General Acute Care Hospital in Grass Valley, CA needs a Locum Phyisician (Interventional Radiology) This begins 05/25/26, Pending Credentialing and is ongoing. Setting : General Acute Care Hospital (Stroke Certified, not Chest Pain Center accredited, not a Trauma Level designation
Duties: Hospital Coverage, we have a need for a Radiologist to cover the Hospital which involves the IR needs along with Stroke CT's and other procedures/availability. There is also the potential for a Radiologist to cover our Building 4 which is an outpatient building where a Radiologist has to be present for contrasted CT's and MRI's along with Breast biopsies.
Required Procedures: lumbar punctures, barium studies, various centesis exams with drains and CT/US biopsies preferred
IR Procedures (Thoracentesis, Paracentesis, Nephrostomy Tubes, Intra-abdominal abscess drainage, Chest Tubes, Suprapubic Catheters); Biopsies (Thyroid, Lung, Other)
EMR: Cerner
Support Staff: Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology) Nurses and Techs; We do have a large Radiology group in Sacramento that performs overflow and after-hours reads
Reason for Coverage: Resignation of Radiologist
Additional Details / Questions Answered by Facility:
Admissions per day: 12-15
Patients/day: ED Daily Volume is 85-90 patients/day, Average Daily Inpatient/Obs Census is 50 patients (includes ICU and OB).
Types of cases: Surgical, Medical, ICU, and OB Based on review of the last several months of volume, we would expect the following studies interpreted per day and procedures performed per day:
TOTAL: 50 studies/day + 4-6 procedures/day BREAKDOWN of Daily Work CTs: 12-15 Xrays: 15-20 Ultrasounds: 8-12 IR Procedures: 4-6
Predominantly non-complex IR; Vast majority of exams are percutaneous (i.e. biopsies, drains, aspirations,etc.) with some infrequent tunneled (i.e. pleurex catheter placement, CV Access)
Requirements
- Procedural Skills, Acute Care Imaging capability (Stroke CT's, ED and ICU imaging studies)
- Board Certified
- Active CA Licensure
