Interventional Radiologist

IMP Locum Tenens, LLC; Tennessee; On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel covered

Lodging covered

Malpractice insurance covered

Job summary

IMP Locum Tenens, LLC in Chattanooga, TN seeks an experienced Interventional Radiologist for ongoing Locum Tenens coverage. On-site Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm, with call coverage as scheduled and required privileges.

Cover includes hospital inpatient work, comprehensive imaging modalities, and vascular procedures. Travel, lodging, and malpractice insurance are provided as part of the assignment.

Qualifications

• Angiography and other vascular imaging procedures are required.
• Catheter-based diagnostic arteriography and venography.
• Catheter-based therapeutic arterial and venous procedures.
• Image-guided biopsies, injections, aspirations and drainages.

Responsibilities

• Perform interventional radiology procedures including angiography and image-guided interventions.
• Provide on-site clinical coverage Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm on the Chattanooga campus.
• Provide call coverage including weeknights and weekends as scheduled.
• Admit, evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients, with history and physical exams and communication of findings.
• Participate in pre- and postoperative management of endovascular patients.

Skills

Interventional radiology

Clinical coverage

Image-guided procedures

Job description

JOB OVERVIEW

• Profession: Physician
• Specialty: Interventional Radiology
• Job Type: Locum Tenens
• Location: Chattanooga, TN
• Service Setting: Inpatient
• Coverage Type: Clinical + Call
• Coverage Period: ASAP – Ongoing
• Shift Schedule: Mon-Fri; 8a-4p
• Call Schedules:
• Night Call: 4p-8a; Mon-Fri
• Weekends: 24-hrs; Sat-Sun
• Reason for Coverage: Supplemental
• Travel, Lodging, and Malpractice Insurance: Covered

PRIVILEGES & COMPLIANCE

• Hospital Privileges Required: Yes
• Temporary Privileges Available: Yes

REQUIRED PROCEDURES/DUTIES

• Admit, evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients by various radiologic imaging modalities (fluoroscopy, digital radiography, CT, sonography, and MRI). Core privileges include:
• Angiography, Arthrography
• Catheter based diagnostic arteriography & venography
• Catheter based therapeutic arterial and venous procedures
• Coil occlusions of aneurysms (excluding intracranial)
• Chest tube placement
• Image-guided biopsy, injections, aspirations, and drainage procedures
• genitourinary, hepatobiliary, GI, MSK, tumor Therapy and ablation
• Insertion and management of central venous and dialysis access catheters
• Lymphangiography
• Lumbar puncture, myelography, and interventional pain management (epidural steroid injection, facet injection, nerve blocks)
• Therapeutic infusion of vasoactive agents
• Therapeutic vascular radiology
• Transcervical fallopian tube recanalization and hysterosalpingography
• Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)
• Uterine artery embolization
• Vertebral augmentation procedures
• U/S guided Para/thoracentesis
• Fluoroscopic guided lumbar puncture

Duties & Responsibilities

• Perform interventional radiology procedures including angiography, catheter-based diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, image-guided biopsies, drainages, and ablations.
• Provide on-site clinical coverage Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm on the Chattanooga campus.
• Provide call coverage including weeknights (4pm–8am) and weekends/holidays (8am–8am) as scheduled.
• Admit, evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients, including performance of history and physical exams and communication of critical findings.
• Participate in pre- and postoperative management of endovascular patients and order rehabilitation services as needed.