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Wellstar Health System · 1 week ago

Chief Tech Mammo, FT Days - Camp Creek Imaging

Marietta, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

Wellstar Health System is dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of individuals through compassionate care. The Chief Technologist supervises staff to ensure efficient and professional diagnostic procedures, mentors fellow technologists, manages department productivity, and oversees quality control and patient care processes.

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Responsibilities

Develops and maintains department personnel schedules assuring adequate coverage for all shifts

Maintains modality workflow to assure patient throughput that maximizes equipment utilization and meets patients expectations regarding wait time and thoroughness of exam

Maintains staff educational records. Ensures that orientation records, certifications are valid, departmental competencies and mandatory staff requirements are completed within designated timeframe

Assists with employee performance management including issuing Anecdotal and Verbal Warnings and recommending further PM, if necessary

Manage department productivity adhering to operational standards

Establishes and modifies department protocols with guidance from physicians and department director

Assures that adequate equipment and supplies are available and maintained in the modality

Attends and productively participates in Lead Meetings and department meetings

Serves as first level of contact for employee concerns

Participates, maintains and conducts PI (Process Improvement) in the department

Participates in the hiring process of new personnel, and ensures appropriate on-boarding efforts to validate competency assessments and departmental orientation

Participates in the competency process for all Radiologic Technologists on an annual basis

Assures that the Imaging department is continuously survey ready

Demonstrates the ability to adjust technique so that patient receives the lowest possible dose of ionizing radiation and that image quality is maintained

Reports problems regarding malfunctioning equipment to supervisor or service provider, so that problem can be corrected in a timely manner

Cleans, disinfects and maintains equipment in accordance with infection control policy

Ability to operate all aspects of the equipment in respective modality

Coordinates work activities with physicians and other hospital departments

Obtains complete clinical history, gathers examination data and assesses for contraindicating conditions

Serves as a role model for all Target 100 initiatives

Courteously greets patients and visitors, ascertaining and addressing their needs promptly and appropriately

Courteously answers and screens telephone calls, personally addressing needs and directing call to appropriate person or taking a message if the intended receiver is unavailable

Competently performs the duties of assigned personnel in accordance with standards for the position, as needed to ensure continuity and / or timeliness of service

Follows established procedures for the administration of contrast media so that no patient condition deteriorates, and no patient suffers undue pain, due to error or poor technique

Ensures that all studies have proper patient identification and right and left marker are utilized appropriately

Responds to emergency situations and provides for the restocking of the crash cart and maintenance of life support equipment

Assists other technologists with difficult patients

Observes patient condition and properly evaluates situations when physician intervention is necessary so that no patient condition deteriorates as the result of misjudgment

Verifies correct identity of patient prior to performing a procedure

Ensures patient's privacy and comfort is accommodated

Demonstrates competence in the determination and application of appropriate procedures, equipment, supplies and techniques based on the age of patients

Organizes schedule, time and priorities so that required activities are accomplished within designated time frames

Follows physicians instructions when assisting with procedures and exams

Uses Critical Thinking Skills

Asks clarifying questions. Seeks clarification of ambiguous orders

Understands, demonstrates and documents pre-procedural verification and time-out process when appropriate

Demonstrates and understands sterile technique, pre-and-post procedural care

Maintains manuals and other assigned administrative records on an ongoing basis, so that requirements are up-to-date, requiring no last-minute efforts for inspections or audits

Maintains staff educational records. Ensures that orientation records, certifications are valid, departmental competencies and mandatory staff requirements are completed within designated timeframe

Provides for the orientation and on-going training of assigned staff, ensuring that comprehensive documentation is established and maintained, so that status, progress and participation can be easily monitored

Participates in the orientation and training of departmental employees

Completes departmental mandatory and Hospital-wide education without prompting

Contributes to the development of staff by observing work, answering questions, explaining procedures, demonstrating techniques, and intervening where necessary to correct deficiencies

Provides patients with preparatory instructions and explanation of procedure

Utilizes positive and constructive criticism to improve staffs performance. Has a positive attitude

Patiently and clearly explains purpose and nature of exam to patient prior to starting of procedure, to minimize anxiety and facilitate cooperation

Ensures that patient's questions, concerns or contraindications are satisfactorily addressed, notifying physician when this cannot be accomplished, prior to the initiation of the procedure

Required documentation is concise, legible and includes precise terminology

Reads email each day scheduled to work and follows through with assignment

Serves as a quality control coordinator; evaluates accuracy and technical quality of studies performed within their area of responsibility

Ensures that staff accurately prepares and submits required documentation in accordance with procedures and time frames. Ensures that staff submits studies of the highest quality. All studies have proper identification, labeling and documentation

Ensures that all procedures are captured and charged daily. Audits Clinical Incomplete Report daily and resolves any outstanding issues

Maintains the departments quality control program for radiographs and processors, resolves quality control problems as they arise

Checks for prior exams and assures that they are loaded, if necessary, and properly labeled prior to sending to PACS

Any other duties as assigned

Participates in the implementation of departmental policies and procedures

Provides input into budget recommendations for staffing, supplies, equipment, and other operational expenses

Interviews applicants and makes hiring recommendations

Orients, trains, supervise and evaluate Imaging Services staff within established time frames

Assigns work requisitions, prepares work schedules and ensures adequate coverage on all shifts

Assist in the monitoring of departmental compliance with JCAHO and other regulatory agency standards

Identifies, investigates and resolves operational and human relations problems

Monitors and controls use of supplies. Ensures that departmental par levels are maintained

Maintains the cleanliness and orderliness of the department

Procures necessary supplies in advance of need, so that delays do not occur due to depletion

Ensures that employees have enough to do at all times, adjustments are made daily according to Vision Productivity Report

Maintains Kronos Timekeeper System so that all hours are captured within designated timeframes

Ensures that assigned personnel adhere to hospital and departmental policies, providing timely notification, interpretation, instruction or discipline as necessary

Competently handles routine operational matters for the department in the absence of the Director, so that continuity, quality and timeliness of service are assured

Keeps Director informed on aspects of responsibilities on an on-going basis. Ensures prompt notification in the event of a problems or potential problems

Produces acceptable images, as evidenced by maintaining a first-time acceptance rate of 95 percent

Ensures that studies that have been transmitted after hours by teleradiography are written on the tracking log for the radiologist by the technologist, as needed

Qualification

Registered Medical SonographerCertified MRI TechnologistARRT Computed TomographyARRT MammographyARRT Magnetic Resonance ImagingBasic Life Support (BLS)Quality Control TestingPatient PositioningCustomer Service SkillsMultitasking AbilityCommunication SkillsCritical Thinking SkillsDetail Oriented

Required

Graduate of AMA approved School of Radiology Technology

Registered Medical Sonographer or Certified MRI Technologist or ARRT Computed Tomography or ARRT Mammography or ARRT Magnetic Resonance Imaging or ARRT Nuclear Technology or ARRT Sonography or Cert Nuclear Med Tech

Basic Life Support or BLS - Instructor

Three (3) Years Experience In Modality