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Posted: 02-Nov-24
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Type: Full Time
Salary: $330,000 - $400,000
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Internal Number: Vacancy 12307503
Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (SAVAHCS) in scenic sunny Tucson, Arizona is currently looking for a Radiologist with specialty in Nuclear Medicine.
Position Information:
The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) is seeking a full time Radiologist, for the Nuclear Medicine division of the Radiology Service. It is someone who has completed a Radiology residency and has significant experience with Nuclear Medicine interpretation or has recently completed a fellowship in Nuclear Medicine Imaging and can also interpret General Radiologic studies.
Duties:
The successful candidate will be responsible for functions which fall under the scope of care of Radiology Service. It includes clinical and administrative management, but are not limited to the following:
- Examinations - uses assessment skills to promptly interpret radiological examinations using appropriate clinical, laboratory and other pertinent data. Provides follow-up when the indicated.
- Diagnosis - Accurately interprets and evaluates radiological data for the purpose of determining diagnosis and clinical status. Corrects diagnosis when necessary.
- Therapeutic Ability - Initiates appropriate and timely interpretation. Recognizes changes in behavior, symptoms, sign, and other pertinent facts about the patient during and after the performance of radiology examinations and has the ability to modify plan of treatment when indicated. Recognizes own capabilities and limitations
- Patient Management - Maintains confidentiality of patients and relatives through competence and interpersonal skills. Acts as a consultant in involving patients in the treatment and management plan.
- Consultations and Specialty Skills - Acts as a consultant for the Radiology Section in developing, implementing and evaluation diagnosis and treatment of patients. Demonstrates the ability to recognize the need for consultation to other facility specialty areas.
- Record keeping - Promptly and completely reports physical examinations and changes in patient status. Maintains clear, accurate, and current clinical records. Completes medical records per hospital regulations.
Other responsibilities include resident and technologist education; review of pre-procedure labs and protocolling of radiology studies; participation in peer review process; quality management activities such as peer review, study/film quality; participation in SAVAHCS committees such as the multidisciplinary tumor board.
The successful candidate must be eligible for academic appointment as the Assistant/Associate Professor level at University of Arizona.
The VA Medical Center located at Tucson Arizona is the "Flagship" for the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS), which serves over 170,000 veterans located in eight counties in Southern Arizona and one county in Western New Mexico. This 295-bed hospital provides training, primary care, and sub-specialty health care in numerous medical areas for eligible Veterans. It is a state-of-the-art network of health care facilities throughout Southern Arizona comprised of the medical center in Tucson, Arizona and seven Community Based Outpatient Clinics in Casa Grande, Green Valley, Safford, Sierra Vista, Yuma, Northwest, and Southeast Tucson.
It also is a Joint Commission-accredited, level 1a complexity teaching hospital, providing tertiary-level care. The SAVAHCS offers a beautiful 150-acre campus with a full range of medical and mental health services for Veterans, including a 31-bed inpatient psychiatry/substance use acute treatment unit, a 25-bed mental health residential rehabilitation treatment program for substance use disorders (SUD) and PTSD treatment, intensive outpatient programs for SUD and PTSD, homeless programs, and more. The SAVAHCS operates a 24-hour emergency department and is the host site for various regional referral centers of excellence including the Polytrauma Network Site, the Southwest Blind Rehabilitation Center, and the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MHRRTP). The SAVAHCS is the principal teaching affiliate of the University of Arizona Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. Annually nearly 1,000 physician and associated health trainees participate in health care training programs at the SAVAHCS.
Requirements:
- US Citizen
- Must have an active and unrestricted license in any of the US States
- Doctor of Medicine or osteopathic medicine
- Board Certified or eligible in Diagnostic Radiology/ American Board of Nuclear Medicine.
- Significant experience with nuclear medicine study interpretation including PET/CT, SPECT/CT, and nuclear cardiac stress testing in addition to therapies, or has recently completed a fellowship in nuclear medicine including acting as Authorized User.
- Ability to review and protocol routine, inpatient, and urgent nuclear medicine requests and interact with the nuclear technologist staff to answer questions and obtain optimal imaging.
- Capability to interpret examinations related to other Radiologic specialties is highly preferred including plain radiographs, body imaging and performing fluoroscopic exams.
- Ability to teach and train the residents/fellows.
- Work Schedule: Full-time, Permanent, Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, may work some on-call coverage.