Pediatric Cardiologist (MD/DO)
Listed compensation
$300k-$415k
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Job Description
Inova Children’s Cardiology and the Inova Children’s Heart Center are seeking a full-time Pediatric Cardiologist to join our expanding team. This opportunity offers the chance to practice within a nationally recognized pediatric heart program while serving a growing patient population across Northern Virginia.
The position will support the ambulatory pediatric cardiology clinics and provide outpatient pediatric cardiology care throughout the Southeast Region of Northern Virginia.
The selected Pediatric Cardiologist will have a 100% ambulatory clinic practice serving patients across the East/Southeast Region of Northern Virginia, including Woodbridge, Manassas, Stafford, and Alexandria.
The position will also offer opportunities to participate in quality improvement initiatives, clinical research, and the education of medical students and pediatric residents.
The successful candidate will join an exceptional team of board-certified pediatric cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons who are deeply committed to collaboration, teamwork, and delivering outstanding care to patients and their families. The Inova Children’s Heart Center includes 24 pediatric cardiologists across multiple subspecialties, including interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, advanced cardiac imaging, fetal cardiology, adult congenital heart disease, general cardiology, dedicated cardiac intensivists, and congenital cardiovascular surgeons.
Inova LJ Murphy Children’s Hospital is a 226-bed children’s hospital at Inova Fairfax Hospital medical campus, located in Northern Virginia. As the only dedicated children’s hospital in Northern Virginia, we provide care in a welcoming environment that offers the latest technical innovation in kid-friendly spaces. Other features of our hospital include:
- 108-bed, level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
- Inova Children’s Cancer Center
- Level One Trauma Center
- Complex pediatric care across a spectrum of specialties
- Pediatric Emergency Department and network of pediatric emergency care seeing over 100,000 patients annually
- Child Life Services dedicated in each inpatient space and outpatient procedural area
- Specialized air and ground transport service
- Ronald McDonald House
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Pediatric Cardiologist Job Responsibilities
- Inova Children’s Heart Center is a comprehensive team, including congenital cardiac surgery, outpatient cardiology, fetal cardiology, non-invasive cardiology, adult congenital cardiology, fetal cardiology, diagnostic and interventional catheterization, and electrophysiology.
- Responsibilities include outpatient general pediatric cardiology.
- Flexibility, strong communication and collaborative skills are key.
- This position will work with the Chief of Pediatric Cardiology and the leadership of the Inova Children’s Heart Center to execute yearly personal and programmatic goals focused on the fundamentals of extraordinary care:
Safety, quality, patient experiences, access, and stewardship.
- This is a perfect position for the candidate that thrives in an environment that focuses on teamwork, collaboration and dedication to patients, families, and each other.
- Although patient care is our primary focus, education and research are also encouraged and supported with access to dedicated research professionals including statisticians, research managers, and research coordinators.
Featured Benefits
- Physician Led Organization: Potential for Physician leadership opportunities
- Committed to Team Member Health: Offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Competitive Compensation Package: Includes a market-competitive base salary, comprehensive performance incentive plan. Additionally, opportunities for Sign-On, Retention, and Relocation bonuses
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day. 457B retirement plan is also available for physicians in a 0.5 FTE and greater
- CME Support: Up to $3,500 a year for CME support and up to 5 days of CME
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off and paid parental leave
Minimum Qualifications
- Education: Doctor of Medicine degree from an accredited institution. Board eligible or board certified in Pediatric Cardiology.
- Experience: successful completion of Pediatric residency program.
- Licensure: Current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Virginia.
- Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) upon start, ACLS, PALS (when appropriate)
- Payer Credentialing: Ability to successfully complete the credentialing process by third-party payors and ability to enrolled as a CMS Medicare/Medicaid payor
- Medical Staff Credentialing: Successful completion of credentialing for Medical Staff membership and appropriate clinical privileges sufficient to perform all required services
We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience.
And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.
Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.
Key Responsibilities
The Pediatric Cardiologist will provide outpatient general pediatric cardiology care across the East/Southeast Region of Northern Virginia. Additionally, the role involves participating in quality improvement initiatives, clinical research, and the education of medical students and residents.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Doctor of Medicine degree and be board eligible or board certified in Pediatric Cardiology. A current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Virginia is required, along with successful completion of a pediatric residency program.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pediatric Cardiologist (MD/DO) at Inova Health System a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Cardiology — ranked against 619 active Cardiology listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Cardiology — Physician Career Context
Of the 31 active Cardiology listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 65% have no call, 23% require no weekends.
Cardiology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.1 / 10 · top 25% in cardiology | ranked against 619 Cardiology listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $300k–$415k | Cardiology median $591k (middle half $520k–$657k)14 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$354k in purchasing power | Virginia index 101.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Cardiology listings in Virginia | 23 active | 617 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 3% remote · 65% no call · 23% no weekends31 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | sign-on bonus · $10k loan repayment | Virginia Physician listings: 36% state a sign-on bonus (median $55k) · 26% offer loan repayment734 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cardiology hiring demand | #8 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 56 days · 33% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 224 postings, 134 closed |
| New Cardiology listings | 334 in the last 30 days | 264 the 30 days before (+27%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Cardiology pay trend | +2.5% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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