Job Description

Join our Team at the Department of Veterans VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA as a Physician Diagnostic Neuroradiologist!

The Palo Alto VA Healthcare System's Radiology Service is seeking an experienced and dynamic Diagnostic Neuroradiologist. Ideal applicants are those who want to contribute to the achievement of quality care standards, as well as the growth and development of a VA academic hospital program.

Oversight of quality and safety:

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. Primary image acquisition, primarily in Ultrasound, MRI, and CT. Teaching primary image acquisition to technologists and trainees. Provide clinical oversight of medication administration, including contrast, preps, and other medications relevant to the Imaging Service. Provide oversight and serve as resource for radiation and MRI safety. Provide oversight and serve as resource for infection control practices. Participate in various aspects of quality assurance such as peer review, protocol review, appropriateness criteria and performance improvement.

Image interpretation and consultation:

Interpret 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. 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. Participate in clinical conferences such as Tumor Board and others.

Patient care:

Interact with patients to obtain relevant clinical history and physical exam findings within the scope of radiology practice, provide education and support to patients, obtain informed consent, issue disclosures when appropriate, document and enter orders in the electronic medical record, perform pre-treatment evaluation and follow-up when necessary, and other aspects of physician practice. Consent patients for procedures as needed. Order medications as necessary for 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. Integrate resources to provide current, optimal care: consult colleagues, research literature, maintain continuing education and other sources of current practice. Be available for protocoling and acquiring cases, both for routine and for urgent requests through schedulers and/or technologists.

Medical staff functions:

Participate in Imaging and general medical staff meetings, committee assignments, compliance, and other components of an organized medical staff.

Education:

Support academic affiliations in technologist, radiologic assistant, medical student, resident, and other teaching programs that involve the Imaging Service. Provide clinical experience, cognitive development, and other aspects of effective teaching. Contribute and participate in curriculum development and teaching of the residents based here.

Research:

If coordinated through service chief and director of imaging research, dedicated research time can be protected through grant funded research.

Benefits and Features

• Expected Salary range from $380K to $400K (negotiable based on candidate's qualifications, credentials and experience).
• Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized

• Work Schedule: Full-time. Schedule will be determined by supervisor.
• 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.

We encourage you to consider VA employment in Palo alto, CA. We offer both a mission you can put your heart into and a home for fun, new experiences. Join a team that values a healthy home/work life balance and be rewarded by your role in keeping the promise to those who served.