Pediatric Cardiologist - CVICU

                      Job Description for Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist,

 Cardiac Critical Care Unit

                   Connecticut Children’s Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut.  

 

Qualifications:

·       Candidate should be dual-boarded/board eligible in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Cardiology or Pediatric Critical Care medicine with 1 year advanced training in Cardiac Critical Care or Pediatric Cardiology with an additional year in CVICU/ CICU.

 

Responsibilities  

Candidate should have the ability to lead a diverse group, to work with hospital and academic department partners using a collaborative approach, success in promoting scholarship and funding, and the ability to mentor young faculty

1.     Clinical responsibilities:  Will include clinical time in the CVICU, working with multidisciplinary team, be part of team developing and implementation of care protocols.

·       Will be encouraged to actively participate in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program.

2.     Educational responsibilities: Will include supervision, instruction, and mentoring of pediatric residents, and medical students, as well as dedicated CVICU advanced practice providers

3.     Research: Clinical research opportunities, development of research programs.

4.     Candidates will be strongly encouraged to initiate and/or be part of ongoing QI projects.

 

Future direction for Congenital Heart Program at Connecticut Children's Hospital (depending on interest) :

        Candidate may choose to actively help support and develop

1.     Step down unit /intermediate unit to help provide continued safe care to cardiac patients in collaboration with the inpatient cardiologist team.

2.     Advanced heart failure

3.     Pediatric pulmonary hypertension.

4.     A ventricular assist device and heart transplant program.

5.     Neurodevelopment in patients with congenital cardiac disease and advanced technologies.