The Imaging Services Manager is an experienced imaging manager with operational scope over a single imaging modality and multiple imaging locations. Ensures staffing coverage, collaborates with radiologists, staff, and other managers daily to ensure safe patient care and patient access to clinical services. Manages, coordinates, evaluates and directs patient care services and all technical and administrative activities in alignment with UTMB Health's Mission, Vision and Values. Provides leadersh... more details
The mission of Correctional Managed Care is to address the healthcare needs of underserved patient populations within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD).
JOB SUMMARY:
The Imaging Services Manager is an experienced imaging manager with operational scope over a single imaging modality and multiple imaging locations. Ensures staffing coverage, collaborates with radiologists, staff, and other managers daily to ensure safe patient care and patient access to clinical services.
Manages, coordinates, evaluates and directs patient care services and all technical and administrative activities in alignment with UTMB Health’s Mission, Vision and Values. Provides leadership in planning, organizing, staffing and controlling the daily operational functions of imaging services. Performs duties in support of and in compliance with performance improvement plan, ACR, TJC and other licensing, accrediting and regulatory agencies.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- 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.
- 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 institutional policies, procedures, and regulations.
- Provides practical instruction for students and other 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
- Continuously monitors staffing levels and adjusts as appropriate to meet various clinical care and financial objectives.
- Assures staff is trained and competent and documents the effects on patient care.
- Maintains knowledge of, observes, and enforces the safety measures in Environment of Care.
- Addresses and responds to concerns or grievances by physicians, staff and patients.
- Works with projects to a timely resolution and completes assignments according to agreed deadlines
- Monitors revenue and expense budgets on an on-going basis and takes appropriate action to ensure practice is within budget guidelines
- Maintains the ability to perform procedures in the discipline for which they supervise to include assessment of patient needs
- Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure established for department.
- Performs other related duties as required.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:
- Coaching
- Financial Planning and Strategy
- Decision Making
- Process Improvement,
- Communication Processes
- Training Management
- Initiative
- Legal Compliance
- Managing Processes
- Quality Management
- Lean Management, Six Sigma
- Bedside Manner
EQUIPMENT:
- Standard office equipment.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Standard hospital environment. May be required to work within the confines of a prison, jail, or juvenile detention center.
Security clearance is required; pre-employment drug testing is also required.
REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor's degree
- Five (5) years of clinical Imaging experience.
- Three (3) years of imaging leadership experience
PREFERRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
- Certified Radiology Administrator (CRA) preferred
Salary is commensurate with years of relevant work experience.
Equal Employment Opportunity
UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.
