Podiatrist Nuclear Medicine Section Chief

About the role

The physician will serve as administrative and clinical Section Chief for Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT. He/she will provide interpretive and patient care services within the scope of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology. He/she will have responsibilities in other areas such as education and committee service.

Responsibilities

• Planning for the provision of care, including adequate personnel, diagnostic equipment, and supplies to ensure availability of those procedures which are appropriate to the needs of the facility;
• 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;
• 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, to include those of federal statues, VA policies/directives, The Joint Commission, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), National Health Physics Program (NHPP) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC);
• Representing the Nuclear Medicine Section, Imaging Service, and/or STVHCS facility during accreditation, inspection, or investigational surveys in regard to Nuclear Medicine;
• Recommending privileging requirements for Nuclear Medicine, reviewing requests for clinical privileges and making recommendations regarding appointment and privileging action;
• 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

Qualifications

• Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
• Podiatrist Basic Requirements: Degree as a doctor of podiatric medicine, or its equivalent, from a school of podiatric medicine approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Completed, or currently completing, residency training, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice Podiatry in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases.
• Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME).
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
• Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided.
• No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.
• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm