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