Breast Imaging Radiologist

**Breast Imaging Radiologist**
**Location: Joplin, Missouri**

• Seeking a Board Certified or Board Eligible Breast Imaging Radiologist for a full-time, onsite, hospital-employed position.
• Provide clinical and regulatory oversight of breast imaging services across multiple locations, ensuring consistent and standardized care.
Serve as the Lead Interpreting Physician (LIP) responsible for compliance with MQSA requirements, including:
o Clinical image quality
o Quality assurance (QA)
o Quality control (QC)
o Regulatory documentation
• Ensure ongoing compliance with ACR accreditation standards, FDA MQSA regulations, and internal quality and safety protocols.
• Oversee clinical image quality and provide feedback to radiologists and technologists, including corrective action when needed.
• Direct the medical outcomes audit program, monitoring key performance metrics such as recall rates, cancer detection rates, and positive predictive value.
Interpret a broad range of breast imaging studies, including:
o Screening and diagnostic mammography
o Breast ultrasound
o Breast MRI
• Perform image-guided breast procedures, including biopsies and localizations, as clinically required.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including surgery, oncology, and pathology to support comprehensive breast care.
• Partner with operational and program leadership to coordinate workflows, staffing, and scheduling across multiple locations.
• Lead quality improvement initiatives focused on clinical performance, patient experience, and turnaround times.
• Support standardization of imaging protocols, reporting practices, and clinical workflows across breast imaging locations.
• Participate in strategic planning related to program growth, patient access, and service-line development.
• Provide mentorship and professional guidance to interpreting physicians and technologists, promoting consistency and best practices.
Compensation & Benefits
• Generous base salary with transition to a work RVU (wRVU) production model.
• Start bonus available.
• Comprehensive benefits beginning day one, including:
o Medical insurance
o Dental insurance
o Vision insurance
• CME allowance.
• Paid relocation assistance.
• Paid malpractice insurance with tail coverage.
• Eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) through the not-for-profit healthcare system.
• Near-site, state-of-the-art daycare/learning center available exclusively for employees' children.
About the Health System
• Nationally recognized not-for-profit healthcare system with more than a century of service.
• Serves communities throughout Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.
• Includes multiple hospitals, more than 100 locations, 350+ physicians across 90+ specialties, and more than 900 licensed beds.
• Recognized for award-winning programs in heart care, orthopedics, oncology, behavioral health, women's services, and neonatal care.
• Provides comprehensive specialty and primary care services throughout the region.
• Strong commitment to community health through charitable giving, screenings, volunteerism, and regional partnerships.
• Supported by more than 7,500 employees.
Why Joplin, Missouri?
• Located in the scenic Ozarks of Southwest Missouri.
• Offers an excellent quality of life with a balance of affordability and value.
• Serves as a regional hub for healthcare, economic, and cultural activities across the four-state region.
• Population of approximately 50,000, with the daytime population growing significantly as people travel into the city for work and services.
• Convenient neighborhoods located within 5–10 minutes of the clinic and hospital, allowing physicians to spend more time with family.
• Excellent opportunities for an active lifestyle, including golf, tennis, fitness centers, running, and scenic hiking.
• Nearby streams and lakes offer opportunities for fishing, kayaking, boating, and other outdoor activities.