Florida Teleradiology Job

At present this 16-member practice on Florida’s Gulf Coast is recruiting for 2-3 partnership track general radiologists whose primary duties will be to assist in the continued development of three imaging centers the group began staffing about 3 ½ years ago.  They are also taking over two hospitals and potentially a dozen new imaging centers within the next year. They continue getting busier and their incomes continue to rise; a hard formula to achieve most anywhere, but especially in Florida. This is ons of the premier groups in the state for the radiologist who likes to work hard when working and enjoy many weeks of vacation.

General Radiologist- As mentioned above this position was created to help the group out primarily with the three imaging centers they cover in the community, although this position will also include plenty of hospital-based work as well. And while the group will soon cover five hospitals overall, three of these are actually  of the same facility and all are in the metro area. The group has no set rotation between hospitals and op ctrs in mind for these positions and where you will spend most of your time depends a great deal on your skills and where the group feels you would be of most value as an individual. Skills wise the group needs to find good all around radiologists willing to do a little of everything and the ability to do a simple biopsy would be a plus. This is a busy setting and when you are at work you can expect a daily average of 100+ studies a day. As you might suspect a lot of what this position will require is imaging related, and while the group doesn’t necessarily need additional imaging training for this slot, practically speaking it would be pretty helpful to bring in a fellowship trained person or someone with experience; moonlighting or otherwise. In particular, MR in any form is going to be a useful addition to the practice. The group would also like this person to be able to perform basic interventional procedures, for example thorocentesis, but they have a dedicate IR staff and would not require this in great volume.  If a candidate is felowship trained he/she can expect to spend at least 30% of their time in their supspecialty area of expertise ensuring no one's skills go to waste.

In return for these traits and abilities, the group offer the chance to live in one of the most coveted coastal areas in the U.S.

 General Group Info – This group has been in continuous practice for a little more than 30 years and is by far the oldest and biggest radiology practice in the general area. They are also one of the more stable practices we have ever talked to in Florida insofar as that in the 30 years the group has been in business they have had just a couple of people ever leave for reasons other than death or retirement. Their stability is further enhanced by the fact that they have an exclusive contract (and have for many years) with the area’s largest hospital system and that they are one of the largest groups on Florida’s entire Gulf Coast. Equipment at their hospitals and imaging centers is very good, and whether in the hospital or the imaging centers, most of the hardware you will work with is less than three years old (some newer) and is very well maintained in terms of software updates, and retrofitted hardware updates. The hospital’s main campus (about 450 beds) in fact has multiple high field strength magnets, open magnets for obese or claustrophobic patients, multi-slice CTs, and a very strong neuro science program to support a potential neuro radiology slot.

Although the community itself is only about 75K in size, their group’s service area covers more like 250K, and perhaps a few more than that. Like many coastal communities, there is certainly a seasonal business fluctuation here. However, there is also a large regional population of more permanent residents, many of whom live in one of the many very large retirement communities dotting the surrounding region. So, there is a pretty steady volume all year round and, while it does get a little busier when the “Snowbirds” show up for vacation, they definitely don’t have to wait until winter for it to be busy. As a result, the group does not have to live under the “feast or famine” conditions suffered by so many groups based in the Sunbelt. The long and the short of it being that the group has a very stable practice base, plenty of cases to read, not much in the way of competition, and the manpower to give the ability to take care of all of this business while still maintaining a very nice lifestyle.  For the radiologist looking for a stable group on the beach in Florida where they can put down roots and count on being in one place for decades, this is it.

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