Radiology Locum Opportunity in California

Hospital is looking for a Diagnostic Radiology with Mammography (biopsy) privileges!

Setting: Outpatient Clinic

Duties: Reading studies of all modalities in addition to diagnostic mammograms with breast biopsies 

Required Procedures:Read Mammo, PET and perform breast biopsies

EMR: Cerner

Support Staff: Radiology techs, US techs, other support staff

Reason for Coverage: Resignation of Radiologist

Types of cases:

• The average monthly volumes are below. Keep in mind that we have a radiologist on site for mammography 3 days/week.
• Procedures (wire loc, biopsy, etc): 13
• Screening Mammos: 225
• Diagnostic Mammograms: 30

Types of Reads:

For the IR doc, It would include 

• Procedures (basic procedures such as thoracentesis, paracentesis, biopsies, drains, intro, abdominal drains, suprapubic catheters, nephrostomy tubes, etc)
• CT’s
• X-rays
• Ultrasounds
• MRI’s
• They would be asked to read during the day from the list of radiology studies from the emergency department and inpatient. But if there is anything they don’t feel comfortable reading, they do have the option to send to MRG which is our Teleradiology group. 
• For the Radiologist in building 4,
• We mainly need them for mammography and breast biopsies. If they are able to read PET, that would be great appreciated in addition to any other studies (CT, MRI, X-ray, US, etc)

?Submission Requirements

• Board Certified or Board Eligible – Required 
• State License – Required 
• Residency Requirements/Fellowship – Residency Required, No specific fellowship. Ability to perform diagnostic mammograms and biopsies
• BLS/ACLS and DEA required during credentialing – Required 
• Malpractice – Clean Preferred
• Availability at time of name clear – Required