Description
Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City and Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute are seeking a dual-boarded
Critical Care Cardiologist to join our growing cardiac intensive care program. This is a flexible clinical position ideal for a cardiologist with training and board certification/eligibility in both cardiovascular disease and critical care medicine, with an interest in caring for complex cardiac patients in a high-acuity, multidisciplinary environment.
Position Highlights
The successful candidate will work primarily in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, caring for a broad spectrum of critically ill cardiovascular patients, including those with:
- Acute and advanced heart failure
- Cardiogenic shock
- Acute coronary syndromes
- Complex arrhythmias
- Mechanical circulatory support, including temporary MCS
- ECMO-supported patients
- Multisystem critical illness with cardiovascular disease
The position can be tailored to the candidate’s interests and may include opportunities for:
- Inpatient cardiac critical care
- Echocardiography interpretation
- General or subspecialty outpatient cardiology
- Collaboration with advanced heart failure, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, cardiac surgery, imaging, and transplant teams
- Program development, education, quality improvement, and clinical research
Why This Role
This position offers the opportunity to help shape and grow a modern cardiac critical care program while maintaining flexibility in clinical focus. Candidates may build a role centered on the CICU, or combine critical care cardiology with imaging, outpatient cardiology, advanced heart failure, or other areas of interest.
Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a collaborative, clinically excellent physician who is comfortable managing high-acuity cardiovascular illness and working within a team-based model of care. Preferred qualifications include:
- Board certification or eligibility in Cardiovascular Disease
- Board certification or eligibility in Critical Care Medicine
- Experience or strong interest in cardiac ICU care
- Experience with mechanical circulatory support and ECMO
- Experience with critical care procedures and skills including intubation, vent management, chest tube placement, arterial and venous access
- Interest in multidisciplinary care, education, and program growth
- Echo training or interest in echocardiography is welcome but not required, depending on the candidate’s desired role
About Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute is part of Saint Luke’s, the West Region of BJC Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States. The Heart Institute, a teaching affiliate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, is one of the most distinguished cardiovascular programs in the country. Its legacy of innovation began more than 40 years ago when it opened as the nation’s first freestanding heart hospital. Since then, the nearly 200 board-certified specialists and cardiovascular experts have earned a global reputation for excellence in the treatment of heart disease, including interventional cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, imaging, heart failure, transplant, heart disease prevention, cardio-oncology, cardiometabolic disease, women’s heart disease, electrophysiology, outcomes research, and health economics by being the third hospital in the U.S. to achieve Comprehensive Cardiac Center certification from The Joint Commission. In 2023, the Heart Institute completed its 1,000th heart transplant, making it one of only 23 advanced programs to have reached this milestone.
About Saint Luke’s
Saint Luke’s serves the West Region of BJC Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States. Through its 10 hospitals and campuses, multiple health service organizations, and more than 100 primary and specialty care offices, Saint Luke’s provides the highest levels of quality and compassionate health care and health-related services for patients in urban, suburban, and rural communities in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas. Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City is nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report and is one of the elite hospitals in the region. Saint Luke’s is committed to the highest levels of excellence in health care and the advancement of medical research and education.
About Kansas City
Saint Luke's is proud to call Kansas City home. With locations on both sides of the state line, the health system serves more than 2.1 million people and 240 neighborhoods in Kansas and Missouri. USA Today has regularly named Kansas City a top area for affordability, high-quality schools, and low traffic. The greater Kansas City metro area is a vibrant, growing community known for its thriving arts scene, world champion sports teams, natural beauty, and exceptional quality of life.
