. • Develop CR policies and procedures. • Supervise qualified multidisciplinary CR staff to deliver high-quality care. • Ensure appropriate referral and enrollment of eligible patients. • Oversight of patients individual treatment plans and ITP. • Attainment of CR program accreditation.
Clinical: • Primarily dedicated to 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 coordinate oversight of the ITP process. • Provide interpretation of cardiovascular testing, including rest and stress echocardiography, ECG stress testing, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing services.
Other: • Submit clinical billing and documentation as required by the organization. • Abide by all medical staff requirements. • Promote primary and secondary prevention services to patients, referring providers, and the community.
Qualifications: • Must be a board-certified cardiologist. • Eligible for medical licensure in the state of Virginia. • Certification by American Heart Association in basic life support and advanced cardiac life support. • Experience in cardiovascular medicine, implementation of rehabilitation programs, and supervision and reporting of cardiopulmonary exercise testing. • Accreditation by international, national, professional society bodies, such as the American College of Sports Medicine or similar. • Clinically oriented and possess sufficient research and teaching experience to be eligible for an academic appointment. • Ability to communicate effectively and work with a large, multi-disciplinary program. • Demonstrated ability to work in and foster an environment of respect, professionalism, and civility with a population of faculty, staff, and students from all backgrounds and experiences.
Preferred Qualifications: • Established extramurally funded research initiatives involving preventative cardiovascular medicine and/or cardiovascular medicine rehabilitation. • Salary Range: Commensurate with benefits. • FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt. • ORP Eligible: Yes. • Rank: Open. • Tenure Open: Months 12.
Contact Information: Contact Name: Michelle Carpenter Contact Email: Michelle.Carpentervcuhealth.org