Chief of Radiology Physician

Imaging provides Radiology & Nuclear Medicine subspecialty services, inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care to the Veterans. The Imaging Service is one of the largest clinical departments with specialty sections including Interventional Radiology, CT, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Diagnostic Radiology, MRI and PACS. Each of these divisions has its own special procedure and system of workflow, scheduling, quality monitoring and maintenance, and compliance with standards and regulations. 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, Radiology Quality Assurance committees and other committees as necessary.
• 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.
• 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.
• Overseeing clinical operations and ensuring compliance with regulations and standards.
• Providing leadership and guidance to medical staff, including doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals using Appropriateness Criteria by the American College of Radiology (ACR).

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.  VHA Physician Total Rewards .

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

About the region :

Beckley West Virginia is southern West Virginia's largest population center and a major shopping and entertainment area for thousands of the "Mountain State's rural residents. Tourism, technology and transportation thrive here amid 3 national parks. Beckley is an ideal place to live with affordable cost of living and a low crime rate, which WV has had the lowest for 50 years.

The city offers dining options of authentic local food as well as a diverse variety of well-known franchise restaurants. Entertainment included the performing arts, fine arts, museums, festivals, live music as well as movie Galleria 14 movie theater, bowling, miniature golf and other fun activities. The region has some of the most beautiful parks, trails and lakes for outdoor recreation.

General Area :

Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center

Raleigh County Memorial Airport

Entertainment :

City of Beckley Sponsored Events

Tamarack

Arts :

Beckley Concert Association

Theatre West Virginia

Outdoors : Parks and Recreation

Winterplace Ski Resort