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Posted: 13-Sep-23
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Type: Full Time
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The VA Maryland Health Care System (VAMHCS) is a Level I tertiary multi campus teaching facility affiliated with the University of Maryland - School of Medicine and over 100 educational institutions. Located next to the University of Maryland Medical Center with a walkway connecting the two facilities, the medical center maintains an active affiliation with the University in the sharing of staff, resources, and technology. Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center is the acute medical and surgical care facility for the VA Maryland Health Care System and offers a full range of inpatient, outpatient, and primary care services. As one of the most modern health care facilities in the country, the medical center offers veterans state-of-the-art medical technology, clinical services, and research programs. It is home to the world’s first filmless radiology department, which allows health care providers to have nearly instant access to patient radiology images from anywhere in the facility and throughout the health care system.
The VAMHCS is currently seeking a Neuroradiologist. The Neuroradiologist will be responsible for interpreting imaging studies and perform basic image guided procedures as defined by the clinical privileges requested and approved by the VA Maryland Health Care System Professional Standards Board (PSB).
Study modalities which you may be responsible for include: CT, MRI, US, general radiography, fluoroscopy, mammography, and nuclear medicine. Examples of basic image guided procedures which you may perform include lumbar punctures, myelograms, biopsies, and joint injections. As stated above, the precise imaging studies and procedures which may be assigned will be defined by the clinical privileges approved by PSB.
Practice emphasis by subspecialty (up to 40%) will be honored as the service needs allow. Specific distribution of clinical responsibilities will be determined by departmental needs. Cross consultation between those with and without subspecialty expertise is expected.
You will be expected to review exam requests for appropriateness, prescribe exam protocols, provide oversight of technical image quality, provide clinical oversight of medication/contrast administration, and actively participate in various aspects of quality assurance including peer review. Required to work effectively with technologist and administrative staff in these tasks.
The department has a teaching affiliation with the University of Maryland – School of Medicine and the radiologist will have responsibilities in instructing and supervising trainees who are rotating through the imaging department.
Qualifications Requirements:
- Citizen of the United States.
- Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia. The physician must maintain current registration in the State of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active, current licensure.
- Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine.
- Certification in Diagnostic Radiology, Radiology by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) or in Nuclear Medicine (NM) either by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine with a background in another medical specialty or with Special Qualifications in NM by the ABR. Fellowship training and certificate of added qualification (if applicable to the fellowship) as defined by the position. Those on time limited Board certification must maintain certification as defined by the American Board or Radiology or American Board of Nuclear Medicine.
Benefits:
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Available for well-qualified applicants
EDRP Authorized: This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program.
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of annual paid time offer 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: Must be full-time with board certification
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract
About the area:
Just off the Chesapeake Bay, about an hour’s drive north of Washington, D.C., and two hours south of Philadelphia. Award-winning dining is not hard to find, and cultural offerings include an internationally recognized symphony orchestra and art museums with works ranging from ancient to current-day artists. Baltimore also has a variety of performance venues, including the historic Hippodrome Theater, a former vaudeville palace. The local arts scene reaches a mass audience during Artscape, an annual outdoor event that bills itself as the area's largest free arts festival. Support for Baltimore's professional sports teams always bring residents together. Even on chilly winter afternoons or humid summer evenings, locals fill M&T Bank Stadium to cheer on the NFL's Ravens and flock to Camden Yards to root for the MLB's Orioles.
CONTACT:
Candace Anderson, CPRP | Physician/Provider Recruiter at Candace.Anderson@va.gov
