Overview:
UnityPoint Clinic and St. Luke’s Cedar Rapids is actively recruiting for an Interventional Cardiologist to join our team in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world. Commitment to our team has earned us recognition as a Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare 2022 by Becker’s Healthcare and among America’s Best Employers By State in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.
UnityPoint Clinic is a physician-led, nonprofit health care organization offering comprehensive services in primary care, walk-in care and specialty care. The clinical teams at the area’s clinics are improving outcomes, lowering the number of hospital readmissions, and reducing avoidable costs associated with treating chronic conditions. The UnityPoint Clinic team is known for excellence and quality patient care putting patients at the center of their care to provide the best level of health and well-being.
UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids serves a seven-county area surrounding Cedar Rapids. St. Luke’s Hospital is the only hospital in Cedar Rapids designated as a Top 50 Heart Hospital six times, has been named a top 50 Hospital in the Nation by Healthgrades, named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by IBM Watson Health eight times and also has been honored six times as Becker’s Hospital Review ‘100 Great Hospitals in America’. St. Luke’s is also a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence.
UnityPoint Health - Cedar Rapids offers a full spectrum of advanced cardiovascular services, from prevention and diagnostics through treatment and cardiac rehabilitation.
UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Cardiology is the first and largest cardiology practice in Cedar Rapids and joined St. Luke's Hospital in 2010. We formed this doctor-hospital partnership to better serve our community. This enables us to coordinate care better and focus on increasing quality and reducing the cost of healthcare.
The UnityPoint Health - Cedar Rapids Heart & Vascular Institute encompasses the heart care specialists and services of St. Luke's Hospital, St. Luke's Cardiology, and the cardiovascular surgeons. This collaborative relationship allows us to provide the highest quality of care with fewer complications, better outcomes, and higher survival rates.
St. Luke's is known as Northeast Iowa’s leading heart hospital and has been recognized as a Truven Top 50 Heart Hospital six times for offering better outcomes for our patients with comprehensive cardiac services. For more than 40 years, we have performed open-heart surgery in Cedar Rapids, as a trusted leader, specializing in innovation and the latest technology.
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Established team of 15 physicians and 8 Advanced Practitioners
- Established practice serving the Cedar Rapids community, and satellite outreach clinics in Anamosa, Manchester, and 3 other communities.
- Diverse practice covers sub-specialization in interventional cardiology, structural heart disease, peripheral vascular and electrophysiology.
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Part of a large multi-specialty group, including primary care, providing a built-in referral base.
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Experienced staff, both clinical and non-clinical, who know the patients and the community
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Full-time position, including dedicated administrative time, with flexible scheduling to ensure sufficient patient access
- Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on EPIC EMR to improve care coordination
Responsibilities:
- Clinic hours: M-F 830AM-5PM
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Shared call amongst the providers
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Practice is a mix of inpatient and outpatient
- Ability to work as a team member to improve the health of the people and communities we serve
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Evaluates, interprets and coordinates information to make decisions and recommendations regarding patient care
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Patient-focused, friendly and willing to collaborate in a team environment
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Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical and problem-solving skills
Qualifications:
- MD or DO
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Board Eligible or Board Certified in Cardiology and subspecialty Interventional
- Ability to obtain and hold an unrestricted license to practice in the state of Iowa
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Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the physician’s field of practice
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Eligible to work in the United States (H1-B cap exempt)
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J-1 waiver sponsorship available
We offer
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Initial 2-year salary guarantee with ability to exceed on an innovative compensation program
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Attractive incentive package
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A competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in.
- Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more
- Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance
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Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation.
- A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
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Support and development opportunities that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
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A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve.
Community Details
Cedar Rapids
Vibrant, unique and industrious, Cedar Rapids is one of Iowa’s centers of excellence for arts and culture and an economic hub of the state’s Eastern region. As the second-largest city in the state, “The City of Five Seasons” offers its residents a wide variety of amenities, attractions and career opportunities on par with its nearby, out-of-state counterparts (Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis) without the high cost of living, hustle and bustle. Learn more about Cedar Rapids and why it offers one of the best places to live, work and play in the Midwest.
Please contact Andrea Sims, Physician and Provider Recruiter, at 319-730-9513 or [email protected] 