California Nuclear Medicine Job

Finally practice Radiology in a community where you will be busy immediately, with brand new facilities, supportive colleagues and a great income.  All in a California community where you will really want to live, that is growing dramatically and is really affordable.  Kindly consider the following….

Kaweah Delta Health Care District has 3200 employees and 325+ physicians on active staff. The District, as a whole, currently operates 495 beds with another 87 opening in 2009 during Phase I of the north tower expansion, and another 48 during Phase II. All totaled the District will operate 630 beds. We offer state of the art facilities including a cancer center, imaging center, dialysis unit, SNF, assisted living, Alzheimer’s center, rehabilitation hospital, mental hospital, and outpatient surgery center. Our medical service area is over 500,000 and we will offer level III trauma services in 2009. Lastly, the medical center will be the first paperless hospital in the valley by 2010.

• $350,000 Start.  More Dependant Upon Skills and Experience/Relocation $$
• Exclusive Contract With One Hospital & One Hospital Owned Outpatient Imaging Center
• Seasoned RAD Staff (10+ yrs)
• Opportunity For Diverse RAD Practice
• Nominal Buy-In To Group And Optional Buy-In To Group’s Private Imaging Center
• 9 Radiologist Group/Democratic/No Junior Partnership/18 Months To Partnership
• 3 Interventionalists/MSK/3 Mammographers/NUC/3 w/ Stereotactic Biopsy CAQ
• 18,000 Read A Year/8 Weeks Vacation/Day Off After Call/Nighthawk 11PM
• Conservatively 450,000 Draw Area
• Be Busy Immediately
• 317 Bed ($50M Cash Reserves) Medical Center (404 Beds by June 2009)
• 21 Bed ICU/34 Bed CCU/Hospitalists/Intensivists
• 24 Bay ER-72K Visits (Docs-EM Trained/Certified)
• All Digital/Fuji PACS/$1Million Annual Budget For EMR
• New 135 Bed-6 Story Tower By Summer 2009
• Expanded ER/ICU/3 New CVS OR’s/4 Cath Labs/New 64 Slice CT/ New 1.5T MRI
• Tort Reform State/Reasonable Malpractice Rates

Our community of Visalia is 129,000 people and is the county seat for Tulare County which recently reached 435,000. Our community is situated in the middle of California 2 hours from SLO and the Pacific coast, 2.5 hours from San Francisco and Los Angeles, and is nestled against the Western ridge of the Sierra Nevada Mountains giving us access to three national parks. Living in Visalia you will find:

• 340 Days Of Sunshine/No Humidity/No Tornados/No Hurricanes/No Earthquakes
• 130,000 Population In The City/435,000 In The County/40 Minutes to 600,000 
• Affordable Housing - Gated Communities/Ranches/Horse Property/Lots/Acreage
• Shop-All The Box Stores/Large Mall/Large Outlet Mall/Largest Costco in CA
• 2 Certified Farmers Market
• Dining- Over 100 Restaurants In Town/Wine Country In 90 Minutes
•  All Religious Denominations Represented
• Strong Traditional Family Values/Youth Sports/Dance/Gymnastics
• Excellent Public/Private/Parochial School Options/Local Colleges and Universities
• Brand New Life Style Center/24 Hour Fitness/Equestrian Facilities
• Sierra Nevada Mountains For Hiking/Rock Climbing/Camping/Skiing (90 Minutes)
• Yosemite/Sequoia/ King’s Canyon National Parks
• Alpine Lakes/Creeks/Water Skiing/Fly Fishing/Kayaking/White Water Rafting
• 2.5 Hours-Los Angeles/San Francisco - 2 Hours Pacific Coast