Radiologist

Schedule:

The Radiology Department provides services 24 hours per day, seven days a week. Clinical services are provided Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. Normal duty hours will consist of forty (40) hours per week. The contract Radiologist will provide services for a predetermined rotating schedule to cover weekday and weekend shifts 24 hours per day, exclusive of a 60-minute unpaid lunch/dinner period which is not paid by the Government.

Possible shifts in the following:

• 0730-1630 w/ 1-hr lunch.
• 0800-1700 w/ 1-hr lunch.
• 1000-1900 w/ 1-hr lunch (Short Call Shift).
• 1900-0730 w/ 1-hr lunch (cell phone back-up call).

• Weekend coverage would be 24-hour cell phone back-up call with up to eight (8) hours of in-house scheduled work and call-back per day. Weekend cell phone back-up call is from 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning until 7:30 a.m. Monday morning.
• Holiday coverage would be 24-hour cell phone back-up call with up to eight (8) hours of in-house scheduled work and call-back per day. Holiday cell phone back-up is from 7:30 a.m. on the holiday morning until 7:30 a.m. on the following weekday or weekend morning.
• At the discretion of the Chief, Department of Radiology, a flexible schedule will be utilized for the Diagnostic Radiologists do not exceed 80 hours per 2-week period. (Excluding a 60-minute meal break).
• Actual duty hours will be determined by CRDAMC Chief of Radiology or his/her designated representative. Hours scheduled do not include travel time involved in reaching CRDAMC. The government will pay only for the actual hours worked. Signing in prior to scheduled time will not be considered as hours worked. The above timeframes are subject to change by mutual agreement of the government and the contractor. The Contractor shall only be paid for actual hours worked. Hours scheduled for shifts do not include travel time involved in reaching the medical treatment facility. The Contract HCW shall be rested and fully physically and mentally capable for performing the duties required under this contract. Compensatory time (comp time) is not authorized.

Qualifications:

• Degree/Education: Must be a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Osteopathy (D.O.) from an accredited college approved by the Council of Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association or Doctor of Osteopathy from a college accredited by the American Osteopathic Association. Must have successfully completed an internship and residency training in a US accredited U.S. Diagnostic Radiology Training Program.

• Certifications: Contract workers shall maintain current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association, or the American Red Cross. Certification cards must display the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross or other approved certifying body emblem. Web-based (on-line) classes are not acceptable by the Government.

• Experience: The Radiologist shall have been continuously employed in the practice of diagnostic radiology for 2 years prior to the commencement of services under this contract.
• Board Certification: The provider must be board certified or board eligible in Diagnostic Radiology.

• Licensure/Registration: Documentation demonstrating permission by an official agency of a State, the District of Columbia, or a Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States to provide health care within the scope of practice of a specified discipline. Licensure, certification, or registration is a qualification for employment as a healthcare provider in the MHS. Healthcare providers must have one current, valid, active, and unrestricted license. Additional licenses held by a provider must be in good standing whether they are inactive, expired, or limit the provider’s practice to a military setting. Providers in the MHS may not have one active license and another currently suspended or probationary license. Non personal services contractors are not afforded licensure portability per the DHAPM 6025.13, volume 4 and 10 USC 1094. Therefore, they must be licensed in the state they are rendering care.

Duties:

Core Duties: The physical work demands involve moderate and heavy physical exertion on a regular basis, to include standing for prolonged periods, lifting a variety of heavy equipment, positioning and lifting disabled individuals, making frequent postural changes according to patient responses, and demonstrate tests or tasks which require coordination, dexterity, speed, strength, bilateral coordination, writing and keyboarding. In addition, the contract Radiologist shall perform all procedures and duties that are normal to the scope of that provider's particular specialty and for which privileges are granted by the MTF. These are essentially the same duties as those required of any military or Civil Service provider of similar experience and in similar duty assignments. Specific tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Review and interpret special procedures and nuclear medicine studies obtained on DoD beneficiaries from local and/or regional civilian medical centers, and Veterans Administration Hospitals within twenty-four (24) hours after receipt in the Department of Radiology if requested in writing by the Chief, Department of Radiology.
• Provide advice and opinions upon request by the Chief of Radiology in support of diagnostic interpretations of radiological examinations and procedures as provided in conjunction with patient care and treatment as provided by the contractor.
• Read STAT/"Wet" diagnostic studies within fifteen (15) minutes from the time the diagnostic studies are made available to the contract radiologist for interpretation. The response time on these diagnostic studies may be monitored by the COR at the government's discretion.

The turnaround time for reports should be as follows:

• STAT = 1 hour.
• ASAP = 24 hours.
• Routine = 72 hours.

Interpret all routine studies (including plain films, CT, US, nuclear medicine as available at the MTF) and submit a written report within twenty-four (24) hours after the study is performed.

Accomplish fluoroscopic exams and special procedures on the daily schedule established at the direction of the Chief, Department of Radiology. These fluoroscopic exams and special procedures require same-day interpretation.

Submit legible handwritten or dictated reports of the interpretation on Standard Form (SF 519-B) or other report forms, or electronic media, as required by the local Commander.

Prepare all records and reports as may be required in support of services rendered and as required by the MTF Standing Operating Procedures, Federal law or Army regulation. All written reports/documentation shall be legible and shall be considered property of the government.

Participate in Continuing Medical Education (CME) training sufficient to satisfy requirement of appropriate licensing agencies. These costs for CME will be at no cost to the Government.

Facilitate patient access to medical care by recommending appropriate referrals to other health care providers in accordance with policies and regulation of the MTF.

The contractor shall perform and provide diagnostic interpretation of radiologic examinations, and provide diagnostic consultation related to diagnostic imaging to other member of the medical staff. Examination procedures and studies performed will include the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic work which would be performed by a diagnostic radiologist who shall, at a minimum, be board eligible for certification without additional education or training being required for board certification. Routine studies such as plain film interpretation, the normal range of fluoroscopic examination and common invasive procedures, the interpretation of CT scans, interpretation of MRI scans, and the performance of ultrasound and mammographic exams are required. Procedures which are required include, but are not limited to, the following:

Fluoroscopic and Radiographic Studies:

• Chest and Ribs.
• Skull and spine.
• Pelvis.
• Sinuses.
• Facial bones.
• Abdomen/KUB.
• Extremities.
• Arthrogram.
• Upper GI/Barium Swallow.
• Small Bowel Follow through.
• Barium Enema (single and double contrast).
• Hysterosalpingography.
• Voiding Cystourethrography.
• Mammography.

Ultrasound Studies:

• Neonatal head.
• Neonatal Spine.
• Newborn Hips.
• Pelvis.
• Inguinal.
• Neck.
• Thyroid.
• Right Upper Quadrant.
• Renal.
• Spleen.
• Deep veins of the upper and lower extremities.
• Superficial lesion.

MRI Studies:

• Brain.
• Spine.
• Joints.
• MRCP.
• Abdomen (including renal, pancreas, or adrenal).
• Pelvis.

CT studies:

• Head and brain.
• Spine.
• Abdomen/pelvis.
• Angiography (brain, neck, chest, abdomen/pelvis, extremities, coronary arteries).
• Extremities.