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General Information

Location
Atrium Health Cleveland
111 W Grover St
Gastonia, North Carolina
Care Delivery Brand
Atrium Health

Description & Requirements

If it's possible, you will find it at Atrium Health—the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina and South Carolina. We invite board-eligible/board-certified cardiologists to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds and visions together in our Adult Cardiology team at Atrium Health-Cleveland in Shelby, NC.

Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute (SHVI), part of Atrium Health, one of the nation's leading and most innovative healthcare organizations, is actively seeking a board-certified or board-eligible

General Adult Cardiologist serving Atrium Health – Cleveland and Gastonia, North Carolina.

Highlights

About the Opportunity:

  • Board Certified in Cardiovascular Disease
  • Interested in patient-centered, value-based delivery of cardiovascular care
  • Support continued maintenance of cardiology care in a stable, community-oriented market
  • Skilled in echo and nuclear imaging
  • Visa candidates encouraged to apply
  • Exposure to or interest in coronary CTA

About the Practice:

  • The West area for SHVI includes the Lincolnton, Gastonia, and Shelby practices. There are currently 3 general cardiologists and 5 Advanced Practice Providers in Shelby. Opportunity for inpatient coverage (1 in 4 weeks M-F) at Atrium Health – Cleveland with outpatient practice/imaging located in Gastonia.
  • Shared regional call rotation for nights and weekends. (approximately 8-9 weekends/year)
  • Fully accredited echo lab within both Shelby and Gastonia practices. Multi-disciplinary clinic including vascular and electrophysiology services.
  • Inpatient and outpatient service with dedicated reading time
  • Great collegiality within the practice and support among other specialists and administration

About the Hospital:

Atrium Health Cleveland is a 241-bed hospital in Shelby, NC, providing comprehensive emergency services and specialty medical care and was the first Level III trauma center in NC, offering advanced emergency care. The campus offers a variety of medical services, including a day surgery center, cancer treatment center, long-term care facility, behavioral health center, specialty care clinics, a community wellness and outreach program, a women and children's center, interventional heart program and physician practices.

About SHVI:

Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute is one of the Southeast's largest cardiac and vascular programs providing the highest quality care available to patient with cardiovascular disease throughout North and South Carolina. SHVI employs more than 125 physicians in a network of more than 25 locations to provide the highest quality care available to patient with cardiovascular disease throughout North and South Carolina. SHVI has more than 50 years of experience in providing world-class, comprehensive acute and chronic cardiovascular services including the region's only heart transplant center and pediatric heart surgery program.

Training and/or Experience Required
  • Board-certified or board-eligible General Adult Cardiologist

Benefits
  • Paid Time Off programs available for eligible positions
  • Comprehensive health and welfare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage
  • Retirement benefits, including 401(k) options with employer contributions and access to financial wellness resources
  • Flexible spending accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family support benefits, which may include parental leave, adoption assistance, and surrogacy support
  • Educational assistance and professional development programs
  • Paid medical liability insurance 
  • Continuing Medical Education (CME) allowances
  • Relocation assistance

About Gastonia, North Carolina
Located just west of Charlotte, Gastonia is one of the largest cities in the Charlotte metropolitan area and a vibrant hub for healthcare, education, and industry. Known for its welcoming community, affordable living, and access to both urban amenities and natural beauty, Gastonia offers professionals and families a high quality of life.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is one of the largest nonprofit integrated health systems in the United States, providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois, Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin. With Wake Forest University School of Medicine as our academic core, we are shaping the future of health care through innovation, research, education and compassionate care.

When you join Advocate Health, you’re joining a team that’s committed to being a Best Place to Care—where clinicians are heard, supported and empowered to focus on what matters most: caring for patients. This enterprise-wide initiative is grounded in listening to care teams, removing barriers to excellent care, and fostering well-being and connection. It reflects our purpose—from discovery to everyday moments, we’re redefining care - for you, for us, for all—and lives through our values: lifting each other up, leading with purpose, thinking boldly together and embracing change with optimism. Here, you’ll find not just a job, but a career with meaning, growth and impact—for all.