Radiology-Interventional Hospital Based job located in New York

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Board Certified/Eligible Interventional Radiology Physician Services (1099)

Pay rate: $285.00 per hour (1099). 

Duration: One year contract.
Location: James J. Peters Healthcare System – Bronx VAMC 130 West Kingsbridge Road Bronx, NY 10468.

Work schedule: 

VA business hours: The James J Peters Medical Center Interventional Radiology Section is open Monday through Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm. The IR department provides service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with on-site clinical hours and on-call emergency coverage.

• Physicians shall be available and present in the Interventional Radiology department during normal James J Peters Medical Center Interventional Radiology clinic hours, James J Peters Medical Center which will be established, and may be revised, as deemed appropriate for patient care. The minimum number of Physicians to be onsite daily is one (1). Routine clinic hours are 8:00 am-4:30 pm. Routine clinic hours must be extended if there is a clinical need for interventional Radiology services. Physicians shall report at a minimum of fifteen minutes prior to starting of each shift scheduled.

Off-hours coverage: Physicians must be available on-call during all hours when the James J Peters Medical Center Interventional Radiology Section is closed, including evenings, weekends and holidays.

• Physicians must always be available for phone consultations with VA residents and Physicians.
• On-call providers must be available within 15 minutes by phone and on-site within 60 minutes.

Board certified/eligible Interventional Radiology Physicians qualified to perform:

• Abdominal/GU.
• Breast Imaging.
• Cardiovascular.
• General Radiology.
• Interventional Radiology.
• Musculoskeletal.
• Neuroradiology.

Direct patient care: Estimated 82% of the time involved in direct patient care. Shall be responsible for providing 2,080 hours of on-site clinical Interventional Radiology procedures, 6,760 hours of after-hour on-call emergency Interventional Radiology coverage including nights, weekends and holidays.

Scope of care: Physicians shall be responsible for providing Interventional Radiology procedures, including, but not limited:

• Angiography.
• Cryoblation.
• Balloon angioplasty/stent placement.
• Line insertion.
• Chemoembolization.
• IVC filters.
• Cholecystostomy.
• Kychoplasty.
• Drain insertions.
• Nephrostomy placement.
• Embolization.
• Radiologically.
• Gastrostomy.
• Thrombolysis.
• Dialysis access & related interventions.
• Biopsy.
• TIPS placement.
• Radiofrequency ablation/ Microwave ablation.
• Biliary intervention.

Consultation responsibilities: Physicians shall provide consultation with and instruction to referring Physicians regarding appropriate indications for interventional radiologic procedures so that the most expeditious and clinically appropriate work-up can be done. 

• Shall provide review of consultations/orders and next-day patient cases for minimum of two hours daily.
• Shall provide post-procedure evaluation and follow-up and clinical consultation regarding complications of interventional radiologic procedures.

Qualifications:

Staff/Facility license: Physicians shall have a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia) when services are performed onsite on VA property. All licenses held by the key personnel shall be full and unrestricted licenses. 

Board certification: All Physicians shall be Board Certified /Board Eligible in Interventional Radiology per the American Board of Radiology ((Login for Information)).

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.