Duties
Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties:
Provide expertise and support in various facets of Diagnostic Radiology and patient care.
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.
- Provide oversight and serve as resource for infection control practices.
- Participate in MRI safety, and Radiology Quality Assurance committees.
- Participate in various aspects of quality assurance such as peer review, protocol review, appropriateness criteria and performance improvement.
- Maintains personal dosimetry.
- Reports safety events
Image Interpretation and Consultation:
- Interprets imaging exams including relevant exam comparison and correlation with clinical information in CPRS. Generate reports that contain pertinent findings and measurements, a description of normal and abnormal structures, discussion of differential diagnoses, recommendations and impression.
- Utilizes abnormal diagnostic codes appropriately and communicates/documents verbal notification of results when required.
- Support patient care services with reports timely to the care being delivered with the method of communication appropriate to the level of clinical importance or acuity.
- Consult with providers on various aspects of imaging such as exam selection, review of results and other support functions.
- Meets VHA defined benchmarks for physician productivity.
- Participate in clinical conferences such as Tumor Board and others.
- Ability to read all modalities
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, management, follow-up and other aspects of coordinated, patient-centered care. Make timely and definitive notification of time-sensitive results and/or results that have major clinical significance.
- Inject contrast agents when needed.
- Integrate resources to provide current, optimal care: consult colleagues, research literature, maintain continuing education and other sources of current practice.
Medical Staff Functions:
- Participate in Imaging and general medical staff meetings, committee assignments, compliance and other components of an organized medical staff.
Education:
- Support academic affiliations in technologist, radiologic assistant, medical student, resident and other teaching programs that involve the Imaging Service. Provide clinical experience, cognitive development, and other aspects of effective teaching.
Work Schedule: Full-time, 8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday - Friday (or as directed by Radiology Section Chief)
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EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact David Billingsley,
david.billingsleyjr@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
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)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
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
Contract Buy Out Program: This position may be eligible for the Physician / Provider Contract Buy Out Program (CBOP), which authorizes VHA to buy out service contracts (Locum agreements, loan repayments, sign-on bonus contracts, Physician-owned practices) in exchange for employment at certain rural or highly rural facilities for a period of obligated service (minimum 4 years). For additional information and eligibility requirements, contact the VHA Contract Buy Out Program Manager at
vacontractbuyoutprog@va.gov.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application, resume, C.V., and/or other supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
NOTE: A formal pay-setting process will be used to determine your salary. The salary may be at any point in the range listed for this vacancy.
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