EP Cardiology job in Altoona PA

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Job description

Some details about the position:

Join a cardiology practice of 2 interventional cardiologists, 1 non-invasive, 2 electrophysiologists, and 1 heart failure specialist

Practice has pacemaker clinic and established EP clinic with solid patient base

Primarily outpatient practice with APP support

Patient load of an estimated 25 patients per day

Work schedule in the office Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm; 2 days in clinic and 3 days in EP lab doing procedures.

Call schedule is 1 night per week, Monday - Friday and 1 in every 5 weekends

Department includes Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners

2023 Procedure and Volume Statistics:

Cath Lab Statistics:

Patient Visits: 2,511

Catheterizations: 1,975

Impella: 13

Drug Eluting Stent: 814

Rotablador: 27

Watchman: 309

TAVR: 64

EP Lab Statistics:

Patient Visits: 1,187

Pacemaker insertions: 177

Bi-V Pacemaker: 20

ICD Insertion: 56

Bi-V ICD: 65

Loop Recorder Insert: 177

EP Study: 23

Ablation simple: 171

Ablation complex: 361

Compensation:

Competitive compensation and benefits package includes a base salary and wRVU bonus, sign-on bonus, relocation allowance, annual CME stipend, paid vacation, medical/dental/vision and life insurance, retirement benefits and malpractice insurance.

The Company

UPMC Altoona is part of the world-renowned UPMC network of 42 hospitals, 92,000 employees, 700 physician offices, and a 4.5-million-member insurance services division

The hospital is a 400-bed tertiary care hospital with 400+ practicing physicians serving a 6-county region in central PA with an accredited level 2 trauma, stroke and chest pain center and a regional oncology, cardiology, cardiac and vascular surgery center.

The Altoona Regional Health Services (ARHS) is a multi-specialty physician practice with cardiology, medical oncology, neurology, pulmonology, dermatology, internal medicine, family practice, urology, ENT and plastic surgery.

The Community

Altoona is a small city surrounded by mountains in central PA with easy access to 5 major metro areas - a friendly, uncomplicated, family-oriented community filled with cultural and recreational opportunities, and excellent schools.

Altoona Metro/Blair County Population: 130,000

Hospital Service Area Population: 350,000

Trauma Service Area Population: 1 million+ (20 county)

5 major metropolitan areas within 2 - 5 hours, accessible by local air and train service

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