Physician - Non Invasive Cardiologist

The Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center seeks a Board Certified or Board Eligible full-time academic Cardiologist to join our Cardiology Section, accountable to the Chief of Cardiology. The Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center is closely affiliated with the adjacent University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and it is expected that the successful candidate will qualify for faculty appointment in the University of Colorado School of Medicine. The successful candidate will have interest, skill, and demonstrated experience in clinical care, education, and investigation. A focused interest in heart failure or advanced cardiac imaging is desirable.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more. This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm with on-call responsibilities.

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

About the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS)

The Eastern Colorado Health Care System provides you with outstanding health care, trains America’s future health care providers, and conducts important medical research.

Health Care and Services

We provide health care services at 15 locations in eastern Colorado and western Kansas: the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center (hospital) in Aurora, Colorado, and 14 community-based outpatient clinics. We also have a Community Referral and Resource Center, a 40-bed community living center (nursing home), and a 40-bed residential rehabilitation facility for homeless Veterans. To learn more about the services each Eastern Colorado health care location offers, visit the Eastern Colorado Health Services page.

The Eastern Colorado Health Care System is one of the leading VA health care systems in the Rocky Mountain Region. We’re an  innovative care center and medical research facility within the Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 (VISN 19).

Research and Development

We conduct research to discover knowledge, develop VA researchers and health care leaders, and create innovations that advance health care for Veterans and the nation. At the Eastern Colorado Medical Center Research Service, we offer Veterans the opportunity to participate in and benefit from our research. Our goal is to use research to promote better health and health care for all.

Major areas of biomedical laboratory and clinical sciences research include:

• Acute and chronic kidney disease
• Burn trauma
• Cardiology
• Diabetes and endocrinology
• Geriatrics
• Health services research
• Infectious diseases
• Mental health and suicide prevention
• Oncology and hematology
• Psychiatry and psychology
• Pulmonology
• Substance abuse and alternatives to opioids

Teaching and Learning

The VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System is affiliated with 20 academic institutions, including the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Marcus Institute for Brain Health. 

We train more than 120 residents, 450 medical students, and 370 nursing students at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System every year. We’re proud of our partnerships with top schools and institutions that support the educational mission of the VA, like:

• University of Colorado School of Medicine
• Marcus Institute for Brain Health
• Regis University
• Community College of Denver

Through these partnerships, we support residencies and other medical training programs in all major medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties, plus audiology, dietetics, nursing, orthopedic physical therapy, pharmacy, psychology, and social work.

Fast Facts

• In 2019, we had 3,458 full-time employees, including 300 physicians and 776 registered nurses. 
• Our 2019 operating budget was $683,436,435.
• In 2019, we had 1,068,816 outpatient visits and 6,696 total admissions; clinicians performed 4,877 surgical procedures.
• Our medical center has 227 beds distributed among internal medicine, surgery, rehabilitative medicine, and other services. That number also includes a 20-bed spinal cord injury and disorders unit and a 30-bed community living center (nursing home). 
• We funded 422 research projects with a budget of more than $20 million in 2019.