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Your First Day:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A first time locum or first day hire will generally be scheduled on a daytime rotation at either Royal Jubilee Hospital or Victoria General Hospital. Our daytime shifts unless otherwise specified run from 8am – 4pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On your first day in the department please present yourself at our front desk in radiology, and ask our clerical staff to show you to the reading rooms and where you can find the other radiologists. One of the other radiologists on site will help orient you to the basic facility layout and introduce you to relevant clerical staff and technologists so you can get working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On your first day in Island Health, our PACS IT staff will arrange a meeting with you to get you up and running on our PACS and dictation system usually around 8am or earlier (some locums choose to arrange this meeting in advance of their first day, but this is not expected). This usually takes 30 – 60 min depending on your level of familiarity with the local software setup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are multiple other radiologists scheduled at these sites. This will allow for backup in case you encounter procedures you are uncomfortable with. Please take the time to introduce yourself to any radiologist working at the site you haven’t yet met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our current weekly schedule is available here<\/a>. Check this link the week of your locum if you want to find out who else is on site with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rotation Expectations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In general, procedural rotations will have a defined list of procedures that are assigned to the radiologist on that rotation for the day. Ultrasound rotations have the expectation that you will be responsible to read all ultrasound cases at a particular site. Some rotations have added clerical expectations such as protocoling or are set as a point of contact for clinical inquiries for procedures relating to that rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a complete list of individual rotation responsibilities, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attempts will be made by bookings to make sure we don’t schedule locums to do any procedures outside their scope of practice, however last minute changes happen, so we recommend you review your procedure list early in the day. If there is anything you don’t feel comfortable doing, speak with one of the other radiologists on-site early in the day so we can arrange our day to back you up or take it over ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Work Productivity Expectations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each rotation has set productivity goals in terms of the amount of CT, MRI, and Radiographs a radiologist is expected to read on the rotation. This is updated in a rotation specific quota that our productivity software displays on your screen and updates throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Assigned Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ultrasound cases are assigned by site during daytime hours (i.e. RJH US radiologist is responsible for all ultrasounds performed at RJH from 8am-4pm). If there is a type of case you are unfamiliar with reporting as a locum (i.e. vascular work, MSK), please ask one of the rads on site for advice or assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Procedural work (i.e. fluoroscopy, US and CT guided interventions), are assigned to specific rotations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nuclear Medicine work is assigned only to the NM rotation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unassigned Work (i.e. The Open Worklist)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n