Pediatric - Cardiology Physician

Description

Specialization:
Pediatric Cardiology

$ Salary Estimate: $350,000 - $450,000 / year

Job Summary:

HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's is seeking a Director of Fetal Cardiology to join its expanding pediatric cardiology program. The successful candidate will join a highly collaborative team that includes Maternal Fetal Medicine specialists, neonatologists, pediatric surgeons, geneticists, and additional subspecialists. This role offers the unique opportunity to help build a regional, complex fetal care center, support a growing and successful pediatric cardiac surgical program, and have opportunities to participate in research and academic activities within a supportive environment.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Serve as Rocky Mountain Children's Director of Fetal Cardiology
• Participate in collaborative care of fetal patients with MFM and other subspecialties to manage complex fetal and neonatal cardiac conditions.
• Participate in leading multidisciplinary fetal care conferences, including collaboration with MFM, neonatology, genetics, cardiac surgery, and pediatric cardiology.
• Support perioperative care as part of an expanding congenital heart surgery program with increasing case complexity and acuity.
• Engage in high-quality imaging practice, including echocardiography and fetal echocardiography, with opportunities for advanced imaging (TEE, 3D/4D fetal echo, MRI) depending on training.
• Provide outpatient pediatric cardiology care as appropriate (general or subspecialty, depending on interest).
• Participate in inpatient consultation for newborns with suspected or confirmed congenital heart disease.
• Share in call coverage within the pediatric cardiology group (structure negotiable).

Program Development & Leadership:

• Serve as the Director of Fetal Cardiology by providing leadership in program vision, strategic development, care pathways, outreach, quality initiatives, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Play a central role in developing a regional fetal care center, collaborating closely with MFM, neonatology, and surgical subspecialties.
• Contribute to strategic growth of the congenital heart program, including referral development, regional partnerships, and system-wide care coordination.
• Lead or support quality improvement initiatives, imaging standards development, and clinical pathway design. Participate in or lead research, with institutional support for proposal development, collaboration, and publication.
• Engage in multidisciplinary program building, including conference development, outreach, and community education.

Qualified Candidates:

Strongly Preferred:

• Advanced imaging training (4th-year fellowship in pediatric/congenital echocardiography or fetal cardiology).
• Prior leadership experience, especially in fetal cardiology, imaging, or program development.
• Experience working in a high-volume, high-acuity congenital heart surgical center, particularly those performing complex neonatal and infant repairs.

Required:

• Board-certified or board-eligible in Pediatric Cardiology.
• Excellent communication skills and a commitment to team-based, family-centered care.
• Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, education, and collaboration within multidisciplinary environments.

Incentive/Benefits Package:

• When applicable, may be eligible for additional compensation if engaged to provide call coverage services and/or administrative services.
• In some circumstances, a minimum base guarantee, sign on/commencement, educational reimbursement, quality incentive, and/or relocation bonuses may be contemplated. Bonuses are awarded in exceptional circumstances only.
• Robust benefits are available for full time employees, which includes: paid malpractice, medical, behavioral health, prescription drug, dental and vision, wellbeing resources, life and disability, 401K plan with employer matching contributions, employee stock purchase plan, time off and other paid leave as required by law, supplemental health protection plans, wellbeing resources, flexible spending accounts, life and disability benefits, financial wellbeing resources, time away from work program, family-focused benefits, CorePlus voluntary benefits, CME allowance, CME Time-Off, and license reimbursement. Each benefit is subject to eligibility requirements as specified in plan documents and the company reserves the right to modify the benefits it offers from time to time.

About HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's:

• Rocky Mountain Children's is part of HCA HealthONE, Denver's largest hospital system and HCA Healthcare, a leading national healthcare system with more than 185 hospitals
• Home to a growing cardiac surgical program with plans to care for all acuity/STAT categories.
• Rocky Mountain Children's has over 140 beds, including 42 pediatric, 20 PICU and a Level IV, 84-bed NICU
• The medical staff at Rocky Mountain Children's includes a mix of 300 pediatric specialists, neonatologists and maternal-fetal specialists
• Strong collaboration with MFM and neonatal teams, supporting a high volume fetal care program volume fetal care program

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