Job Quick Facts:
Specialty: Interventional Radiology
Job Type: Locum Tenens
Facility Location: Grass Valley CA
Service Setting: Inpatient/Outpatient
Reason For Coverage: Supplemental
Coverage Period: Feb 23 2026 - Ongoing
Coverage Type: Clinical Call
Shifts needed to be filled:
- Feb 23 & 24
- Ongoing
Shift Schedule: 8a-430p
Call Schedule: Nights & weekends
Patient Volume: 85-90 (ED); 50 (IP/Obs/ICU)
No. of Procedures per day: 50 studies; 4-6 procedures
- CTs: 12-15
- X-rays: 15-20
- US: 8-12
- IR: 4-6
Admissions: 12-15
Support Staff:
- Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology) Nurses & Techs; Large Radiology group in Sacramento that performs overflow & after-hrs reads.
Case Mix: Surgical Medical ICU & OB
Duties: IR along with Stroke CTs and other procedures; Potential to cover bldg 4 (OP bldg) for contrasted CTs & MRIs along w/ Breast biopsies.
Required Procedures/Skills:
- Dealbreakers: Procedural Skills Acute Care Imaging capability (Stroke CTs ED & ICU imaging studies)
- Predominantly non-complex IR; Vast majority of exams are percutaneous (biopsies drains aspirations etc) some infrequent tunneled (i.e. pleurex catheter placement CV Access)
- Lumbar punctures barium studies various centesis exams w/ drains & CT/US biopsies preferred.
- IR (Thoracentesis Paracentesis Nephrostomy Tubes Intra-abdominal abscess drainage Chest Tubes Suprapubic Catheters); Biopsies (Thyroid Lung Others)
EMR: Cerner
Other Info: General Acute Care Hospital (Stroke Certified not Chest Pain Center accredited not a Trauma Level designation
Travel lodging and malpractice insurance covered
Requirements:
Active CA License
BC/BE
Fellowship
DEA
BLS
CA Fluoroscopy
Must have the required skills
Self-Query NPDB report (extracted in the last 30 days)