Description

General Cardiologist Needed in Beautiful Western, NC

UNC Caldwell is the choice for health care in Caldwell County, NC. Our 137-bed licensed acute care hospital includes 110 medical and 27 psychiatric is a member of the UNC Health System. The Emergency Department sees approximately 30,000 visits a year. UNC Physicians Network provides the majority of primary care and select specialty care to the surrounding market from thirteen separate medical park locations throughout the county. The Caldwell team is seeking a general medical cardiologist.

General Description:

• Full-time, 4-5 clinic days per week; Inpatient/Outpatient with 1:3 Call Schedule or better
• UNC Heart & Vascular- 322 Mulberry Street, Lenoir, NC 28645 with long-term plans for a satellite location in Granite Falls, NC.
• Cardiac rehab is currently housed in the clinic with plans to expand to another site and add a pulmonary component.
• A brand new, state of the art, Heart Center will be open in 2025 and will be attached to the hospital with pre/post patient bays.
• Staff: employs 1.5 physicians and 1 APP, 1 local general cardiologist and 1 local electrophysiologist also practice at UNC Caldwell. We are actively recruiting a vascular surgeon.

Services the practice currently offers:

• Cardiac Catheterization
• Cardiology Consultations - Inpatient and Office
• Echocardiograms and ETT - Exercise Treadmill Test
• Non-emergent Angioplasty
• Nuclear Stress Tests, Pacemaker Implantation
• Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI) (Angioplasty & Stenting)
• Percutaneous Peripheral Vascular Interventions (PVI) (Angioplasty & Stenting)
• Radial Cardiac Catheterization
• Resources to Help You Quit Smoking or Using Tobacco Products
• TEE - Transesophageal Echocardiogram
• Transthoracic & Transesophageal echocardiography
• Vascular Ultrasound Imaging Diagnosis

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, group life, employee assistance program (EAP), flexible spending account, and 403b, relocation allowance, PTO, CME and Professional Liability allotted
• Location in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Northwestern North Carolina in Lenoir, NC
• Voted one of the Top Adventure Towns by National Geographic Adventure Magazine
• One hour-and-ten-minutes travel time each to: Charlotte Douglas International Airport; the eclectic attractions of Asheville; the arts and history of Winston-Salem; and only 20 minutes to the North Carolina High Country and the mountain seasonal resort community of Blowing Rock

To be considered, please email your resume to jennifer.lebeau@unchealth.unc.edu