[Hiring] Physician @VA TX Valley Coastal Bend HCS

Role Description

The VA Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System, Harlingen, TX is seeking a Radiologist to provide a spectrum of image interpretation and patient care services within the specialty of Diagnostic Radiology and possess additional subspecialty expertise. This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP).

Responsibilities

• Contribute to quality assurance and performance improvement.
• Oversight of technical quality, education of staff and trainees, committee assignments, and other activities that support clinical operations and the mission, values, and goals of the VA and the Medical Center.

Oversight of quality and safety:

• Review exam requests for appropriateness.
• Prescribe exam protocols and modify as needed for specific clinical indications.
• Provide oversight of technical image quality feedback to technologists.
• Provide clinical oversight of medical administration, including contrast, preps, and other medication relevant to the Imaging Service.
• Provide oversight and serve as a resource for radiation and MRI safety.
• Provide oversight and serve as a resource for infection control practices.
• Participate in various aspects of quality assurance such as peer review, protocol review, appropriateness criteria, and performance improvement.

Image Interpretation and Consultation:

• Interpret imaging exams including relevant exam comparison and correlation with clinical information CPRS.
• Generate reports that contain pertinent findings and measurements, a description of normal and abnormal structures, discussion of differential diagnoses, recommendations, and impressions.
• Support patient care services with reports timely to the care being delivered with the method of communication appropriate to the level of clinical importance acuity.
• Consult with providers on various aspects of imaging such as exam selection, review of results, and other support functions.

Patient Care:

• Interact with patients to obtain relevant clinical history and physical exam findings within the scope of radiology practice.
• Provide education to patients and support, obtain informed consent, issue disclosures when appropriate, document in CPRS, enter orders in CPRS, and other aspects of physician practice.
• Participate in the coordination of patient care: Contact clinical providers as relevant to assure effective patient care, discuss evaluation, manage, follow-up, and other aspects of coordinated, patient-centered care.
• Integrate resources to provide current, optimal care: consult colleagues, research literature, maintain continuing education, and other sources of current practice.

Education:

• Support academic affiliations in technologists, medical students, residents, and other teaching programs that involve the Imaging Service.
• Provide clinical experience, cognitive development, and other aspects of effective teaching.

Research:

• Research is not required but encouraged by the VA and supported as feasible to allow the opportunity for study design, data collection, analysis, publication, and other aspects of research.

Work Schedule:

• Monday - Friday (8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

Qualifications

• Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine.
• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Requirements

• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• Basic Requirements:
  • Approved residencies are those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education.
  • One year of post-medical school training followed by two years of post-training independent practice.
  • Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases.
• 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).
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
• Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement for CME (must be full-time with board certification).
• Free liability protection with tail coverage provided.
• No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.