Lead Rad Tech - Surgery

Gillette Children's•Saint Paul, MN

13d•$31 - $45•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides leadership in the imaging department to ensure consistent high-quality standards of care and patient outcomes. Maintain a positive working relationship with other department leaders, OR staff, providers, and additional ancillary services. This position provides direct care, coordinates the daily activities, and role models professional practice and customer service behaviors. The primary function of this position will be for OR needs but will step in for other imaging staff and leaders whenever necessary. This position is full-time 0.8 position, 8 hour shifts Monday - Thursday within the hours of 645 am and 715 pm with rotating call evenings, weekends and holidays. Provides leadership in the Imaging department to ensure consistent high-quality standards of care and patient outcomes. This position provides direct care, coordinates the daily activities, and role models professional practice and customer service behaviors. Specific duties are determined by the work setting or patient population served; however, in all positions, serving patients with challenging and complex conditions requires a concentration of specialized staff able to work in highly coordinated teams. We organize care around each patient’s condition which requires staff at multiple levels and across many departments to exhibit exceptional teamwork qualities including communicating efficiently and effectively and adopting the behaviors required for high functioning integrated teams.

Requirements

Experience in one or more of the modalities within area(s) of responsibility
Current ARRT and CPR certification
Graduate of an accredited school or equivalent certification

Nice To Haves

Bachelors degree in imaging, management, or other healthcare related discipline
Active involvement in professional associations
Experience with pediatric and/or disabled populations

Responsibilities

Finds, effectively uses, and provides information. Readily adjust to shifting priorities and work assignments.
Maintains effective operation of timely and efficient imaging services, coordinating staff to match patient flow.
Provides support and serves as a technical resource regarding imaging exam details, image quality, imaging systems and equipment.
Monitors and holds staff and providers accountable for timely and accurate documentation of patient care.
Demonstrates accuracy, efficiency, and completeness in products and processes. Performs tasks with appropriate urgency and accuracy while reducing waste through proactive time management.
Functions competently and efficiently as an Imaging Technologist.
Takes initiative and follow-up as needed.
Respect others’ priorities and meet urgent requests whenever possible.
Effectively manages time, adhering to department attendance policy.
Demonstrates flexibility in rotating service assignments to meet various customer needs as requested by leadership.
Patient and family needs supersede other activities; respond to patient/family requests for information and assistance in a timely, courteous manner, with respect for professional boundaries and ethical conduct. Keeps families informed of delays.
Ensures imaging equipment is operational, troubleshoot equipment issues and oversee service and preventative maintenance to resolution. Works with leadership to ensure quality control testing, and regulatory mandates are met or exceeded.
Active involvement in committees, task forces, meetings and the work of the department or work group.
Integrates high ethical standards and core values into everyday work activity.
Actively represents the department and disseminates information and decisions to colleagues and peers.
Effectively communicates pertinent patient information to ensure continuity is maintained.
Identifies and/or investigates the potential impact on users, workflow, and existing systems as new equipment, systems, and upgrades are considered or implemented.
Holds staff accountable for expectations. Addresses performance issues promptly and corrects poor performance. Enables employees to grow and succeed through feedback, instruction, and encouragement.
Collaborates with other Lead Technologists, support cross-training and utilization of staff appropriately across modalities.
Actively participates in staff meetings.
Contributes to an environment conducive to the education of health care professionals.
Sets clear, meaningful, challenging, and attainable individual and group goals and expectations that are aligned with those of the organization.
Provides oversight to ensure images meet the expectations of the ordering physicians and radiologists.
Ensures accountability through the use of quality dashboards and promotes transparency through reporting of near misses and medical errors.
Provides meaningful feedback to staff and peers.
Coordinates, collaborates, negotiates within the Imaging leadership team to positively resolve issues and work towards attainment of the team and organization goals.