Chief of Radiology Physician
Company: Department of Veterans Affairs
Location: Beckley
Posted on: November 2, 2025
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Job Description:
Imaging provides Radiology & Nuclear Medicine subspecialty
services, inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care to the
Veterans. The Imaging Service is one of the largest clinical
departments with specialty sections including Interventional
Radiology, CT, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Diagnostic Radiology,
MRI and PACS. Each of these divisions has its own special procedure
and system of workflow, scheduling, quality monitoring and
maintenance, and compliance with standards and regulations. Review
exam requests for appropriateness. - Prescribe exam protocols and
modify as needed for specific clinical indications. - Provide
oversight of technical image quality with feedback to
technologists. - Provide clinical oversight of medication
administration, including contrast, - preps and other medications
relevant to the Imaging Service. - Provide oversight and serve as
resource for infection control practices. - Participate in MRI
safety, Radiology Quality Assurance committees and other committees
as necessary. - 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. - Utilizes
abnormal diagnostic codes appropriately and communicates/documents
verbal notification of results when required. - Support patient
care services with reports timely to the care being delivered with
the method of communication appropriate to the level of clinical
importance or acuity. - Interact with patients to obtain relevant
clinical history and physical exam findings within the scope of
radiology practice, provide education to patients and support,
obtain informed consent, issue disclosures when appropriate,
document in CPRS, enter orders in CPRS, and other aspects of
physician practice. - Overseeing clinical operations and ensuring
compliance with regulations and standards. - Providing leadership
and guidance to medical staff, including doctors, nurses, and other
healthcare professionals using Appropriateness Criteria by the
American College of Radiology (ACR). VA offers a comprehensive
total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards . Pay:
Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary
increases Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26
days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal
holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and
federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance:
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal
insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1
full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory CME:
Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with
board certification) Malpractice: Free liability protection with
tail coverage provided Contract: No Physician Employment Contract
and no significant restriction on moonlighting About the region:
Beckley West Virginia is southern West Virginia's largest
population center and a major shopping and entertainment area for
thousands of the "Mountain State's rural residents. Tourism,
technology and transportation thrive here amid 3 national parks.
Beckley is an ideal place to live with affordable cost of living
and a low crime rate, which WV has had the lowest for 50 years. The
city offers dining options of authentic local food as well as a
diverse variety of well-known franchise restaurants. Entertainment
included the performing arts, fine arts, museums, festivals, live
music as well as movie Galleria 14 movie theater, bowling,
miniature golf and other fun activities. The region has some of the
most beautiful parks, trails and lakes for outdoor recreation.
General Area: Entertainment: Arts: Outdoors:
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