Radiology Director - Full-Time - AVALA Hospital - RH203

Summary

The Radiology Director will oversee the daily operation of the radiology department and provide services timely and efficiently at appropriate levels to all patients and in all settings served by the department.   Assumes primary responsibility for ALL radiology modalities, including the supervision of radiologic technicians. Provides all aspects of imaging and fluoroscopic support during surgical procedure. The director will perform tasks and duties as outlined per hospital policy and procedure.  Will oversee administrative tasks and will maintain clinical competencies through participation in educational and orientation programs.  Always works as a team member within the entire facility.  Performs other duties as assigned.                 

Director Responsibilities

• Provides radiology services by directing and coordinating the services of radiology and diagnostic imaging procedures, overseeing staff in operation of imaging equipment, such, as x-ray machines, fluoroscopes, computerized tomography (CT) scanners, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment.
• Accomplishes radiology human resource objectives by selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising job contributions; recommending compensation actions; adhering to policies and procedures.
• Meets radiology operational standards by contributing information to strategic plans and reviews; implementing production, productivity, quality, and patient-service standards; resolving problems; identifying system improvements.
• Meets radiology financial standards by providing annual budget information; monitoring expenditures; identifying variances; recommending corrective actions.
• Supports patient care by resolving radiology issues with physicians, radiologists, radiology technologists, and ancillary staff, improving and maintaining quality assurance program for department functions.
• Improves quality results by evaluating accuracy and quality of images; providing technical assistance; implementing new techniques, equipment, and procedures.
• Provides statistical reports by controlling the collection of treatment and clinical data.
• Provides a safe environment by monitoring radioactive exposure of staff and patients; keeping staff and patients safe, controlling radium loading and handling techniques; maintaining radium records.
• Prepares students for technical responsibilities by coordinating clinical rotations and training for radiology technology students.
• Serves and protects the hospital community by ensuring adherence to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and DNV standards.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Enhances radiation oncology and hospital reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Answers the telephone and intercom in a timely and polite manner.
• Assists other staff members as needed with transferring and transporting patients, and performing any duty that enhances the delivery of patient care.
• Other duties may be assigned.            

Core Competencies

Action Orientation - Targets and achieves results, overcomes obstacles, accepts responsibility, establishes standards and responsibilities, creates a results-oriented environment, and follows through on actions.

Communications - Communicates well both verbally and in writing. Effectively conveys and shares information and ideas with others. Listens carefully and understands various viewpoints. Presents ideas clearly and concisely and understands relevant detail in presented information.

Creativity/Innovation - Generates novel ideas and develops or improves existing and new systems that challenge the status quo, takes risks, and encourages innovation.

Critical Judgment - Possesses the ability to define issues and focus on achieving workable solutions. Consistently does the right thing by performing with reliability.

Customer Orientation - Listens to customers, builds customer confidence, increases customer satisfaction, ensures commitments are met, sets appropriate customer expectations, and responds to customer needs.

Interpersonal Skills - Effectively and productively engages with others and establishes trust, credibility, and confidence with others.

Leadership - Motivates, empowers, inspires, collaborates with, and encourages others. Builds consensus when appropriate. Focuses team members on common goals.

Teamwork - Knows when and how to attract, develop, reward, and utilize teams to optimize results. Acts to build trust, inspire enthusiasm, encourage others, and help resolve conflicts and develop consensus in creating high-performance teams.

Professional Requirements

• Meets dress code standards and adheres to policy.
• Completes annual education requirements.
• Maintains regulatory requirements.       
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.     
• Reports to work on time and as scheduled, completes work within designated time.
• Wears identification while on duty, uses computerized punch time system correctly.       
• Completes in-services and returns in a timely fashion.                                                                                    
• Attends annual review and department in-services, as scheduled.
• Attends staff meetings annually, reads and returns all monthly staff meeting minutes.
• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.         
• Actively participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.
• Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.      
• Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the hospital, as well as the focus statement of the department.
• Promotes professional growth of subordinates by sharing knowledge and/or directing them to sources if information appropriate to given situation. Utilizes journals, books, etc. to learn and/or improve new techniques and equipment.
• Assists other staff members in performing any duty that enhances the delivery of patient care.
• Three – Five years’ supervisory/managerial experience required and must have a working knowledge of all modalities of diagnostic radiology. One year working competency in one section of other specialized area: C-arm utilization in surgery.                                                                                                                                                                    

Advanced Orthopedic and Spine Certification Requirements

(CR.1c) As part of the Advanced Orthopedic and Spine Certification, at a minimum, the Program direct-care staff, must have one (1) hour of education specific to the Program scope, initially, and at least annually thereafter.

(CR.1e) As part of the Advanced Orthopedic and Spine Certification, staff possess adaptability to processes as related to up-to-date best practices, collaboration between departments, compliance with protocols/processes, communication, cooperation and exceptional customer service.

Within 90 days of hire or, if currently employed, within 90 days of signing the job description, must adhere to:

• Orientation of Advanced Orthopedic and Spine Certification.
• In compliance with the Program education requirements.
• Completed department specific competencies.

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Basic computer knowledge.

 Physical Demands

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires repetitive motions, standing, walking, bending, kneeling and stooping all day. The employee must frequently lift or move items weighing up to 50 pounds. 

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