As of this week, Independent Radiology features 125 private practices, which gives us an interesting look at a slice of the radiology job market. Here is the breakdown of subspecialty openings today:
- Mammo: 79% (99)
- Body: 78% (98)
- General: 71% (89)
- Neuro: 66% (83)
- MSK: 54% (67)
- VIR: 43% (54)
- Chest/Cardiovascular: 37% (46)
- NM/PET: 34% (42)
- Peds: 26% (32)
- Neuro IR: 6% (7)
Off-hours positions are also plentiful with 39% (49) hiring swing shifts and 35% (44) hiring overnight radiologists. I suspect that those offerings reflect not just specific group needs but also an attempt to tap into the available remote workforce and meet market conditions. (That reminds me, my group has one opening for each.)
Overall, 67% (84) of groups have remote positions of some variety, and 30% (38) are willing to hire contractors in some fashion.
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Whats the biggest difference between a body and a generalist job, at least at your practice? And why do you think body is so high in demand right now?
Currently struggling to make a fellowship decision as an new R3. I’ve enjoyed everything so far but am leaning MSK or body. Most likely want to do private or privademics in the future.
In some cases, there is no difference between body and general. We have body people who do higher-end MRI stuff and other body faculty that stay in the more “general” realm of CT, US, and XR. Body is so much in the demand because it assumes the ability and willingness to read what amounts to general radiology.
In some practices, the difference is whether body is 100% body or includes other stuff like breast or neuro (the latter often on call).
Most of our body rads do 100% body. None of our MSK rads are 100% MSK.