What You'll Do

  • Participate in quality improvement activities including discussions of areas where risk of error is high.
  • Participate in continuing education activities to maintain and develop expertise.
  • Develop treatment plans for radiology patients.
  • Establish or enforce standards for protection of patients or personnel.
  • Review or transmit images and information using picture archiving or communications systems.
  • Recognize or treat complications during and after procedures, including blood pressure problems, pain, oversedation, or bleeding.
  • Prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings.
  • Obtain patients' histories from electronic records, patient interviews, dictated reports, or by communicating with referring clinicians.
  • Confer with medical professionals regarding image-based diagnoses.
  • Instruct radiologic staff in desired techniques, positions, or projections.

Essential Skills

Reading Comprehension 4.25/5
Active Listening 4.25/5
Speaking 4.25/5
Writing 4.12/5
Critical Thinking 4.12/5
Judgment and Decision Making 4.12/5
Monitoring 4.0/5
Social Perceptiveness 4.0/5
Complex Problem Solving 4.0/5
Active Learning 3.88/5
Science 3.75/5
Service Orientation 3.62/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.

Common styles

Attention to Detail, Dependability, Cautiousness, Intellectual Curiosity, Integrity

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Problem Sensitivity 4.5/5
Inductive Reasoning 4.5/5
Oral Comprehension 4.38/5
Written Comprehension 4.38/5
Oral Expression 4.38/5
Deductive Reasoning 4.38/5
Written Expression 4.12/5
Near Vision 4.0/5

Technologies & Tools

ACOM Solutions RAPID EMR Advanced Data Systems MedicsRis Allscripts PM Allscripts Professional EHR Alteer Office athenahealth athenaCollector Automatic Data Processing AdvancedMD EHR Avreo Radiology Workflow Solutions Benchmark Systems Benchmark Clinical EHR Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR CareCloud Central Cerner PowerWorks Practice Management Computer aided image analysis software Digital image processing software Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM medical imaging software eClinicalWorks EHR software Email software Epic Practice Management Epic Systems Fujifilm Synapse

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 5.0/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.81/5)
  • Cautiousness (High importance: 4.77/5)
  • Intellectual Curiosity (High importance: 4.52/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.49/5)

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How to Become One

This career requires extensive preparation, typically including a graduate degree (Master's or Doctoral) and several years of experience. Most professionals in this field have invested significant time in education and training.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Attending Physician Attending Radiologist Breast Imaging Radiologist Diagnostic Radiologist General Radiologist Interventional Neuroradiologist Interventional Radiologist Interventional Radiology Physician Mammographer Musculoskeletal Radiologist (MSK Radiologist) Musculoskeletal Specialty Radiologist (MSK Specialty Radiologist) Neuroradiologist Nuclear Medicine MD (Nuclear Medicine Medical Doctor) Nuclear Medicine Officer Nuclear Medicine Physician Nuclear Medicine Specialist Nuclear Physician Nuclear Radiologist Pediatric Radiologist Physician Radiologist Radiologist Physician Radiology Physician Teleradiologist Therapeutic Radiologist Vascular Radiologist Veterinary Radiologist

Career Fit FAQs

Is this career a good fit for me

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Can this help if I want to stay in my field

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