Physician - Nuclear Medicine

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Nuclear Medicine

• Candidate should be familiar with all aspects of performing routine diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures and be proficient in all modalities
• State-of-the-art technology is used by well-trained Radiographic Technologists and support staff in the various clinical environments
• The facility currently has two 64-slice and two 16-slice CT scanners, 5 ACR accredited, FDA approved digital mammography units, bi-plane interventional equipment, computerized and digital X-ray, PET-CT, and an open MRI to complement our four MRI scanners, including a 3 T state-of-the-art magnet technology
• The facility offers cardiac CT/MRIs and also utilizes three mobile 1.5 MRI’s that service our system hospitals and clinics

Located in the heart of the Midwest, Sioux Falls balances an excellent quality of life with a strong economy in a safe, clean environment in southeast South Dakota. With a competitive cost of living, no state income tax and amenities of a community twice its size, such as fine dining, shopping, arts, sports and nightlife, Sioux Falls is a welcoming and friendly place to call home.

Nuclear Medicine Core Privileges include the ability to perform history and physical examination, admit, and provide consultative services, performance, and interpretation of all routine and non-routine nuclear medicine procedures to make diagnostic evaluations, by both in vivo and in vitro techniques, of the anatomic and / or physiologic conditions of the body and to provide therapy with unsealed radioactive sources.

M.D. or D.O. degree.

Experience can be demonstrated in one of the following ways:
An applicant who has just completed a fellowship shall provide his/her fellowship log. OR An applicant who is not applying directly out of a fellowship shall provide a quality profile from hospital(s) where he/she currently has privileges showing his/her clinical activity for the past 24 months, including number of procedures performed morbidity, mortality, infection rates, and other complications. The applicant must be able to demonstrate clinical involvement in at least 50 Nuclear Medicine cases in the last 24 months.

OR If a quality profile is not available from the hospital(s) where the applicant currently has privileges, documentation of the applicant’s clinical activity for the past 24 months is required. The applicant must be able to demonstrate clinical involvement in at least 50 Nuclear Medicine cases in the last 24 months.

Successful completion of a hospital affiliated Nuclear Medicine residency program, accredited by the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada in the residency. Before entering a nuclear medicine residency, residents must satisfactorily complete one year of training in a program accredited by the ACGME or by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or equivalent.

While the length of the nuclear medicine residency training is three years, residents may enter the program from different training backgrounds. The type and length of the prior training will determine the number of years the resident will be required to spend in the nuclear medicine program. Training programs may include the following pathways:

• a. successful completion of an accredited 1-year program of fundamental clinical education followed by 3 (2 years prior to 2007) years of nuclear medicine training
• b. successful completion of an accredited patient care specialty program (internal medicine, family medicine, pathology, pediatrics, surgery) accredited by the ACGME or RCPSC, the length of nuclear medicine program accredited by the ACGME or RCPSC training is 2 years
• c. successful completion of an ACGME or RCPSC accredited program in diagnostic radiology the…