Fee Basis Nuclear Medicine Physician

The James J Peters VAMC is seeking a Fee-Basis Physician (Nuclear Medicine) who possess the leadership, energy, compassion, and commitment to serve those who serve our Country. The Fee-Basis Physician will function in the Nuclear Medicine Service on a Fee for Service Basis. Compensation will be based on the procedure performed. You will be given a chance to make a meaningful and personal contribution to the lives of truly special and deserving people - our Veterans!

The nuclear medicine service has 2 SPECT-CT cameras and a PET-CT scanner. The nuclear medicine physician will interpret all scans including relevant exam comparison and correlation with clinical information in CPRS.  All reports must be delivered to the referral services on time. The nuclear medicine service also accepts referrals for PET/CT and therapeutic radiopharmaceutical treatments from other VA in VISN 2.

Preferred Experience and the major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Interpreting and reporting Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT, and SPECT/CT scans in a timely fashion.
• Providing nuclear medicine therapies include, but not limited to, I-131 sodium iodide and Ra-223 dichloride.
• Interacting with NM staffs to answer questions and to obtain optimal imaging.
• Reviewing and protocoling new routine, inpatient, and urgent incoming nuclear medicine orders.
• Acting as Authorized User for the service.
• Interacting with other services and providers to answer questions and prioritize studies.

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.

Salary: $1,459 Per Day

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.

Additional Requirement: 

The applicant must be board certified by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine preferred or an NRC authorized user eligible diplomate of the American Board of Radiology.  

If interested, please email CV to Hira.arshad2@va.gov

The James J. Peters VAMC is a tertiary care facility classified as a Clinical Referral Level 1 Facility. It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research. Comprehensive health care is provided through primary care, tertiary care, and long-term care in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, oncology, dentistry, geriatrics, and extended care. The James J. Peters VAMC is a part of VA Network 3, which includes facilities in Brooklyn, Castle Point, Manhattan, Montrose, Northport, St. Albans (Queens), New York and East Orange and Lyons, New Jersey.

Today the James J. Peters VAMC has 311 authorized hospital beds and 120 nursing home beds and operates several regional referral points including Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and VISN referrals for Medical/Surgical subspecialties. For example, the James J. Peters VAMC SCI Patient Care Center is the referral point for VISN’s 2, 3 and 4 as well as Department of Defense (DOD) new SCI patients.