Physician Radiology - Interventional

**Schedule/Availability Requirements:** We need coverage for the year 2026. The working hours are from 8 AM to 4 PM. After 4 PM, you will have on-call duty until 8 AM the next morning, and you will be on call for 24 hours on weekends.

**Required Procedures:

** Here is a list of procedures our Interventional Radiology (IR) team performs:

**Diagnostic vascular intervention:** - Angiography (looking at veins and arteries)

**Therapeutic vascular intervention:** - Angioplasty (opening up veins and arteries) - Stenting (placing a small tube in veins and arteries) - Thrombolytic therapy (breaking up blood clots) - Embolization therapy (blocking blood flow)

**Interventional procedures (body, not brain):**

• Vascular access devices/PICCs (for medication delivery)

- Central lines (for medicine or fluids) - Port-a-cath insertions (for chemotherapy)

• IVC filters (to prevent blood clots)

• TIPS (a procedure for liver issues)

• Aspiration/drainage procedures (removing fluid)

• Percutaneous needle biopsies (taking tissue samples)

• Extractions (removing stones from biliary and renal systems)

• Abscess drainage (removing pus)

• Thoracentesis (removing fluid from around the lungs)

• Paracentesis (removing fluid from the abdomen)

• Myelography (looking at the spinal cord)

• Pain management procedures

• Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiogram (looking at bile ducts)

• Blood patch (to fix a leak)

• Joint/epidural injections (for pain relief)

• Vertebroplasty (fixing broken bones in the spine)

• Arthrograms (looking at joints)

• Chest tube insertion (to help with lung issues)

• Uterine artery embolization (for women’s health issues)

• Liver treatments like Y90/TACE

• Gastrostomy tube insertion (for feeding)

• Nephrostomy/ureteral stent insertion (for kidney issues)

• Renal fistulograms (looking at kidney blood vessels)

• Cryoablation (freezing tissue to treat problems)

**Preferred Skills (but not required):

** Experience with stroke procedures, especially thrombectomy (removing clots from the brain).

**EMR System:** We use Epic for electronic medical records.

**Deal Breakers:** The provider must have general experience in Interventional Radiology. Stroke capability is important but must be able to perform all the listed procedures first.

**Qualifications:** - **Board Certification:**

Must be board certified. -

**State License:** Preferred ND (North Dakota) license, but IMLC is accepted. -

**Residency/Fellowship:** Required to have completed. -

**Other Certifications:** Must have ACLS and BLS. -

**Malpractice History:

** A clean record is preferred. -

**Availability:** Must be available when the name is cleared. -

**Experience:** Must have experience in all required procedures.