Electrophysiologist- UPMC Altoona

  • Health Management
  • Altoona, Pennsylvania
  • 10/20/2024
  • Full Time

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