Physician (Radiology-Diagnostic)-GP-0602-14

About the role

Hospital office work environment at Walter Reed. Radiology is a specialized academic practice with a GME program. Standard duty day 0830-1630 with intermittent evening swing shifts, morning readout shifts with residents, and overnight/weekend call. Weekend call approximately 3-4 weekends per year.

Responsibilities

• Interpret diagnostic imaging modality exams such as, MRI, CT, Ultrasound, plain film, fluoroscopy, mammography and nuclear scintigraphy.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team, to assist and direct clinical care plans.
• Re-evaluate incoming studies of patients transferred from other facilities to determine accuracy of diagnosis.
• Instruct radiology personnel in technique, position and projection.
• Oversee development of imaging service protocols to achieve best practice standards.
• Implement standard clinical practices and initiate new techniques, methods and research protocols to evaluate imagining issues.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirement: Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, or equivalent from a school in the United States or Canada.
• Residency Training: Applicants must have successfully completed the required accredited residency training in the specialty of the position to be filled (Diagnostic Radiology) equal to at least 4 years.
• Preferred: Completed fellowship. Board certified or board eligible - Diplomate of the American Board of Radiology (DABR).

Requirements

• Licensure: Applicants must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Physician from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
• Educational Requirements: See Qualifications Section For Education Requirements.
• Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Benefits

Working for the Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits and perks to include competitive compensation packages, paid time off, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions. For more information, please visit the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/benefits/