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Physician - Diagnostic Radiology
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 36 days ago
About the Role
The Samuel S Stratton Albany VA Medical Center has an opening for a full-time Diagnostic Radiologist with Neuro Radiology experience to perform a large spectrum of image guided procedures and provide a broad range of care to Veterans with complex disease and comorbidities, within a patient centric model.
What You'll Do
- →The Diagnostic Radiologist is charged with delivering the best possible care to our Veterans.
- →This care must be delivered in accordance with hospital policy, meeting or exceeding national standards and VHA national benchmarks.
- →Assigned duties and responsibilities are performed throughout the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center, often in a close interdisciplinary arrangement and consultation with other clinical services such as the Department of Surgery, Internal Medicine, Primary Care, Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine etc.
- →Interdisciplinary collaborative care implies active participation in interdisciplinary conferences and adherence to interdisciplinary care and treatment strategy decisions.
- →The successful candidate acts as a cooperative and collegial team member with the entire medical center staff.
- →Duties include but are not limited to the following: 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.
- →Provide clinical oversight of medication administration, including contrast, preps and other medications relevant to the Imaging Service.
- →Interpret all breast 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 impressions.
- →Performs image guided breast biopsies.
- →Consults with patients over results and recommend further testing.
- →Integrate resources to provide current, optimal care: consult colleagues, research literature, maintain continuing education and other sources of current practice.
- →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.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine.
Personality Fit
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