Manager imaging services

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Manages the assigned Radiology Services to assure the optimum performance of medical imaging, interventional and therapeutic procedures in accordance with the service and educational missions of the institution.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
1.Registered in imaging modality through ARRT, ARDMS or NMTCB.
2. State licensure through certified modality where applicable.
3. Obtain BLS within 30 days of hire.
EXPERIENCE:
1.Five (5) years of clinical experience in the radiologic sciences with two (2) years of supervisory experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Bachelor's degree.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Engages in fiscal activities in order to ensure the availability of supplies, equipment, and human resources to meet the service commitment of services of each section in a timely and cost effective manner.
2. Makes recommendations for preparation of the asking budget for his/her respective cost center annually upon notification by the director to assure cost effective operations, monitored by director supervision.
3. Spends and monitors current expense and human resource funds for his/her cost center(s) cost effectively on a frequency pattern and in dollar amounts which are congruent with the section's budget and reflect cost containment and institutional cash flow, monitored through accounting documentation and director supervision.
4. Develops and implements an inventory system which meets operational needs avoiding unnecessary stock piles and waste, confirmed by annual inventory audit and monitored by director supervision.
5. Identifies and recommends new products, systems, and equipment for potential purchase or implementation in order to reduce cost, improve patient care and delivery of services, and/or maintain the state-of-the-art as needed or upon request by the director, monitored by director supervision.
6. Manages the personnel of the assigned section to ensure the availability of an appropriately credentialed, clinically competent, well-developed cohesive work force to meet the imaging, therapeutic, and educational mission of the section
7. Manages technical and support staff to ensure the optimum in providing diagnostic and therapeutic services as indicated by repeat analysis, image quality audit, service audits and/or patient follow-up, monitored by director supervision and program documentation.
8. Selects technical personnel, as positions become vacant, who are appropriately credentialed and/or licensed and who exhibit the potential to meet optimum standards for performance, patient care and guest relations, monitored by director supervision through documented staff performance.
9. Develops and implements on-going educational programs for technical and support staff through cooperative teamwork with the manager responsible for assigned radiology services education which include new employee orientation, in-service (continuing education), and new equipment and/or systems application training, enabling the staff to perform on the basis of current policy/procedures and state-of-the-art practices, monitored by director supervision through program documentation.
10. Develops the technical and support staff by promoting cooperative problem solving, positive progressive discipline, individual and group goal orientation, and the building of the esprit de corps through individual counseling, regular staff meetings, compliance with the employee performance analysis program, and active participation in the activities of the section, monitored by director supervision through associated documentation.
11. Integrates the technology education program into the clinical environment of the section by assuring active participation of the technical staff as clinical and/or didactic instructors according to departmental policies and procedures and the educational master plan monitored by director supervision and manager of radiology education feedback.
12. Manages section payroll verifying and validating hours worked for each employee, assuring adherence to institutional and departmental payroll policy and procedure, monitored by director supervision through financial analyst feedback and payroll documentation.
13. Assures the quality of imaging and therapeutic services and patient care through compliance with industry norms, applicable regulatory, institutional, departmental and section standards.
14. Assures that optimum image and therapeutic quality are delivered in accordance with departmental standards as exhibited by concurrent and retrospective audits and unique incidence, monitored by director supervision.
15. Assures optimum patient care in accordance with hospital and departmental policy and procedures and standards of practice monitored by director supervision through audit mechanisms, patient satisfaction surveys and unique occurrences.
16. Assures routine compliance of the section with respective regulatory, accrediting and licensing agencies' standards, monitored by director supervisions through quality of service audits and site visit findings.
17. Assures equipment maintenance by reporting malfunctions to radiology in-house maintenance personnel, providing access to equipment for evaluation, monitoring, repair, replacement, and/or calibration and by supervising technical staff to assure safe and appropriate use of equipment, monitored by director supervision through associated documentation and unique occurrences.
18. Assures implementation of departmental and section policy and procedures and revisions of same on a timely basis, monitored by director supervision through periodic assessment of operations and annual policy and procedure update schedule.
19. Maintains and improves professional, technical, and managerial competencies in order to contribute to the continued growth and development of the department, the hospital and the profession(s) of the radiologic sciences.
20. Participates in in-house training and development offerings and/or external college/university courses and applies the resultant skills and knowledge to the management of the section, monitored by director supervision through performance analysis and institutional development documentation
21. Attends conferences and meetings of professional societies and conducts classes on new knowledge as requested by the director, monitored through documentation of meeting attendance, in-service programs, and ECE records.
22. Supports local, State and national societies/organizations representing the Radiologic Sciences through membership and participation in professional organization activities, monitored by director assessment and appropriate documentation.
23. Participates in committees, task forces and teams as requested by the director related to institutional progress improvement and/or to provide opportunity for growth and development relevant to his/her role at WVUH, monitored by director supervision.
24. Develops intradepartmental, interdepartmental and WV United Health Systems network relationships to provide for enhancement of teamwork among contributors and therefore improvements in service and utilization.
25. Interacts with medical and house staff internal and external to assigned radiology services to promote productive working relationships that enhance service and guest relations, monitored by director supervision and medical staff feedback.
26. Complies with the department customer service program working cooperatively with the manager responsible for program documentation by logging all customer (patient & physician) complaints and tracking to resolution, monitored by director supervision and program documentation.
27. Interacts with medical physics staff on a timely, cooperative basis working as team members of radiology services, monitored by director supervision.
28. Interacts with WVUH representatives from other departments cooperatively and on a timely basis to engage in proactive service enhancement as well as crisis management as required, monitored by director supervision through monitoring number of unique and reoccurring incidences.
29. Participates at director request in committees and task forces relative to continuing service provision and progress improvement at WVUH and WV United Health Systems, monitored by director supervision.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Ability to differentiate various shades of gray as depicted on a black and white monitor or photograph.

2. Stand and walk for up to 8 hours a day.

3. Lift, push and pull up to 10 pounds of weight.

4. Carry items of up to 20 pounds.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Office and clinical settings

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Ability to interact with patients, families and members of the health care team.

2. Ability to prioritize and deal with a variety of situations at any given time.

Additional Job Description:

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Shift:

Exempt/Non-Exempt:
United States of America (Exempt)

Company:
UHC United Hospital Center

Cost Center:
150 UHC Radiology Admin

Address:
327 Medical Park Drive

Bridgeport

West Virginia

WVU Medicine is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity among our workforce and invite applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender identity and expression, socioeconomic status, language, national origin, religious affiliation, spiritual practice, age, mental and physical ability/disability or Veteran status.

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