Location: Clewiston, Florida | Schedule: 2–3 days per week (eight-hour clinical days), long-term locums or full-time 1099 | Compensation: $4,000 guaranteed per eight-hour onsite clinical day; first 50 wRVUs per clinical day included, $45 per wRVU above 50; estimated annual clinical compensation approximately $416,000 (2 days/week) to $624,000 (3 days/week); full-time 1099 package includes $50,000 sign-on bonus and $30,000 relocation allowance ($80,000 total) plus 3% annual COLA beginning on the first anniversary
Overview
A hospital system is seeking an experienced Breast Radiologist to support hospital-based and affiliated outpatient breast imaging services on a long-term locums or full-time 1099 independent contractor basis. This role is central to maintaining high-quality breast imaging and procedural care for the community, with flexible scheduling built around breast imaging and procedural needs.
What you'll do
- Perform screening and diagnostic mammography, breast ultrasound, and breast MRI
- Conduct diagnostic breast imaging workups and consultations
- Perform image-guided breast biopsies and breast localization procedures
- Participate in other departmental breast imaging and image-guided procedures within training, privileges, and scope of practice
- Optionally provide general diagnostic interpretation depending on qualifications and departmental needs, by mutual agreement
- Work onsite 2–3 days per week, eight-hour clinical days, with specific days and hours agreed upon based on breast imaging and procedural needs
- Use hospital-based PACS and Dragon Medical voice recognition and dictation as part of the hospital and affiliated outpatient imaging workflow
- Complete required credentialing steps before beginning clinical services, including Florida licensure, hospital medical staff credentialing, Diagnostic Radiology and Breast Imaging/Mammography privileges, applicable breast procedural privileges, MQSA qualification verification, payer enrollment, and primary-source verification of education, training, board status, licensure, malpractice history, and professional references
Required qualifications
- MD or DO from an accredited medical school
- Completion of an accredited Diagnostic Radiology residency
- ABR Board Certified or Board Eligible
- Must meet current MQSA interpreting physician requirements and maintain applicable continuing experience and continuing education requirements
- Active Florida medical license or ability to obtain one before start
- Eligible for hospital medical staff privileges and Medicare, Medicaid, and applicable commercial payer enrollment
- Professional and malpractice history acceptable for hospital credentialing
Preferred qualifications
- Breast Imaging fellowship preferred; physicians with substantial breast imaging experience may also be considered
Compensation and benefits
- $4,000 guaranteed per eight-hour onsite clinical day
- First 50 wRVUs per clinical day included; $45 per wRVU above 50 per clinical day
- Travel and lodging provided or reimbursed for both long-term locums and full-time physicians
- Travel time and travel days are not compensated clinical days
- Malpractice and tail coverage provided or paid; $1 million per claim / $3 million aggregate
- Full-time 1099 package: $50,000 sign-on bonus and $30,000 relocation allowance ($80,000 total package) for physicians committing to the full-time 1099 position
- 3% annual COLA applied to the clinical daily rate beginning on the first anniversary (full-time 1099 package); COLA for long-term locums arrangements must be expressly agreed upon
- Estimated annual clinical compensation: approximately $416,000 for two days per week (104 clinical days) or approximately $624,000 for three days per week (156 clinical days), excluding additional wRVU compensation, sign-on and relocation payments, travel, and lodging
Why this role
This opportunity offers flexible long-term locums or full-time 1099 arrangements with guaranteed daily compensation, wRVU incentives, malpractice coverage, and a substantial sign-on and relocation package for full-time commitment.