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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 JOB REQUIREMENTS Board: BC/BE Licenses: TN or IMLC DEA: Active Certifications: ACLS, BLS 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 (4pm8am) and weekends/holidays (8am8am) 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.
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chattanooga, TN, 37401, US
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