Critical Care Medical Director of the Coronary Intensive Care Unit Job Listing at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, UT (Job ID 4445796-2024-08-16)

Description

Critical Care Medical Director of the Coronary Intensive Care Unit

Pulmonary/CCM Division, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake Valley, Utah

Position Information

• A well-trained BC critical care physician is sought for the position of Medical Director of the Coronary Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Intermountain Medical Center (FTE 0.2); training in cardiology and critical care desired, but will consider applications from other critical care medicine trained physicians.
• Prior experience in cardiovascular critical care preferred, including experience managing patients on temporary and/or long term mechanical support (ECMO, LVAD, Impella, IABP, TAH).
• Established academic critical care physicians are encouraged to apply. FTE 0.3 protected time for research is provided to physicians who are academically productive on an ongoing basis. Intermountain supports a grants award office that facilitates applications for externally funded research.
• Clinical care at FTE 0.5 to 0.8 (depending on whether academic protected time is provided). Includes care of critically ill cardiac and medical patients in the 16 bed CICU at Intermountain Medical Center supervising a team of cardiac critical care advanced practice providers (nurse practitioners and physicians' assistants).
  • About 8 to 10 daytime weeks per year in the CICU and 2 to 4 daytime weeks per year as the second attending in the thoracic ICU (post cardiac surgery)
  • 3 to 4 nights per month covering cardiovascular critical care
• Bedside and didactic teaching of CICU nurses, respiratory therapists, and clinical pharmacists.
• Critical care support for patients with primary cardiac diseases in the CICU in close collaboration with cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons. Experience with veno-veno and veno-arterial ECMO, LVAD and RVAD, and heart transplant patients is preferred but not required. Broad experience in critical care is also important since the CICU shares the care of patients with 4 other ICUs at Intermountain Medical Center as census requires.
• As Medical Director of the CICU responsibilities include leading a group of critical care physicians working in the CICU collaborating with the nurse manager, leading and participating in continous improvement projects, and collaborating with Intermountain critical care leadership on the shared goal of optimizing ICU care delivery.
• Opportunity for specialty based outpatient clinic.
• Intermountain Medical Center is the tertiary, flagship hospital for Intermountain Healthcare, and affiliated with the University of Utah School of Medicine.
• Member of the Intermountain Pulmonary and Critical Care Division in the Department of Medicine, or Cardiology depending on training, with opportunities for clinical/adjunct appointment at the University of Utah.
• Competitive compensation for clinical work based on a per shift rate. Administrative and research stipends based on critical care specialty specific survey compensation rates. The overall compensation package is highly competitive.
• Full Intermountain benefits that includes a 401K match and CME.
• Relocation funding provided.

Intermountain Healthcare Information

Intermountain Healthcare is a not-for-profit health system based in Salt Lake City, Utah, with 24 hospitals (includes "virtual" hospital), about 215 clinics, a Medical Group with more than 2,400 physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs), a broad range of medical services, and a health plans division called SelectHealth. We are the largest healthcare provider in the Intermountain West, with over 40,000 employees serving the healthcare needs of Utah, southern Idaho, and southern Nevada residents. The Intermountain Medical Group provided care for more than 1.7 million unique patients 2019. Our mission is helping people live the healthiest lives possible.

Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and efficient healthcare delivery. As a not-for-profit healthcare system committed to our patients, plan members, and community, we exist to help others. We seek to provide the most effective care, based on proven best practices. . Intermountain has a record of high quality outcomes research and developing and implementing detailed diagnosis and treatment protocols.

Community Information

The Salt Lake Valley is the heart of the state of Utah, which is one of the fastest growing states in the country. The Salt Lake City/Ogden area was ranked as the best place to live in North America by Places Rated Almanac. Salt Lake is located at the base of the Wasatch Mountains and is within an hour's drive of nine world-renowned ski resorts and within a day's drive of five national parks. Along with these recreational attractions, there are many cultural and sporting events. There are performances by the Utah Symphony, Ballet West and Pioneer Theater Company as well as a renovated theater that offers Broadway plays. The Sundance Film Festival and the Park City Art Festival are nationally recognized events held in nearby communities. The NBA's Jazz, ECHL Utah Grizzlies hockey, the Salt Lake Bees triple-A baseball team, and Real Salt Lake City, a major league soccer team, all represent Salt Lake City. The University of Utah is also in Salt Lake City, playing division 1 sports as part of the Pac-12 conference.