Pediatric Medical Director of Echocardiography - Louisville, KY

PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGIST AS MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

• Selected candidate will have at least four years of experience and demonstrated excellence in echocardiography as well as outstanding leadership skills
• Leadership role as medical director of echocardiography with dedicated time and support
• Academic position as an assistant or associate professor of pediatrics at the UofL School of Medicine
• Full-service team providing congenital heart disease care, including complex neonatal surgery; pediatric ventricular assist device; and heart transplant, catheterization and electrophysiology procedures
• Growing practice of 20 cardiologists, 10 advanced practice providers and other specially trained cardiac staff
• Busy clinical practice performing over 10,000 echocardiograms a year, including:
  •  3,500 inpatient echocardiograms
  •  2,800 tele-echocardiograms
  •  900 fetal echocardiograms
  •  200 transesophageal echocardiograms
• Echocardiography laboratory at Norton Children’s Hospital is accredited in pediatric transthoracic, pediatric transesophageal and fetal echocardiography by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission
• Norton Children’s Hospital and Novak Center for Children’s Health are accredited Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Comprehensive Care Centers by the Adult Congenital Heart Association
• Established quality assurance processes following quality metrics from the American College of Cardiology Adult Congenital & Pediatric Cardiology Quality Network (QNet)
• Institute participates in numerous national registries and collaboratives, including the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Congenital Heart Surgeons Society, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4) and National Pediatric Cardiology-Quality Improvement Collaborative
• Research opportunities with resources available through Norton Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine

About Norton Medical Group

Norton Medical Group in Louisville, Kentucky, a part of Norton Healthcare, continues to expand to meet the health care needs of residents in Greater Louisville, including Southern Indiana and surrounding counties. By far the largest network of employed medical providers in the area, Norton Medical Group operates a highly successful employment model that oversees the business operation of its practices, allowing physicians to focus on quality care for patients.
More than 24 years of physician employment experience
More than 30 years of experience operating immediate care centers
Integrated medical group of more than 1,600 employed medical providers at more than 250 locations across Greater Louisville, Southern Indiana, and our surrounding communities
Over 3,000 employees
Ancillary services, including laboratories, X-ray, DEXA, mammography, ultrasound, CT and MRI
Electronic medical records (Epic) system integrated in 100 percent of practices and hospitals
Provider Leadership Academy
Research support services
Physician Leadership Councils
Recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance as Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Homes in adult primary care
Physician and provider turnover rate averages 4 percent