Locums Interventional Radiology Need in California

Coverage Needed

• April 20, 2025 - ongoing

Schedule

• 8am-4:30pm with night call after 4:30pm
• Specific Dates:
  • April 20 - May 2
  • May 17 - June 11

Clinical Details

• Setting: General Acute Care Hospital
• Duties: Hospital Coverage, have a need for a Radiologist to cover the Hospital which involves the IR needs along with Stroke CT's and other procedures/availability
• Admissions per day: 12-15
• ED daily volume is 85-90 patients per day
• Average Daily Inpatient/Obs Census is ~50 patients (includes ICU and OB)
• Types of cases: Surgical, Medical, ICU, and OB
• Expect the following studies interpreted per day and procedures performed per day: Total: ~50 studies/day + 5-8 procedures/day
  • Breakdown of daily work: CT’s: 15-20, XRays: 15-20, US’s: 10, MRI’s: 5, IR: 5-8 procedures
  • Joint and MSK scans are not required, Abdominal and Body scans would be just fine
• Call : extremely rare to receive any actual phone calls or be called in during call period

Requirements

• Board Certified/Board Eligible
• CA Active License
• Residency
• BLS and DEA
• CA Fluoroscopy
• Clean Malpractice - Preferred
• Required Procedures: IR Procedures (Thoracentesis, Paracentesis, Nephrostomy Tubes, Intra-abdominal abscess drainage, Chest Tubes, Suprapubic Catheters); CT/US Biopsies (Thyroid, Lung, Other), Barium studies, Lumbar punctures

Support Staff

• Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology) Nurses and Techs; have a large Radiology group in at a different facility that performs overflow and after-hours reads

EMR

• Cerner