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Physician - Interventional Radiologist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The Department of Radiology at the Kansas City VA Medical Center is seeking an experienced and dynamic Interventional Radiologist. Applicants are required to be board certified/board eligible by the American Board of Radiology and have a minimum of one-year ACGME accredited fellowship training in Vascular and Interventional Radiology.
What You'll Do
- →VHA Physician Total Rewards.
- →Duties: Provide standard of care interventional radiology services in the broad scope of interventional radiology in diagnosis and interprets and administers treatment.
- →Common procedures include (not exhaustive list): Diagnostic angiography, angioplasty, stenting, thrombolysis, embolization, radiofrequency or other forms of ablation, drainages, biliary and urinary procedures, biopsies, paracentesis, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, pain procedures, prostate artery embolizations, etc.
- →The candidate must have expertise in radiation safety and biological effects of radiation and injury prevention with application of ALARA principles.
- →Utilization of integrated PAC systems and voice recognition systems.
- →Performs the duties of this position in addition to other agreed upon responsibilities of interpretation of diagnostic radiology studies (as per qualifications and ability) to include possible modalities of computed tomography, general radiography, fluoroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine, DEXA, and ultrasonography.
- →Candidate must have or obtain and maintain BLS and ACLS certification.
- →On-call rotation is required.
- →Current experience, up-to-date procedure skills, as well as excellent clinical and interpersonal skills are required.
- →Must be highly visible and accessible to patients and referring physicians.
- →Eligible for academic appointment to provide training, mentoring, and supervision to UMKC School of Medicine radiology residents.
- →Adherence to timely and accurate CPRS documentation and VA training requirements, participation in FPPE/OPPE process and peer review, uphold integrity of Protected Health Information.
- →Maintains acceptable personal clinical productivity as determined by national productivity goals and the Service Chief and facilitates clinic staff productivity Routine participation in hospital conferences such as vascular conference, pulmonary conference, and tumor board, and other duties as assigned.
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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