**DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS**

**VA HEALTHCARE NETWORK UPSTATE NEW YORK**

**ALBANY, NY 12208**

**VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 528D-08-P012**

**Opens**: January 28, 2008 **Closes**: December 31, 2008 or when filled

**Position: Physician --** Radiologist-Vascular Interventional

**Salary Range**: To be determined by Professional Standards Board

**Duty Location**: Diagnostic & Therapeutic Care Line, VA Medical
Center, Albany, NY

**Tour of Duty**: Full Time

**Area of Consideration**: Open to all qualified candidates authorized
to work in the US.

**Relocation Expenses Authorized**: No

**Recruitment Incentive**: No.

**Duties:** The position requires the candidate to perform a full range
of interventional radiology procedures with rotating call and occasional
coverage in general radiology.

**Qualification Requirements:**

1\) Be a US Citizen or have proper authorization to work in the United
States.

2\) Have a degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree
resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic
medicine.

3\) Possess and maintain a current, full and unrestricted license to
practice medicine in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United
States, or in the District of Columbia.

4\) Board Certified in Radiology.

5\) Fellowship training and/or CAQ in Interventional Radiology.

6\) Applicant must have outstanding clinical, interpersonal and teaching
skills.

**Applicants Please Note: Education must be accredited** by an
accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education
in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly
positions with a positive education requirement.) Therefore, applicants
must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by
accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website:
<http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html> All education
claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency
accordingly.

**English Language Proficiency:** Physicians appointed to direct
patient-care positions must be proficient in spoken and written English
as required in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d).

**Drug Testing**: This is a testing designated position (TDP) under the
VA Drug-Free Workplace Program. If you are tentatively selected for the
position and are not now in a TDP subject to random testing, you may be
subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to final
selection. Applicants who refuse to be tested will not be selected.

**Physical Requirements**: Selected candidate will be required to
successfully pass a medical examination.

**Background Investigation:** Appointment to this position is contingent
upon satisfactory completion of the required background investigation.

**Reasonable Accommodation**: This agency provides reasonable
accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need reasonable
accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please
notify the servicing Human Resources Office. The decision on granting
reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

**HOW TO APPLY:** Applicants should forward your completed application
package to:

Stratton VA Medical Center

113 Holland Avenue

**Human Resources (05)**

Albany, NY 12208

**Applicants must submit the following:**

\(1\) VA Form 10-2850 "Application for Physician, Dentist, Podiatrists,
and Optometrists". (This form may be obtained on line at
<http://www.usajobs.gov/forms.asp?WT.svl=navforms>.

\(2\) Current curriculum vitae.

\(3\) Copy of your current license.

\(4\) For VA Applicants, please provide a copy of your last 2
proficiencies.

**No postage paid envelopes:** In accordance with 18 USC 1719 and USC
3201 the use of postage paid government envelopes for filing job
applications is a violation of federal law and regulations. Applications
submitted using postage paid government envelopes will be rated
ineligible.

**For further information**: Ian Jacobs 518-626-6724 or by email at
<Ian.Jacobs@va.gov>

**Interviews:** Any interviews that may be conducted for this position
will utilize the Performance Based Interviewing (PBI) process. Further
information is available at [www.va.gov/pbi](http://www.va.gov/pbi)

**Equal Employment Opportunity**: Selection for this position will be
based solely on merit without regard to race, color, religion, age,
gender, national origin, political affiliation, disability, sexual
orientation, marital or family status or other differences.