Physician (Nuclear Medicine Section Chief)

About the role

The Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System (ICVAHCS) is seeking a full-time Nuclear Medicine Section Chief to join the Imaging Service Line at the VAMC in Iowa City, Iowa. This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT through August 18, 2026. The first referral cut-off is June 15, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EST, with monthly cut-offs on the 1st. Applications received after each cut-off will be reviewed as needed until the position is filled.

Responsibilities

• Administering all aspects of the Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT throughout the Iowa City VA Health Care System
• Providing timely patient care with acceptable turnaround times
• Ensuring equitable nuclear medicine physician duty assignments which are appropriate to training and experience
• Providing professional oversight to the nuclear medicine technologists
• Maintaining an acceptable level of personal clinical productivity
• Developing, and adhering to, standard procedures and protocols
• Developing and monitoring activities which improve patient safety, performance, and quality
• Maintaining a safe radiation environment
• Ensuring patient privacy and confidentiality of patient medical information
• Ensuring accurate CPT coding
• Maintaining compliance with all internal and external quality and radiation safety requirements
• Representing the Nuclear Medicine Section, Imaging Service, and/or ICVAHCS facility during accreditation, inspection, or investigational surveys regarding Nuclear Medicine
• Recommending privileging requirements for Nuclear Medicine, reviewing requests for clinical privileges and making recommendations regarding appointment and privileging action
• Maintaining performance and competence data on all Nuclear Medicine physicians in a timely manner
• Providing technical expertise input for Nuclear Medicine equipment and contracts
• Maintaining sufficient computer skills necessary to work with advanced PACS, 3-D Imaging Workstations and Voice Recognition systems
• Supervising training programs in Nuclear Medicine to include medical students, residents and technologist students
• Participating in business planning, supply/equipment acquisition, manpower and budget management for Nuclear Medicine
• Representing Nuclear Medicine on hospital committees as appropriate

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Certified by the American Board Nuclear Medicine. The American Board of Radiology with Special Competence in Nuclear Medicine, or the equivalent.