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Physician - Staff Radiologist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →The VA Boston Healthcare System is seeking a Permanent, Full-Time Staff Radiologist to provide a full range of Diagnostic Radiology services to our Veterans.
- →The nuclear medicine service skills desired include, but are not limited to, interpretation of general nuclear medicine studies, nuclear medicine cardiac studies, and PET/CT studies in addition to limited non-imaging uses of unsealed sources such as thyroid probe uptake measurements.
- →The applicant should be skilled in the administration of therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals including, but not limited to, I-131 sodium iodide, Ra-223 dichloride, and Y-90 microspheres.
- →As an authorized user the applicant must be able to take responsibility for, and oversee, all aspects of the division's compliance with NRC regulations with the assistance of the radiation safety officer and the chief nuclear medicine technologist.
- →For Diagnostic Radiology, it is required that the candidates have experience/skill pertaining to body imaging.
- →A full compliment of diagnostic radiology is offered including CT, MR, US.
- →VABHS is a 467-bed facility located on three campuses in the Boston metropolitan area.
- →Nuclear medicine is a division of the department of Radiology.
- →Nuclear medicine equipment includes 3 SPECT-CT cameras and a PET-CT scanner.
- →The division of nuclear medicine provides tele-radiology PET-CT and intermittent cardiac nuclear studies interpretation services for several other VA New England Healthcare System facilities.
- →The division also accepts referrals for therapeutic radiopharmaceutical treatments from these facilities as well.
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →VHA Physician Total Rewards.
- →Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine.
Personality Fit
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