Interventional Radiologist

Overview

Place of Performance: William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center 6439 Garners Ferry Road, , Columbia SC 29209-1638

 

Pay: $420/hr

 

Board Certified Radiologists - Abdominal/GU, Breast Imaging, Cardiovascular, General, Interventional, Musculoskeletal, Neuroradiology, and Authorized User (AU) Radiology Physician Services on site in accordance with the specifications contained herein to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

 

VA HOURS OF OPERATION/SCHEDULING:VA Business Hours: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday-Friday. On-call 4:30 pm to 8:00 am weekdays. Weekend call: 4:30 pm Friday to 8:00 am Monday.

• Clinic or OR Schedule: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday-Friday.
• Patients must be seen by a contractor's physician(s) on-site at the facility in a timely manner in accordance with VA Rules and Regulations on clinic wait times and consult/order completion. Contractor shall notify the COR at least monthly about any obstacles to meeting this performance measure.
• Contractor's physician(s) shall be available and present in clinic during normal facility clinic hours which will be established, and may be revised, as deemed appropriate for patient care by the Chief of Staff. Currently, normal clinic hours are 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday-Friday.

Off-hours Coverage: 4:30 pm to 8:00am weekdays. Weekend call begins at 4:30 pm Friday and end at 8:00 am Monday. Contractor must make the contractor's physician(s) available on-call during all hours when the facility clinic is closed, including evenings, weekends, and holidays. Call is assigned per week.

• On-call contractor's physician(s) must be available at all times for phone consultations with VA residents and physicians.
• On-call providers must be available within 15 minutes by phone and on-site within 60 minutes.

 

***Position is contingent upon contract award.

Responsibilities

Standards of Care : The contract physician(s)' care shall cover the range of Interventional Radiology services as would be provided in a state-of-the-art civilian medical treatment facility and the standard of care shall be of a quality, meeting or exceeding currently recognized national standards as established by: Direct Patient Care: estimated 95% of the time involved in direct patient care. Contractor shall be responsible for:Scope of Care: Contractor's physician(s) shall be responsible for providing general and interventional Radiology procedures, including, but not limited:

• Diagnostic Radiology
• Ultrasound
• Computed Tomography (CT)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Nuclear Medicine (Nuc Med)
• Interventional Radiography (IR)

Clinic: Contractor's physician(s) shall be present on time for any scheduled clinics as documented by physical presence in the clinic at the scheduled start time.Communication of Test Results: Mechanisms must be in-place to provide notification of test results for patients receiving care in accordance, Communicating Test Results to Providers and Patients.Consultation Responsibilities: Contractor physician(s) shall provide consultation with and instruction to referring physicians regarding appropriate indications for general, ultrasound, CT, MRI, nuc med, and IR radiologic procedures so that the most expeditious and clinically appropriate work-up can be done.Contractor physician(s) shall determine the appropriate course of treatment and communicate in person or by phone with the referring clinicians.

• Contractor physician(s) shall provide review of consults/orders and next- day patient cases for minimum of two hours daily.
• Contractor physician(s) shall provide post-procedure evaluation and follow-up and clinical consultation regarding complications of interventional radiologic procedures.

Medications: Contractor physician(s) shall follow all established medication policies and procedures. No sample medications shall be provided to patients.Discharge education: Provide discharge education and follow up instructions that are coordinated with the next care setting for all emergency department patients.ADMINISTRATIVE: estimated __5_% of time not involved in direct patient careQuality Improvement Meetings: The contractor's physician(s) shall participate in continuous quality improvement activities and meetings with committee participation as required by the facility Chief of Service, Chief of Staff, or designee.Staff Meetings: The contractor's physician(s) shall attend staff meetings as required by the facility Chi