Radiologist Director

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Establish, review and revise radiology policies and procedures.
• Establish, review and revise quality assurance procedures for the radiology department.
• Review preventative maintenance for equipment and instruments.
• Reviews and is knowledgeable about equipment and instrument contracts.
• Review patient reports and billing charges to assure appropriate patient care.
• Train and encourage staff compliance with safety regulations and use of personal protective equipment.
• Train and encourage staff compliance with HIPAA regulations.
• To assure the compliance of departmental and institutional policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Train, supervise and assist in the evaluation of work performance of the departmental staff.
• Develop work performance standards.
• Assure appropriate staff coverage and workloads.
• Provide technical expertise as needed or requested.
• Participate in long range planning for new hospital departmental services and in developing and maintaining departmental budgets.
• Maintain departmental supplies.
• Maintain departmental equipment and instrument requirements.
• Consult and communicate when adding procedures and resolving problems.
• Submit the necessary radiology surveys, quality control and calibration verifications for review as required.
• Maintain continuing education credits and help monitor staffs' continuing education credits.

Other Duties/Responsibilities

• Assume triage responsibility for maintaining the orderly and efficient flow of patients through the radiology department.
• Calibrate and perform routine maintenance on x-ray equipment to ensure proper functioning.
• Follows written and verbal instructions.
• Work under limited supervision; demonstrate ability to work without immediate supervision.
• Maintain effective information management system.
• Maintain positive relationships with hospital staff, medical staff, patients and visitors.
• Participate in problem solving as needed.
• Operates fixed and mobile radiographic equipment to produce routine diagnostic medical images.
• Computes techniques and adjusts control panel settings such as kilovoltage, exposure time, milliamperage, and focal spot size.
• Selects image recording media, adjust table or cassette holder, aligns x-ray tube for correct distance and angle, and restricts radiation beam for maximum patient protection.
• Exposes and processes images.
• Operates equipment associated with Computed Radiography (CR), Digital Radiography (DR), diagnostic/clinical workstations, film digitizers, optical disk storage systems, network and computer interface.
• Performs general diagnostic imaging activities; reproduces images.
• Works closely with providers and assists in appropriate diagnostics.
• Cleans and inspects equipment and performs preventive maintenance.
• Receives patients, prepares and processes examination requests and related records, files images and reports.