Interventional Radiologist
Compensation
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Job Description
- Profession: Physician
- Specialty: Vascular & Interventional Radiology
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Las Cruces, NM
- Service Setting: Inpatient
- Coverage Type: Clinical + Call
- Coverage Period: ASAP – Ongoing
- Shift Schedule: 9a-5:30p
- Call Schedule: Nights and Weekends
- Nights: 5:30p-9a
- Weekends: 8a-8a
- Call Type: Beeper
- Call Ratio: 1:1
- Call Response Time: 30 mins
- Reason for Coverage: Supplemental
- Travel, Lodging, and Malpractice Insurance: Covered by Agency
Coverage Dates
Weekend call: Every weekend EXCEPT Aug 8-9, Aug 15-16, Sep 20, Oct 24-25
Day Coverage
- Oct 28-30
- Nov 20, 23-27, 30
- Dec 18, 21-25, 28
Patient Information
- Average Daily Volume: 15-18
- Rounding: Yes
- Phone Consults: 3-5
Facility Information
- No. of Beds: 99
- Trauma Level: III
- EMR System: Medhost
- Support Staff: RNs: 4
Privileges & Compliance
Temporary Privileges Available: Yes
Required Procedures
- U/S guided Biopsies
- Abdominal Aortagram with bilateral runoffs
- Pulmonary Emboli extraction
- Periphial angioplasty
- TIPS procedure
- Tunneled PICC line & Port placement
- IVC filters Placement and or removal
- Kyphoplasty
- Percutanous Bilary drain
- Percutanous nephrostomy drain
- Dialysis fistula/graft & declotting
- Embolization procedures
- Coils
- Tunnled Hickman & Hemmodialysis catheters
- Plurex catheter placements
- Mammo procedures
- Needle Localization
- Sterotactic Biopsies
Job Requirements
- Board: BC/BE
- Licenses: Licensed in NM
- Certifications: BLS
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide weekend call coverage for Vascular & Interventional Radiology (8a – 8a)
- Cover night call shifts from 5:30p – 9a as needed
- Respond to beeper call within 30 minutes
- Perform day coverage procedures (9a – 5:30pm) on specified dates
- Manage inpatient consults and phone consults (3-5 per shift)
Key Responsibilities
The physician will provide inpatient vascular and interventional radiology coverage, including performing various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Responsibilities also include managing inpatient consults and responding to beeper calls during nights and weekends.
Requirements
Candidates must be Board Certified or Board Eligible and hold a valid medical license in New Mexico. Proficiency in a wide range of interventional procedures and current BLS certification are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Radiology — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 52% have no call, 36% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for New Mexico is 92.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.4% of New Mexico clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Physician median $563k (middle half $438k–$725k)39 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | New Mexico index 92.2 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Radiology listings in New Mexico | 11 active | —live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| All physician listings in New Mexico | 153 active | 22,339 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 36% remote · 52% no call · 36% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | New Mexico physician listings (all specialties): 29% state a sign-on bonus · 9% offer loan repayment153 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Radiology hiring demand | #11 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 54 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 214 postings, 220 closed |
| New Radiology listings | 546 in the last 30 days | 153 the 30 days before (+257%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Physician pay trend (all specialties) | −2.6% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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- Includes call
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Benefits & Perks
Living in Las Cruces
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $279k
- Typical market rent
- $1,439/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 90.2
- State income tax
- Up to 5.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Las Cruces, NM metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.