Physician (Radiologist) w/Recruitment-Relocation Incentive-EDRP

Radiologist Position

The Radiologist may serve as Staff Radiologist or Clinical Diagnostic Radiologist to provide interpretive and patient care services within the scope of a radiologist.

Administrative Duties:

• Leadership responsibilities: Attend and participate in staff meetings. Participate on section, service or facility level committees/boards, when assigned. Serve as Peer Reviewer for the Protected Peer Review Committee, when assigned. Demonstrate effective communication both down to staff and up to leadership. Act as Section Chief when the Service Chief is on leave, when assigned.
• Human Resources: Maintaining VA training requirements. Timely completion of documentation and upkeep of credentials required for privileging and re-privileging.
• Clinical Management: Includes indirect patient care. Adheres to CPRS documentation rules. Maintains integrity of Protected Health Information. Facilitates clinic staff productivity. Maintains acceptable clinical productivity as determined by national productivity goals and the Service Chief. Participates in patient safety initiatives and process improvements, when assigned.
• The Radiologist will be responsible for establishing imaging protocols; reviewing imaging requests; utilization management; ensuring appropriate preps and medication are ordered; technical oversight and feedback for the technologist performing the examinations; overall safety of imaging patients including oversight of contrast administration and response to adverse patient reactions.
• Responsible for timely interpretation and communication of imaging results as appropriate, including report entry into the digital medical record and notification of critical findings.

Clinical Duties:

• Patient Care: Practitioners are expected to provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease, and care at the end of life.
• Medical/Clinical Knowledge: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate knowledge of established and evolving concepts within Diagnostic Imaging, and the application of their knowledge to patient care and the education of others. Practitioners are expected to practice within the standard of care at all times.
• Clinical Judgment: To ensure practice-based learning and improvement, practitioners are expected to be able to use scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate, and improve patient care.
• Interpersonal & Communication Skills: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of the health care team.
• Professionalism: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and understanding and sensitivity to diversity, and a responsible attitude toward their patients and their profession.
• Systems-Based Practice: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate both an understanding of the contexts and systems in which health care is provided, and the ability to apply this knowledge to improve optimizing health care.

Additional duties may vary per select facility of your choose.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday (8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.); rotating schedule or may vary.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized at specific location.

Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): May be authorized at specific facility. Learn more.

EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io, 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