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Physician Radiologist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 120 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the 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 (1-5 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
- →This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT.
- →Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be considered as vacancies become available.
- →Major duties may include are not limited to: Review exam requests for appropriateness.
- →Prescribe exam protocols and modify as needed for specific clinical indications.
- →Provide oversight of technical image quality with feedback to technologists.
- →Provide clinical oversight of medication administration, including contrast, preps and other medications relevant to the Imaging Service.
- →Provide oversight and serve as resource for radiation and MRI safety.
- →Provide oversight and serve as resource for infection control practices.
- →Participate in various aspects of quality assurance such as peer review, protocol review, appropriateness criteria and performance improvement.
- →Interpret imaging exams including relevant exam comparison and correlation with clinical information in the electronic health record.
- →Generate reports that contain pertinent findings and measurements, a description of normal and abnormal structures, discussion of differential diagnoses, recommendations and impression.
- →Support patient care services with reports timely to the care being delivered with the method of communication appropriate to the level of clinical importance or acuity.
- →Consult with providers on various aspects of imaging such as exam selection, review of results and other support functions.
- →Participate in clinical conferences such as Tumor Board and others.
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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓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.
- ✓The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 95fb08e2-a998-4771-9797-fbadcbcaff9a
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