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Lexington VA Health Care System

The Lexington VA Health Care System (LVAHCS) is excited to announce an opportunity for a highly qualified candidate to fill vacancies for Interventional Radiology. ** Recruitment Incentives are Approved, up to 50% of base salary **

• Daily case load may vary, but majority of procedures include CT Guided Biopsies (Lung/Liver/Kidney/Bone/Adrenal/etc.), CT-guided draining tube placement, PICC Line placements, and Ultrasound guided biopsies.
• Expected workload of 75% Interventional Radiology and 25% Diagnostic Radiology.
• Potential leadership opportunities with vacancies for both Chief of Radiology and Assistant Chief of Radiology positions.
• Part-Time and Fee Basis appointments are also available.
• Academic and co-op opportunities are available as well due to co-location on the University of Kentucky campus, adjacent to University of Kentucky Medical Center.

About the Lexington VA Health Care System

The Lexington VA Health Care System (LVAHCS) provides care for Veterans throughout central, eastern, and southern Kentucky. The veteran population in Lexington’s primary service area is estimated at more than 92,000. The Troy Bowling Campus, located adjacent to the University of Kentucky Medical Center, is a fully accredited, two-division, tertiary care medical center with an operating capacity of 168 hospital beds. This campus offers acute medical, neurological, surgical and psychiatric inpatient services. Other available services include emergency care, medical-surgical units, acute psychiatry, ICU, and progressive care. The Franklin R. Sousley Campus, established in 1931, has a Community Living Center and cottages with hospice and respite services. This campus also houses Primary Care, Women’s Health, prosthetics, optometry, dental, audiology, mental health and substance abuse treatment, along with rehabilitation treatment including massage therapy, acute rehab, and PTSD residential treatment. LVAHCS also maintains community outpatient clinics in Berea, Hazard, Morehead, and Somerset, KY to provide primary care services to veterans located outside the Lexington area.

The facility holds a 5 Star CMS rating and is one of seven VA Safety programs of excellence while being rated among the Top 25 VA best places to work.

The Lexington VA Healthcare System provides an excellent compensation and benefits package commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Must hold unrestricted medical license from any US State.

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About Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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