Southern California VA Clinic Seeks Full-time and Part-time Diagnostic Radiologists
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
Application
Details
Posted: 12-Sep-24
Location: Loma Linda, California
Type: Full Time
Salary: $330,000 - $360,000
Categories:
Physicians/Surgeons
Sector:
Hospital, Public and Private
Internal Number: 5
TheLoma Linda VAhas an opening for an energetic, driven, and compassionate Physician in healthcare to serve as a Diagnostic Radiologist.
Facility Details:VA Loma Linda Healthcare System (VALLHCS) is actively recruiting to fill a Board-Certified Diagnostic Radiologist to help care for our Veterans – America’s Heroes! Selected candidate will be considered for a faculty appointment within the Department of Radiology at Loma Linda University & be involved with education & teaching of medical students, residents & other providers. This exciting job opportunity awaits you in our, state of-the-art VA facility in the city! Loma Linda VAMC is among the VA Medical Centers in the Western U.S. and has been improving the health of the men and women who have so proudly served our nation.
Position Details:
Oversightofqualityandsafety:
-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 Services.
-Participate in various aspects of quality assurance such as peer review, protocol
review, appropriateness criteria and performance improvement.
ImageInterpretationandConsultation:
-Interpret imaging exams including relevant exam comparison and correlation with clinical
information in CPRS. 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 as needed.
PatientCare:
-Interact with patients to obtain relevant clinical history and physical exam findings within the scope of radiology practice, provide education to patients and support, obtain informed consent, issue disclosures when appropriate, document in CPRS, enter orders in CPRS, and other aspects of physician practice.
-Participate in the coordination of patient care.
-Contact clinical providers as relevant to assure effective patient care, discuss
evaluation, management, follow-up, and other aspects of coordinated patient-centered care.
-Make timely and definitive notification of time-sensitive results and/or results that have major
clinical significance.
-Integrate resources to provide current, optimal care, consult colleagues, research literature,
maintain continuing education and other sources of current practice.
MedicalStaffFunctions:
-Participate in Imaging and general medical staff meetings, committee assignments, compliance, and other components of an organized medical staff.
Education:
-Support academic affiliations in technologist, radiologic assistant, medical student, resident,
and other teaching programs that involve the Imaging Service.
-Provide clinical experience, cognitive development, and other aspects of effective teaching.
Salary: $330,000 - $360,000 per year
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
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.