Summary

The VA North Texas Health Care System - Dallas - Texas is currently recruiting for a Nuclear Medicine Physician capable of providing advanced molecular imaging - nuclear cardiology - and theranostics clinical care.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine
• The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
• Current - full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
• (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) - b) OR [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) -OR (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences
• Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs)
• PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis
• PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged
• rather - they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision
• Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
• Proficiency in spoken and written English
• Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
• Physical Requirements: Moderate lifting - 15-44 pounds and over
• moderate carrying 15-44 pounds straight pulling (1 hour)
• pushing (1 hour)
• reaching above shoulder
• use of fingers
• both hands required
• walking (3 hours)
• standing (3 hours)
• kneeling (1 hour)
• repeated bending (1 hour)
• Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously
• near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4
• and hearing (aid permitted)
• See VA Handbook and Directive 5019.

Duties

• The Nuclear Medicine Physician will provide services to VA North Texas Health Care System - Dallas VA Medical Center and Fort Worth Outpatient Clinic.The responsibility of the physician includes but is not limited to: Nuclear Medicine Core privileges include: Static - planar - limited - whole body - quantitative - SPECT - SPECT/CT - dynamic - and augmented procedures for all General Nuclear Medicine Exams - including: Bone Scan - Gallium Imaging - Indium Imaging - Iodine Imaging - Gastric Emptying Exam - Liver/Spleen Imaging - Lung Perfusion Imaging - Lung Ventilation Imaging - Non-invasive Shunt Study - Renal Scan - Thyroid Scan - Thyroid Uptake Study - Hepatic Hemangioma Study - Hepatobiliary Imaging - Brain Imaging - Somatostatin Receptor Imaging - Infection Imaging - Trauma Imaging - Tumor Imaging - Lymphoscintigraphy - Marrow Imaging - Meckels Scan - GI Bleed Study - Parathyroid Imaging - Central DXA - Peripheral DXA - Fracture Risk Assessment - Trabecular Bone Scoring - Body Composition Analysis - and Whole Body DXA
• Non-Routine Nuclear Medicine Core privileges include: Static - planar - limited - whole body - quantitative - SPECT - SPECT/CT - dynamic - and augmented procedures for all Non-Routine Nuclear Medicine Exams - including: Radionuclide Cisternography - CSF Leak Study - Bremsstrahlung Imaging - Testicular Scan - MIBG Study - Dopamine Transporter Imaging - Radioimmunoscintigraphy - Radiobioassay - Invasive Shunt Study - Anatomic or Functional Imaging-based Volumetry - Lung Shunt Fraction Assessment
• Molecular Imaging Core privileges include: PET - SPECT/CT - multi-modality fusion - quantitative analyses - and PET/CT - Positron-Based Imaging - Oncologic - PET or PET/CT - Treatment Planning including 4D Positron Imaging - Positron-Based Imaging - Cardiovascular - Positron-Based Tumor Localization & Characterization - Molecular Breast Imaging - Position-Based Imaging Neurology - Positron-Based Imaging Infection/Inflammation - Position-Based Imaging Musculoskeletal
• Nuclear Medicine Therapy Core privileges include: Nuclear Medicine Therapy-related patient management - Treatment of Hyperthyroidism - Treatment of Thyroid Cancer - Nuclear Embolization - Radioimmunotherapy - Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors - Treatment Bone Metastases - Palliative Therapy for Symptomatic Skeletal Lesions - Radiation Treatment Planning - Post-Therapy Dosimetry
• Nuclear Cardiology Core privileges include: Exercise Stress Testing - Pharmacologic Stress Testing - Vasodilatory - Pharmacologic Stress Testing - Inotropic - Myocardial Perfusion Imaging - Cardiac Imaging Quantitative Analyses - Neurocardiac Imaging - Radionuclide Ventriculography (MUGA) - and Myocardial Viability Exam
• Work Schedule: Monday through Friday (8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.) VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• VHA Physician Total Rewards
• Pay: 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) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory CME: Possible $1 -000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification) Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting