Radiology Lead Orthopedics

Core Functions

• Provides or facilitates patient care for patient populations and serves as a resource to staff for clinical support.
• Affords responsibility for direct patient care when necessary.
• Promotes interdisciplinary patient care planning and patient education.
• Demonstrates leadership qualities in support of department needs and collaborates with various departments, outside vendors, and other departments to assure adequate resources and the proper coordination of safe, efficient patient care management.
• Serves as resource to patients, families, providers and staff in providing care by facilitating patient flow.
• Assists in the interpretation of department/facility/system policies within the clinical setting.
• Responsible for providing safe and cost effective care while considering patient satisfaction and customer service.
• Participates in staff development, orientation, education and evaluation of clinical competencies.
• Mentors staff to increase clinical, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• May participate in employee performance assessments.
• Supports change and assists in the development, interpretation, implementation and evaluation of the process improvement and quality management activities of the department/system.
• May serve as QA and clinical educator.
• May coordinate and assist in development of QI/QC projects.
• Monitors staff usage and ensures staffing meets patient needs in a fiscally responsible manner.

Minimum Qualifications

• Certificate or diploma from an approved/accredited Radiologic Technology program or equivalent program for other modalities (MRI, Nuclear Medicine, CAT Scan, Mammography, Diagnostic imaging).
• Requires national certification from the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) and/or modality qualified licensure (NMTCB, ARDMS, ARMRIT).
• Licensure by state regulatory agency required, if applicable.
• Advance certification by accrediting body in specialty required (MRI, Nuclear Medicine, CAT Scan, Mammography), if applicable.
• BLS certification required.

Additional Related Education And/or Experience

• Health care related Bachelors degree and prior supervisory experience preferred.