Radiology - Breast Physician
Company: Veterans Health Administration
Location: Wilkes Barre
Posted on: May 22, 2025
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Job Description:
Duties VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA
Physician Total Rewards .
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary
increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of
annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per
year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and
federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care
(many federal insurance programs can be carried into
retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or
territory
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with
board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage
provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant
restriction on moonlighting
Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties:
Provide expertise and support in various facets of Diagnostic
Radiology and patient care.
Oversight of quality and safety:
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.
Image Interpretation and Consultation:
Interpret imaging exams including relevant exam comparison and
correlation with clinical information in electronic medical
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
Conditions of Employment
Physical Requirements: Physical demands include repetitive body
movements including the following: frequent reaching, standing,
walking, and lifting of equipment and/or patients to provide
patient care. This position requires extension of the hand(s) and
arm(s) in any direction including above or below shoulder level,
during the provision of patient care, including retrieval of needed
equipment, supplies and to make contact with the patient. This
position requires the maintenance of an upright position to perform
duties associated with patient care. This position is typically
non-sedentary, and frequently involves being in the standing
position. This position requires moving about accomplish tasks,
such as assisting with patient ambulation and moving one patient
area to the next. This position requires the raising of objects
from a lower position to a higher position or the movement of
objects horizontally position to position. Lifting may be done to
move a patient from one location to the next, i.e.- from the exam
table to the chair, and in the movement of equipment or
supplies.
Note: Must have Basic Life Support (BLS) certification prior to
assuming clinical duties. The BLS requirement is satisfied by
successfully completing an American Heart Association (AHA) BLS
Healthcare Provider Course or Military Training Network (MTN). BLS
courses are normally offered within 1-5 days of entry on duty. No
online certifications will be accepted. Education 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. Approved schools are:
Keywords: Veterans Health Administration, Passaic , Radiology - Breast Physician, Healthcare , Wilkes Barre, New Jersey
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