Location: Remote (Clewiston, FL coverage area) | Schedule: 1099 independent contractor, 100% remote, evening/overnight/weekend/holiday coverage | Compensation: Productivity-based, per wRVU (see below)
Overview
A hospital facility is seeking a Remote Nighthawk Diagnostic Radiologist to join a coverage team supporting evening, overnight, early morning, weekend, and holiday diagnostic imaging needs. This is a long-term, fully remote opportunity for a physician to provide timely, high-quality interpretations for Emergency Department, inpatient, and other hospital studies during off-hours.
What you'll do
- Provide final interpretations of CT, MRI, X-ray, and ultrasound studies for Emergency Department, inpatient, and other assigned hospital cases
- Serve as a named reader or credentialed backup during assigned coverage periods
- Cover a proposed evening and overnight window of 4 PM-8 AM daily, which may be divided among physicians with defined handoffs (not a requirement to work a continuous 16-hour shift)
- Participate in separate weekend daytime coverage from 8 AM-4 PM, with holiday coverage to be finalized
- Consider flexible recurring assignments or block arrangements, including seven nights on / seven nights off for an agreed overnight segment
- Communicate critical, urgent, and unexpected findings promptly and document per hospital policy
- Meet hospital turnaround and communication requirements for any additional facility reading, subject to agreed arrangements
Required qualifications
- Active Florida license
- Willingness to work as a 1099 independent contractor
- Ability to work 100% remote
- Reliable high-speed internet and an appropriate professional reading environment
- Ability to use Novarad PACS and Dragon Medical dictation systems
- Remote access compliant with hospital security, privacy, and HIPAA requirements
Compensation and benefits
- Daytime (8 AM-5 PM): $50 per wRVU
- Evening (5 PM-10 PM): $65 per wRVU
- Overnight (10 PM-5 AM): $70 per wRVU
- Early morning (5 AM-8 AM): $60 per wRVU
- Weekday remote coverage hour from 4 PM-5 PM paid at the daytime rate
- Compensation is based on actual wRVU productivity with no compensation cap
- No guaranteed shift or daily payment unless otherwise agreed in writing; read counts are not equivalent to wRVUs
- Malpractice and tail coverage provided or paid, $1 million per claim / $3 million aggregate
- No commute or onsite overnight services required; no breast imaging or mammography; no onsite procedures or IR coverage
- Workstation requirements coordinated during onboarding, with hospital technical support provided
Why this role
This is a long-term, fully remote diagnostic radiology opportunity with flexible scheduling options, no commute, no onsite overnight duties, and productivity-based compensation with no cap.