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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
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.
Worksite address
chattanooga, TN, 37401, US
Who can apply
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