Radiology - Interventional Physician

Coverage Needed

• Schedule: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
• Open Dates:
  • July 10, 13-17, 27-31
  • August 3, 31 - Sept 4
  • October 2, 5-9
  • November 23-27, 30 - Dec 4
  • Dec 21-25, 28 - Jan 1

Clinical Details

• Setting: General Acute Care Hospital (Stroke Certified)
• Duties: Hospital Coverage, including IR needs, Stroke CTs, and other procedures
  • Potential coverage for outpatient building for contrasted CTs, MRIs, and Breast biopsies
• Required Procedures: Lumbar punctures, barium studies, various centesis exams with drains, CT/US biopsies preferred
• IR Procedures: Thoracentesis, Paracentesis, Nephrostomy Tubes, Intra-abdominal abscess drainage, Chest Tubes, Suprapubic Catheters; Biopsies (Thyroid, Lung, Other)
• EMR: Cerner
• Support Staff: Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology) Nurses and Techs; Large Radiology group for overflow and after-hours reads
• Admissions per day: 12-15
• Patients/day: ED Daily Volume is 85-90 patients/day
• Average Daily Inpatient/Obs Census: 50 patients (includes ICU and OB)
• Types of cases: Surgical, Medical, ICU, and OB
• Expected studies and procedures per day: 50 studies/day + 4-6 procedures/day
  • Breakdown of Daily Work: CTs: 12-15, X-rays: 15-20, Ultrasounds: 8-12, IR Procedures: 4-6 (predominantly non-complex IR, Vast majority of exams are percutaneous (i.e. biopsies, drains, aspirations,etc.) with some infrequent tunneled (i.e. pleurex catheter placement, CV Access)

Requirements

• Board Certified or Board Eligible
• CA License
• Residency Requirement
• Other Certifications: BLS and DEA required during credentialing; CA Fluoroscopy required at submission
• Malpractice: Clean preferred