[Hiring] Staff Physician - Diagnostic Radiology @John D Dingell Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Role Description

This position is 100% Telework. The General Radiologist will be involved in all aspects of pulmonary and cardiac imaging, including:

• Lung cancer screening and diagnosis
• Evaluation of airway diseases
• Benign and malignant conditions of the lungs and pleura
• Coronary artery diseases
• Congenital or acquired diseases of the heart

The General Radiologist will be working with a great team of radiologists and technologists, support staff, and will enjoy the following new, top-of-the-line medical imaging systems being installed:

• 3T PET-MRI
• 3T wide-bore MRI
• Dual source multidetector CT
• XR systems
• 2 Fluoroscopy systems
• Angiography suite

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• 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 with feedback to technologists.
• Provide clinical oversight of medication administration, including contrast, preps, and other medications relevant to the Imaging Service.
• Image Interpretation and Consultation:
• Interpret imaging exams including relevant exam comparison and correlation with clinical information in CPRS.
• Support patient care services with reports timely to the care being delivered.
• Interpret X-ray examinations, Ultrasound, CT, Fluoroscopy, and MRI exams.
• Interpret Nuclear Medicine exams and may perform some interventional procedures (imaging-guided biopsies and drainages, thoracentesis, etc.).
• Patient Care:
• Interact with patients to obtain relevant clinical history and physical exam findings within the scope of radiology practice.
• Contact clinical providers as relevant to assure effective patient care.
• Make timely and definitive notification of time-sensitive results and/or results that have major clinical significance.
• Medical Staff Functions:
• Participate in Imaging and general medical staff meetings, committee assignments, tumor board, compliance, and other components of an organized medical staff.
• Support academic affiliations in technologist, resident, and other teaching programs involving the Imaging Service.
• Provide clinical experience, cognitive development, and other aspects of effective teaching.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 1:00PM-9:30PM EST. May be required to rotate evenings/weekends.

Qualifications

• Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine.
• 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.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Requirements

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery.
• Residency training completed in an accredited core specialty training program.

Benefits

• Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized.
• 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, 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 insurance.
• 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.