Nemours Children's Health is hiring a GENERAL CARDIOLIGIST to provide coverage for outpatient and inpatient cardiology consultation needs in our Southern Delaware and Maryland locations. Experience in non-invasive EP, General Cardiology, Fetal Cardiology or a combination thereof is optional but preferred. Faculty at junior, early or mid-career level are encouraged to apply.

RESPONSIBILITIES: outpatient clinic, on call, and coverage of the inpatient consult service. Associate may participate in educational and research opportunities with supportive resources.

Nemours Cardiac Center - a state-of-the-art integrated practice with over 250 associates with a 16-bed cardiac intensive care unit, 2 hybrid interventional and EP laboratory, 16-bed inpatient acute care unit with dedicated PACU and OR. We are looking for a pediatric cardiologist with imaging skills in transthoracic echocardiography . A physician with either more than three years imaging experience in an academic program or fourth year imaging skills in fetal echocardiography is desired.

Our academic affiliation is with Thomas Jefferson University. We have Research affiliations with University of Delaware, Christiana care in addition to TJU.

The Cardiac Center also launched the Program for Cardiovascular Research and Innovations that started in 2022 and has supported and mentored many physicians and fellows. We take two categorical fellows a year and one advanced imaging fellow.

The Imaging section of the Nemours Cardiac Center-Wilmington Delaware provides coverage and oversight of the main hospital at Wilmington and 13 clinics across NJ, DE,PA and MD. The Imaging Section oversees performance of over 12000 trans thoracic echocardiograms, >1700 fetal echocardiograms, 250 Cardiac MRIs and Cardiac CT program that is growing. It also offers advanced imaging capabilities in deformation imaging,3D echo, Contrast echo and stress echocardiogram. The Imaging resource infrastructure is supported by a dedicated IT team and is integrated with our EHR systems. We have 9 fetal cardiologists, 4 dedicated advanced cross-sectional imagers in MRI and CT. We currently have 13 Sonographers and are expanding. Our Imaging physicians are involved in multiple multicenter studies in Fetal Heart Society, are active with SCMR and involved as auxiliary site PIs for PHN studies.

We also founded the Mid-Atlantic Congenital Cardiac Imaging Society that gives a platform for regional networking and opportunity for growth for fellows and physicians. Support for engagement with National societies and participation is supported.

Those at mid-career level with >7 years of experience at an associate professor level with interest in a leadership opportunity within the Cardiac Center Imaging Program are strongly encouraged to apply.

The minimum requirements are.

1. Completed a three-year Board-Certified Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship
2. Fourth year in imaging is preferred if a candidate has less than 3 years of imaging dedicated responsibilities

Nemours Cardiac Center is celebrating 25 years Anniversary this year and is an OPTUM Center of Excellence. The Cardiac Center also has dedicated cardiac nursing that is Magnet designated.

Learn more about our Cardiac Center here: https://www.nemours.org/services/adult-congenital-heart-defects.html

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Nemours offers a competitive salary and extensive benefits package that includes quality-based bonus incentives, relocation allowance, life insurance, comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, CME and board maintenance allowances, retirement plan with employer matching and an additional 457B retirement savings plan, educational allowance, paid licensure and malpractice fees, and professional membership dues allowance.