Interventional Radiologist Physician

Fidelity Partners•Syracuse, NY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Interventional Radiologist Physician will provide on-site and on-call interventional radiology services for Syracuse VA Medical Center beneficiaries. The physician will perform procedures, consultations, pre- and post-procedure care, documentation, patient education, quality activities, and required call coverage in accordance with VA and American College of Radiology standards.

Requirements

Must possess a current, full, and unrestricted New York State medical license.
Must be Board Certified by the American Board of Radiology.
Must successfully complete Syracuse VA Medical Center credentialing and privileging before providing patient care.
Must maintain current Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certifications as required.
Must maintain current continuing medical education, an active National Provider Identifier, and Drug Enforcement Administration registration.
Must demonstrate technical proficiency, professional competence, and English-language fluency appropriate for the assignment.
Must satisfy VA occupational-health, mandatory-training, privacy, information-security, background, and suitability requirements.
Must be able to provide the required on-site schedule, on-call coverage, and emergency call-in response.
Current curriculum vitae or resume documenting interventional radiology education, training, and experience.
Copies of New York medical license, board certification, BLS and ACLS certifications, DEA registration, NPI information, and other requested credentials.
Any credentialing, privileging, malpractice-history, insurance, background, security, and onboarding documents requested by Fidelity Partners or the Government/client.

Responsibilities

Provide on-site and on-call interventional radiology physician services that meet or exceed applicable American College of Radiology standards.
Perform angiography, angioplasty, stenting, embolization, biopsies, central-line placement, drainage procedures, and dialysis-access interventions within granted privileges.
Perform IVC filter placement, lumbar puncture, myelography, paracentesis, gastrostomy, thoracentesis, vertebroplasty, and related procedures within granted privileges.
Conduct patient consultations, clinical evaluations, informed-consent discussions, and pre-procedure assessments.
Provide post-procedure care, follow-up, complication management, and coordination with referring and supporting clinical services.
Complete accurate and timely medical-record documentation, procedure notes, orders, reports, and required quality records.
Educate patients and families regarding procedures, risks, aftercare, and follow-up requirements.
Provide weekday, weekend, and holiday call coverage, including telephone consultation and emergency on-site response when needed.
Participate in peer review, quality-management, patient-safety, medical-staff, and committee activities as required.
Attend required meetings, orientations, training sessions, and clinical conferences.
Coordinate professionally with VA physicians, nurses, technologists, support staff, patients, and other stakeholders.
Follow all VA clinical, privacy, information-security, infection-control, radiation-safety, and workplace requirements.
Maintain all licenses, certifications, registrations, credentials, and privileges required for performance.