Combined Interventional/Body Radiologist – Hamilton

COMBINED INTERVENTIONAL/BODY RADIOLOGIST – HAMILTON GENERAL SITE

The Hamilton General Hospital is a large tertiary referral centre, with a busy vascular surgical service and Level 1 trauma program.  The preferred candidate will have fellowship training interventional radiology. The interventional radiology practice includes vascular work (i.e. angiograms, angioplasty/stenting, embolization, thrombectomy/thrombolysis), and non-vascular work (i.e. biopsy, drainage, gastrostomy, GJ tubes, nephrostomy).  The successful candidate will have an opportunity to develop new services and IR consultation clinic in collaboration with colleagues. The position also involves body imaging, including radiography, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, body CT and opportunity for body MR.  The body imaging service at Hamilton General supports a variety of general and tertiary level subspecialty medical and surgical services.  This position involves participation in the city-wide interventional radiology on call roster at the Hamilton Health Sciences sites encompassing Hamilton General Hospital, the Juravinski Hospital and the McMaster University Medical Center. Candidates must possess skills that enhance our interdisciplinary tertiary clinical teams and collaborative environment, including participation in regularly-scheduled multidisciplinary rounds.  The position involves scheduling for clinical work, subspecialty and teaching rounds, encompassing assignments in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

The Hamilton General Hospital radiology association consists of 30 subspecialty trained radiologists overseeing tertiary care practice and a diverse community independent health facility (IHF) practice.  The association offers flexible percentage FTE status for interested applicants.  Our practice model offers hybrid reporting options with mixture of on-site and remote reporting opportunities to allow for flexible scheduling.

Hamilton Health Sciences is a family of seven hospitals and a cancer centre, serving more than 2.3 million residents of Hamilton, central south and central west Ontario.  The Diagnostic Imaging department at HHS provides comprehensive care for the region, with subspecialty imaging expertise.

McMaster University has consistently placed among the top 50 universities in the world for health and medicine.  The Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine is world renowned for its innovative method of small group, problem-based education, and a focus on self-directed, life-long learning. The Department of Medical Imaging provides rewarding opportunities for faculty who are interested in education, clinical excellence, research and multi-disciplinary team projects.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be considered first for this position. To comply with the Government of Canada’s reporting requirements, the employer is obliged to gather information about applicants’ status as either Permanent Residents of Canada or Canadian citizens.  Applicants need not identify their country of origin or current citizenship; however, all applications must include one of the following statements: “Yes, I am a citizen or permanent resident of Canada” or “No, I am not a citizen or permanent resident of Canada”.

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