Imaging Services Director

Job Summary

• Provides leadership in planning, organizing, staffing and managing the daily operational functions of imaging services
• Manages, coordinates, evaluates, and directs patient care services and all technical and administrative activities in alignment Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center mission. vision and values
• Ensures compliance with performance improvement plan, DHEC licensures, TJC and other licensing, accrediting and regulatory agencies

Essential Functions

To perform this job, an individual must perform each essential function satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation

• Assigns staff and workload requirements regarding changing priorities in daily operations
• Interacts and communicates with physicians, support staff, and other health care professionals to facilitate departmental operations
• Maintains the ability to perform procedures in the discipline for which they supervise to include assessment of patient needs
• May at times or for complex cases need to provide patient care and technical skills in the operation of magnetic resonance imaging equipment (MRI) to produce cross sectional images of patient's body for diagnostic purposes
• Monitors the status of equipment repairs and preventative maintenance, gathers data on equipment malfunction and associated down time, and documents the effect on patient care
• Disseminates and assures compliance with department and system policies, procedures, and regulations
• Provides practical instruction for health care professionals
• Evaluates staff, provides counsel, monitors performance, directs orientation, provides guidance, and constructively influences staff morale
• Gathers data and participates in the department's quality assurance and improvement plan to achieve a defined level of quality and appropriateness of patient care services
• Controls inventory, cares for, and purchases supplies regarding areas of responsibility
• Applies the profession's code of ethics in all aspects of practice and adheres to all internal controls at the federal, state and UTRGV land reporting structures
• Maintains knowledge of, observes, and enforces the safety measures in Environment of Care
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education/Licenses/Certification

• Must hold a current registry from the following organizations: American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT) and South Carolina Radiation Quality Standards Association (SCRQSA) in one of the following: Radiology, CT, MRI, Nuclear, American Registry Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS), or Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB)
• BLS Certification, required

Experience

• Five (5) years of clinical imaging experience
• Three (3) years of imaging leadership experience