Physician- Interventional Radiologist

Department of Veterans Affairs • Salt Lake City, UT

50d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Radiology at the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center is recruiting for a full-time Interventional Radiologist. The department is staffed and equipped to perform the full spectrum of Interventional Radiology procedures as well as a wide variety of image-guided biopsies and drainage procedures. Current experience, up-to-date procedure skills, as well as excellent clinical and interpersonal skills are required. The full-time Interventional Radiologist will provide patient care in the hospital setting to inpatients and outpatients and should be comfortable interpreting and administering treatment as follows: diagnostic angiography, angioplasty, stenting, thrombolysis, embolization, radiofrequency or other forms of ablation, drainages, biliary and urinary procedures, and biopsies. Shall support the VISN mission, vision and values, while operating in accordance with Veterans Health Administration (VHA) policies, facility and VISN policies, and standards of federal professional and accrediting agencies external to VHA. Assist in the drafting of standard operating procedures. Reviews imaging requests and consults and directs scheduling priorities. Provide on-call services for interventional radiology on a rotating and/or reasonable basis. Ensures pre and post procedure documentation is completed according to the facility policies. Provides technical oversight and feedback for the technologists and nurses involved in performing procedures. Overall safety of imaging patients including oversight of contrast administration and response to adverse patient reactions. Provides the customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures. Handles conflict and problems in dealing with the customer constructively and appropriately. Radiology scan interpretation and report generation, using voice recognition software, including interpretation of general diagnostic radiographs, CT, US, MRI, nuclear medicine exams and other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The candidate must show expertise in radiation safety, radiation physics, the biological effects of radiation and injury prevention. Candidate must have or obtain BLS/ACLS certification. On-call rotation is required.

Requirements

• Current experience, up-to-date procedure skills, as well as excellent clinical and interpersonal skills are required.
• The full-time Interventional Radiologist will provide patient care in the hospital setting to inpatients and outpatients and should be comfortable interpreting and administering treatment as follows: diagnostic angiography, angioplasty, stenting, thrombolysis, embolization, radiofrequency or other forms of ablation, drainages, biliary and urinary procedures, and biopsies.
• Candidate must show expertise in radiation safety, radiation physics, the biological effects of radiation and injury prevention.
• Candidate must have or obtain BLS/ACLS certification.
• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Responsibilities

• Assist in the drafting of standard operating procedures.
• Reviews imaging requests and consults and directs scheduling priorities.
• Provide on-call services for interventional radiology on a rotating and/or reasonable basis.
• Ensures pre and post procedure documentation is completed according to the facility policies.
• Provides technical oversight and feedback for the technologists and nurses involved in performing procedures.
• Overall safety of imaging patients including oversight of contrast administration and response to adverse patient reactions.
• Provides the customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures.
• Handles conflict and problems in dealing with the customer constructively and appropriately.
• Radiology scan interpretation and report generation, using voice recognition software, including interpretation of general diagnostic radiographs, CT, US, MRI, nuclear medicine exams and other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

Benefits

• Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized to a highly qualified candidate
• Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
• Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
• Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
• Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees