Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist (Critical Care)

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Overview

The Division of Critical Care at Children's Mercy Kansas City is seeking a full-time Cardiac intensivist to join its Division. The Division currently provides coverage of a 24-bed dedicated cardiac intensive care unit and the candidate will join a team of 10 cardiac intensivists.

The cardiac ICU cares for a growing population of infants and children with congenital and acquired heart disease. The program currently performs approximately 400 cardiopulmonary bypass cases annually and has a growing cardiomyopathy/cardiac transplantation program that includes a Ventricular Assist Device program. The institution has an active ECMO program that performs approximately 40 cases annually and has mobile ECMO capabilities.

Clinical services are comprised of a team-based model with an excellent collaborative network of peers from various cardiology areas of expertise (heart failure, interventional cardiology, imaging, electrophysiology, etc.) and 4 excellent cardiovascular surgical colleagues. Clinical teams are supported with an outstanding group of APPs providing 24/7 coverage. PICU and Cardiology fellows rotate through the unit and the Division has just started its 4th year training program for a CICU fellow.

The institution has recently announced plans for construction of a new Critical Care tower that will expand the existing unit to an integrated 48 bed progressive care unit to care for all heart center inpatients in a single place. The ideal candidate will have received dual board certification in critical care/cardiology or received focused cardiac ICU training in addition to critical care training. Faculty appointments are available through an affiliation with the University of Missouri-Kansas City and will be commensurate with experience.

Please apply online with CV and cover letter, or send to [email protected]

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At Children’s Mercy, we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcomed within our walls. A successful candidate for this position will join us as we strive to create a workplace that reflects the community we serve, as well as our core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team and integrity.

Additionally, it’s important to us that we remain transparent with all potential job candidates. Because we value the safety of the patients and families we serve, as well as the Children’s Mercy staff, we want to let you know that the seasonal influenza vaccine is a condition of employment for all employees in our organization. New employees must be willing to be vaccinated if found non-immune to measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and chicken pox (varicella) and/or without evidence of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination since 2005. If you are selected for this position, you will be asked to supply your immunization records as proof of vaccination. If you and have any concerns about receiving these vaccines, medical and/or religious exemptions can be further discussed with Human Resources.

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