Interventional Cardiologist
Compensation
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Job Description
- Job ID: L-MD-97815
- Profession: Physician
- Specialty: Interventional Cardiology
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Fort Smith, AR
- Service Setting: Inpatient
- Coverage Type: Call Only
- Coverage Period: ASAP – Ongoing
- Call Schedule: Mon – Fri, 5 days per month
- Call Type: In-House
- Call Ratio: 1:1
- Call Response Time: 1 hour (in-house); under 30 minutes for Emergency/STEMI
- Reason for Coverage: Call coverage
- Travel, Lodging, and Malpractice Insurance: Covered by agency
Patient Information
- Case Mix: Interventional cardiology cases, STEMI
- Patient Volume: 15-20
- Call Volume: Average of 20-25
- Others: No admissions unless STEMI all are done by hospitalist service
Facility Information
- EMR: Epic
- Support Staff: RNs: 7, MAs: 7, PA/NPs: 6, Office Staff: 3
Job Requirements
- Board: BC in Interventional Cardiology
- Licenses: Active AR license
- Certifications: BLS, ACLS, ATLS
- Clean record
- Clean NPDB report
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide interventional cardiology coverage for inpatient consults and procedures.
- Manage STEMI and emergency cardiology cases with rapid response.
- Perform interventional procedures as required.
- Collaborate with hospitalist service for admissions (no admissions unless STEMI).
Key Responsibilities
Provide interventional cardiology coverage for inpatient consults and emergency procedures, including STEMI management. Collaborate with the hospitalist service for patient admissions while performing required interventional procedures.
Requirements
Must be Board Certified in Interventional Cardiology with an active Arkansas medical license. Candidates are required to hold current BLS, ACLS, and ATLS certifications and maintain a clean professional record.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 10+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Interventional Cardiologist at Adelphi Staffing a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Interventional Cardiologist — ranked against 92 active Interventional Cardiologist listings on WeekdayDoc.
Cardiology — Physician Career Context
Of the 38 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 76% have no call, 18% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Arkansas is 86.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Arkansas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- Includes call
- Includes weekends
Living in Fort Smith
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $208k
- Typical market rent
- $1,054/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 17 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 85.9
- State income tax
- Up to 4.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Fort Smith, AR-OK metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.