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Physician - Nuclear Medicine Section Chief (Regular Ft)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 26 days ago
Hybrid Salt Lake City, UT $385K – $400K Apply by Jun 25, 2026 Medical Officer ESTJINTJINTPISTJ Healthcare
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The Nuclear Medicine Section Chief will provide direct clinical and administrative oversight for nuclear medicine as part of the Salt Lake City VA team. Consisting of Chief, Radiology Service, Medical Center ancillary and other supporting staff as appropriate and supporting Salt Lake City VA.
What You'll Do
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →VHA Physician Total Rewards.
- →Works with the Chief, Radiology Service and other staff as appropriate, supports operations issues resolution in a logical, stepwise fashion.
- →Participates in a forum in which staff identifies, communicate, and resolve issues related to Radiology Service, Medical Center ancillary and support operations, and VISN-wide mandates.
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Provide direct clinical and administrative oversight for nuclear medicine.
- →Clinically and administratively, oversee a state-of-the-art nuclear medicine section performing both diagnostic and theragnostic procedures.
- →Work directly with Chief, Radiology Service to assist in ensuring adequate and appropriate staffing and scheduling of diagnostic and theragnostic nuclear medicine procedures.
- →Participate in training and support of nuclear medicine physicians and technical staff.
- →Plan for the provision of care, including adequate personnel, diagnostic equipment, and supplies to ensure availability of those procedures which are appropriate to the needs of the facility.
- →Provide timely patient care with acceptable turnaround times.
- →Ensure equitable nuclear medicine physician duty assignments.
- →Provide professional oversight to the nuclear medicine technologists.
- →Maintain an acceptable level of personal clinical productivity.
- →Plan for the provision of care, including adequate personnel, diagnostic equipment, and supplies to ensure availability of those procedures which are appropriate to the needs of the facility.
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
Job ID: 9f937097-9ce7-4200-8b53-bd574c7f1638
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