**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:

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

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**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)

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**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.