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Physician - Interventional Radiologist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 18 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →VHA Physician Total Rewards.
- →Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized to a highly qualified candidate Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized Learn more.
- →EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
- →This includes review of IR orders for appropriateness and feasibility, pre-procedure preparation, knowledge and technical skill in image-guided procedures, post procedure care and appropriate documentation in CPRS or other EHR.
- →Coordination of care within the IR team, with other staff in the medical center, and occasionally with providers outside the medical center is an essential function.
- →The consultative role encompasses patient chart and imaging record review, and patient assessment that integrates the value of imaging and radiology procedures in patient management.
- →The Interventional radiologist will need to competent in all IR invasive procedures including but not limited to, TACE, Microwave ablations, Renal Cryoablations, suprapubic catheter placement, IVC placement, and peripheral stenting, diagnostic and therapeutic angiography and venography, fistulograms, PEG tube placements, lumbar punctures, myelograms, image guided biopsy.
- →Ability to perform, general exams including diagnostic fluoroscopies, radiography, sonography, CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Mammography, DXA.
- →Expected to wide range of diagnostic fluoroscopies, radiography, sonography, CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Mammography, DX.
- →Performs a wide range of diagnostic interpretations of the studies produced by the Imaging Section.
- →The workload is generated by requests for interpretation submitted by the Medical Staff and its CBOCs.
- →Maintains full responsibility for the quality of the diagnostic examinations performed by the Imaging Section.
- →Authorized user for nuclear medicine.
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 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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