Physician Diagnostic and Musculoskeletal Radiologist

The VA New York Harbor Healthcare System provides care to eligible Veterans via 3 medical centers and 2 community-based outpatient clinics. The Margaret Cochran VA Campus is a high complexity facility located in Manhattan with a major educational affiliation with the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. The Brooklyn Campus provides acute inpatient medical and surgical services with a major affiliation with SUNY-Health Science Center - Brooklyn. The St. Albans campus houses a community living center as well as outpatient services.

The Staff Radiologist (General Radiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology) is responsible for but not limited to the following duties:

• Works onsite. This is not a teleradiology position.
• Works in a Veteran centered dynamic team oriented and collaborative environment.
• Meets VHA defined benchmarks for physician productivity.
• Rotates between campuses.
• Interprets general radiology examinations (plain film).
• Performs and interprets diagnostic fluoroscopic studies (without and with contrast material).
• Interprets CT examinations of the chest abdomen pelvis and extremities.
• Interprets MRI examinations of the soft tissues pelvis joints and extremities.
• Interprets general vascular small parts soft tissue and joint ultrasound examinations.
• Performs musculoskeletal radiology procedures (joint aspirations bone biopsies).
• Participates in the development to new protocols and imaging techniques.
• Interprets imaging exams including relevant exam comparison and correlation with clinical information in CPRS. Generate reports that contain pertinent findings and measurements a description of normal and abnormal structures discussion of differential diagnoses recommendations and impression.
• Issues timely Radiology Reports.
• Obtains informed consent.
• Physically examines veterans when required for imaging purposes.
• Writes notes in the electronic medical record when clinically appropriate.
• Communicates critical findings according to the medical center policy.
• Participates in quality management activities such as film quality review peer review and other performance improvement activities.
• Prepares for and participates in various inspections.
• Reviews exam requests for appropriateness.
• Prescribes exam protocols and modifies as needed for specific clinical indications.
• Consults with providers on various aspects of radiology such as exam selection review of results etc.
• Participates in various local VISN and VHA multidisciplinary and interdepartmental conferences.
• Teaches students and residents.
• Participates in the coordination of patient care: Contacts clinical providers as relevant to assure effective patient care discuss evaluation management follow-up and other aspects of coordinated patient-centered care.
• Provide clinical oversight of medication administration including contrast preps and other medications relevant to the radiology procedures.
• Provides technical image quality feedback to technologists.
• Utilizes abnormal diagnostic codes appropriately and communicates/documents verbal notification of results when required.
• Participates in research programs.
• Performs other duties as required/assigned.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. 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 ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers 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.

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.