General Radiologist and Lite Interventional Radiology - Madison, IN

Job Description

Norton King’s Daughters’ Hospital in Madison, Indiana, is seeking  one part-time  board certified or board eligible General Radiologists with  Lite Interventional Radiologist experience  to join their existing team.

About Norton King’s Daughters’ Hospital

King’s Daughters’ Hospital in Madison, Indiana, has been caring for the community for over 120 years, and opened its primary campus and 86-bed, acute-care hospital in 2013. Norton Healthcare acquired the hospital in early 2022 and renamed it Norton King’s Daughters’ Health. It is Norton Healthcare’s sixth hospital and its first outside of Louisville, Kentucky. King’s Daughters’ Hospital was established in 1899 and has since grown into a regional health center. It serves residents throughout southeast Indiana and northern Kentucky. Its additional services include an outpatient rehabilitation center, home health and hospice services, a convenient care center and an award-winning cancer treatment center affiliated with Norton Cancer Institute. 

About the Position

• Open to new grads

• We currently have 2 fulltime Radiologist & 1 part-time Radiologist 
  • Our part-time MD would like to retire in 2023-2024

• Our Radiologist state that for a smaller hospital, we have incredible/first-rate equipment

• We have a McKesson PACS system

• Our Radiology Information System is PACS & Meditech

• State of the art prone stereotactic biopsy table

• We use the Power Scribe 360 dictation system

• Weekday Schedule:usually staggered shifts with 2 radiologists covering 7am to 5pm. One gets here by 7am, or earlier if they desired, and is responsible for overnight studies, procedures, ultrasound, and radiographs until approximately 2pm. Second radiologist arrives around 9am and is responsible for CT, MRI, mammo and stereotactic breast biopsies until 5pm

• Night call: Rarely called in evenings 
  • Remote viewing access from home - Not in house call

• Night reading coverage is provided by a Virtual Services from 5pm – 7am weekdays and all day Saturday & Sunday. The Call Service provides the preliminary reports and re-read by our employed radiologist the next morning to provide the final report. Usually have 40-60 Night Call Service tests to over read and do the final read on in the mornings – 50% of these are CTs

• Physicians state they go weeks to months without receiving calls. In a months’ time they might get 1-2 calls, mostly from the ER asking a question that is easily addressed over the phone

• Weekend call:Virtual Radiology services is utilized from Friday evenings at 5pm through Monday morning at 7am for preliminary readings. The on-call Radiologist comes in each morning and does a final read of the studies from the day/night before. The on-call Radiologist has the choice of coming in periodically through the day, so the work list is smaller the next morning

• Weekend volumesare variable, usually 60-80 studies depending on the ER providers. Higher percentage of CT

• Major Trauma is sent out. / No Cath Lab / Lite Vascular (have GS backup for the vascular studies)

• Procedures: mostly thoras, paras, thyroid and breast

Requirements

• Medical degree/diploma

• Residency/fellowship certification

• Board certification or board eligible 

• Indiana medical license or license eligible

• Must read: 
  • Muscular Skeletal MRIs. (Back, arm, shoulder, knees, elbow, ankle, wrist, feet, etc.)

• Pediatric x-rays (I.e. Lumbar sacral, Pediatric Hip Ultrasounds)

• PET Scans

• Nuclear Studies (I.e. Cardiac studies)

• Lite Interventional Radiology includes but not limited to: (Note: these procedures are only performed during the weekdays.) (Lite IR currently is only 1-2% of duties) 
  • Image-guided biopsy of a tumor

• Drainage

• Paracentesis

• Injection of an imaging contrast agent into a hollow structure, such as a blood vessel or a duct

• Catheter-based medicine delivery

• Medical device placement

• Stereotactic breast biopsy – we do more breast biopsies than any other type of biopsy

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran

About Norton King’s Daughters’ Hospital

King’s Daughters’ Hospital in Madison, Indiana, has been caring for the community for over 120 years, and opened its primary campus and 86-bed, acute-care hospital in 2013. Norton Healthcare purchased the hospital in early 2022 and renamed it Norton King’s Daughters’ Health. It is Norton Healthcare’s sixth hospital and its first outside of Louisville, Kentucky. King’s Daughters’ Hospital was established in 1899 and has since grown into a regional health center. It serves residents throughout southeast Indiana and northern Kentucky. Its additional services include an outpatient rehabilitation center, home health and hospice services, a convenient care center and an award-winning cancer treatment center affiliated with Norton Cancer Institute. 

About the Community

• Located on the banks of the Ohio River in the historic and picturesque community of Madison, Indiana
• Madison is the largest city along the Ohio River between Louisville and Cincinnati
• Over 55,000 people live within 15 miles (24km) of downtown Madison
• In 2006, the majority of Madison’s downtown area was designated a National Historic Landmark (133 blocks) due to its unique Midwestern beauty & architecture scheme
• Lively downtown area with local shops, restaurants and entertainment
• The area provides an excellent living environment with friendly/safe communities, affordable housing and land options
• Madison offers a rich music and art community. Enjoy the many festivals, wineries, and historic downtown. Walking paths along the river as well as Clifty Falls State Park and a variety of options for the outdoor enthusiast. (Parks, lakes, rivers, golfing, biking, hiking, fishing, boating, swimming pools, tennis courts etc.)
• Top-rated private and public schools. There are many educational opportunities in our schools and higher education including Hanover College and Ivy Tech State College
• Madison is close to major metropolitan attractions and three major airports in Louisville, Kentucky (1-hour drive), Indianapolis, Indiana (2-hour drive) and Cincinnati, Ohio (90 minute drive)
• Extremely warm, welcoming community that truly appreciates its physicians and the care that they provide