Diagnostic Radiology Physician

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Job Title: Diagnostic Radiology Physician

Location:
Department of Veterans Affairs Orlando VA Healthcare System (OVAHCS) 13800 Veterans Way Orlando FL 32827

Position Description: We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Diagnostic Radiology Physician to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive expertise in interpreting imaging studies, providing clinical oversight, and supporting patient care services. This position also requires participation in quality assurance, protocol development, and patient-centered care coordination.

Shift Schedule: Mon-Fri 07:30am - 04:30pm, excluding Federal Holidays, no on-call coverage required.

Primary Responsibilities

• 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 infection control practices.
• Participate in MRI safety, and Radiology Quality Assurance committees.
• Participate in various aspects of quality assurance such as peer review, protocol review, appropriateness criteria and performance improvement.
• Maintains personal dosimetry.
• Reports safety events

• Interprets 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.
• Utilizes abnormal diagnostic codes appropriately and communicates/documents verbal notification of results when required.
• 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.
• Meets VHA defined benchmarks for physician productivity.
• Participate in clinical conferences such as Tumor Board and others.
• Ability to read all modalities, no mammo or nucs required

• 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.
• Inject contrast agents when needed.
• Integrate resources to provide current, optimal care: consult colleagues, research literature, maintain continuing education and other sources of current practice.

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
• Minimum of three (3) years continuous Board-Certified Diagnostic Radiologist experience required, including ability to read CT, MRI, Ultrasound and Diagnostic X-ray Imaging within the last (10) years.
• Professional licensure/certification and transcript or equivalent from educational institution(s) certifying completion of graduation requirements.
• All contractor’s physician(s) shall be Board Certified per the American Board of Radiology (http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). .org/). All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must be kept up to date at all times.
• Board Certification by the American Board of Radiology (A ) in either Abdominal/GU, Breast Imaging, Cardiovascular, General, Musculoskeletal, Neuroradiology Services with a…