Radiology-Interventional Hospital Based job located in California
Job Description
Seeking a locum BC/BE Interventional Radiology physician
-- Coverage dates needed:
August 11-17
September 7, 8, 10-14, 22, 24-28 (urgent need for 15 and 16)
October 1-5, 6, 8-12, 29
November 3, 5-9, 10, 12-16, 17, 19-23, 24, 26-30
December 15, 17-21, 22, 24-28
-- Schedule: 8a-430pm with potential night call after 430p
-- 14 shifts/month (4 of those days will be the weekend)
-- Call -Yes, but extremely rare to receive any actual phone calls or be called in during call period.
-- Setting: General Acute Care Hospital (Stroke Certified, not Chest Pain Center accredited, not a Trauma Level designation)
-- Duties: Hospital Coverage, we have a need for a Radiologist to cover the Hospital which involves the IR needs along with Stroke CT's and other procedures/availability.
-- Required Procedures: IR Procedures (Thoracentesis, Paracentesis, Nephrostomy Tubes, Intra-abdominal abscess drainage, Chest Tubes, Suprapubic Catheters); CT/US Biopsies (Thyroid, Lung, Other), Barium studies, Lumbar punctures.
-- EMR: Cerner
-- Support Staff: Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology) Nurses and Techs; We do have a large Radiology group in Sacramento that performs overflow and after-hours reads
-- Admissions per day: 12-15
--Patients/day: ED Daily Volume is 85-90 patients/day, Average Daily Inpatient/Obs Census is ~50 patients (includes ICU and OB).
--Types of cases: Surgical, Medical, ICU, and OB
--TOTAL: ~50 studies/day + 5-8 procedures/day
--BREAKDOWN of Daily Work
- CT’s: 15-20
- XRays: 15-20
- US’s: 10
- MRI’s: 5
- IR: 5-8 procedures
Requirements: CA state license, Residency training, BLS, DEA, CA Fluroscopy
Job ID 2710