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Jefferson Health Plans
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cardiovascular Critical Care Physician

Critical Care MedicineFull-Time

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Job Description

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Job Details

Jefferson Health is seeking a highly skilled and collaborative Cardiovascular Critical Care Physician to join our multidisciplinary cardiovascular team. This position offers the opportunity to provide advanced critical care to patients with complex cardiovascular conditions within a dynamic clinical and academic environment.

The Cardiovascular Critical Care Physician will provide comprehensive care to critically ill patients with cardiovascular disease, working closely with cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, and other specialists. The ideal candidate will have expertise in the management of complex cardiac and cardiovascular critical care patients and a strong commitment to multidisciplinary, patient-centered care.

Job Description

Provide comprehensive critical care for patients with complex cardiovascular conditions in the cardiovascular intensive care setting.

Manage patients with acute and advanced cardiac disease, including cardiogenic shock, acute coronary syndromes, decompensated heart failure, complex arrhythmias, and other cardiovascular emergencies.

  • Participate in the care of patients before and after complex cardiovascular and cardiac surgical procedures.
  • Manage critically ill patients requiring advanced hemodynamic monitoring and cardiovascular support.

Collaborate with Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Surgery, Interventional Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Pulmonary/Critical Care, and other specialty teams.

Participate in multidisciplinary rounds and contribute to coordinated treatment planning and transitions of care.

  • Respond to acute clinical deterioration and cardiovascular emergencies within the critical care environment.
  • Provide evidence-based, compassionate care to patients and their families.
  • Participate in quality improvement, patient safety, and clinical program development initiatives.
  • Support the education of residents, fellows, medical students, advanced practice providers, and other members of the healthcare team, as applicable.
  • Participate in academic, research, or scholarly activities based on interest and departmental opportunities.

Qualifications

  • MD or DO degree, or equivalent.
  • Board certified or board eligible in an appropriate specialty with advanced training in Critical Care Medicine.
  • Training and/or demonstrated expertise in cardiovascular critical care.
  • Eligibility for medical licensure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and/or other applicable states based on practice location.
  • Strong clinical judgment and experience managing medically complex and critically ill cardiovascular patients.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.

Commitment to multidisciplinary care, quality improvement, education, and Jefferson Health's mission of improving lives.

Work Shift

  • Worker Sub Type
  • Regular
  • Employee Entity

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value.

Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.

Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.

Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.

Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.

Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.

All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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Key Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive critical care to patients with complex cardiovascular conditions in an intensive care setting. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to manage acute cardiac diseases and participate in clinical program development and education.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Acute cardiac disease managementCardiogenic shock managementMultidisciplinary collaborationMedical educationHemodynamic supportAcute coronary syndromes managementHeart failure managementArrhythmia management

Critical Care Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 88% have no call, 46% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Better work-life than 50% of Critical Care Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 222 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$204k
Typical market rent
$1,768/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Medical (including prescription)
Supplemental insurance
Dental
Vision
Life and AD&D insurance
Short- and long-term disability
Flexible spending accounts
Retirement plans