Cardiologist | Echo Board Certified + Chair Consideration | Bridgeport, CT
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Job Description
Healthcare United is seeking a BE/BC Cardiologist with Echo Board Certification for a full-time role in the Bridgeport Area, CT, with an established multispecialty physician group affiliated with an independent community teaching hospital.
Location
Southern Connecticut, convenient to Bridgeport, New Haven, and surrounding communities.
The Cardiologist will provide comprehensive cardiovascular care for adults with coronary artery disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, valvular disease, arrhythmias, and other cardiovascular conditions.
The established Cardiology program provides access to echocardiography, exercise testing, electrical cardioversion, pacemaker services, and hospital-based cardiovascular resources.
For a physician with appropriate leadership experience and qualifications, the organization would consider a Chair of Medicine opportunity.
What You Can Expect
- Clinical Scope: General and non-invasive Cardiology
- Diagnostics: Echocardiography and cardiovascular diagnostic testing
- Conditions: CAD, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, valvular disease, and arrhythmias
- Practice Setting: Multispecialty physician group and community teaching hospital
- Requirement: Echo Board Certification
- Support: Established Cardiology and hospital-based clinical resources
- Leadership: Chair of Medicine consideration for appropriately qualified candidates
Contact Healthcare United with your current CV to discuss the Cardiology program, leadership opportunity, compensation package, and next steps.
Requirements
- MD or DO
- Completion of an accredited Cardiovascular Disease fellowship
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in Cardiology
- Echo Board Certification required
- Active or eligible Connecticut medical license
- Active DEA registration or ability to obtain
- Strong general/non-invasive Cardiology skills
- Leadership experience strongly preferred for Chair consideration
- Strong collaborative and patient-care skills
- Current CV required
Benefits
The compensation and benefits package may include the following, subject to position-specific terms and eligibility:
- Competitive compensation based on current MGMA Cardiology benchmarks, training, and experience
- Chair of Medicine consideration for qualified physicians
- Established cardiovascular patient base
- Medical and prescription coverage
- Dental and vision insurance
- Pre-tax retirement savings plan
- Paid vacation, holiday, and sick time
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Long-term disability coverage
- Flexible Spending Account options
- Employee wellness resources
- Free parking
- Tuition assistance
Key Responsibilities
The cardiologist will provide comprehensive cardiovascular care for adults, including diagnostics and treatment for conditions such as heart failure and arrhythmias. The role also involves working within a multispecialty group and a community teaching hospital, with potential leadership responsibilities as Chair of Medicine.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
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Key Skills
Cardiology — Physician Career Context
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Connecticut is 103.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Connecticut clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Physician median $336k (middle half $240k–$428k)27 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Connecticut index 103.6 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Cardiology listings in Connecticut | 13 active | —live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| All physician listings in Connecticut | 311 active | 22,434 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Connecticut physician listings (all specialties): 27% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 21% offer loan repayment311 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cardiology hiring demand | #8 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 56 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 224 postings, 134 closed |
| New Cardiology listings | 343 in the last 30 days | 260 the 30 days before (+32%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Physician pay trend (all specialties) | −2.8% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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