Job Overview
When you join the growing BILH team, you’re not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. This position is 40 hours Monday‑Friday.
Job Summary
Under the direction of the operations director of radiology, the Lead Radiology Technologist is responsible for the overall function of their area of responsibilities. Duties include direct or delegated development and implementation of procedures, overall efficiency, productivity and quality of work performed by assigned staff, and care and maintenance of equipment. The incumbent also maintains the daily, on‑call and holiday schedules and assignments to coordinate daily operations and workflows.
Essential Responsibilities
- Represents the division on all technical leadership initiatives; including maintaining relationships with other managers to develop and coordinate department‑wide initiatives, acts as the primary representative of the division when interfacing with hospital departments, physicians and nursing.
- Influences and motivates staff behaviors in accordance with department policies and code of conduct, informs, trains and communicates to ensure team morale and effectiveness.
- Coordinates and maintains inventory of supplies and equipment used in the division.
- Ensures utilization is appropriate for volume of procedures, monitors procedure mix and changes in technique, altering inventory levels if necessary.
- Maintains, updates and revises division policy and procedure manual.
- Participates in the department leadership team by ensuring technical excellence, high quality and safety in the care of patients, efficiency of service and high quality QA/QI program.
- Has the authority to direct and support employees’ daily work activities.
- Has the direct responsibility to undertake the following employment actions: hiring, termination, corrective action and performance reviews.
- Direct reports: more than 7. Indirect reports: 51‑100.
- Assists in planning, monitoring and/or managing the budget in the functional area of the department.
Required Qualifications
- Previous leadership experience and a minimum of 3 years of experience as a technologist or sonographer.
- Associate’s degree preferred.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, conflict management, problem solving, priority setting, delegation, process and system management, and negotiation skills.
- License, certification and/or registry in their discipline of radiology.
- New hires will have 30 days to provide BLS certification from the American Heart Association (AHA).
- Advanced technical computer skills as required for technical support specific to the functional area and related systems.
Competencies
- Decision Making: Ability to make decisions with significant, broad implications for the management and operations of a major department or multiple departments. Participates in decisions on overall strategy and direction of the organization.
- Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are broad, complex and abstract, often involving Medical Center‑wide issues and requiring substantial creativity, resourcefulness, staff engagement, Lean diagnostic techniques, negotiation and diplomacy to develop solutions.
- Independence of Action: Ability to set direction and vision for major departments or multiple departments, establish priorities, develop policies and allocate resources.
- Written Communications: Ability to communicate complex information in English effectively in writing to all levels of staff, management and external customers across functional areas.
- Oral Communications: Ability to verbally communicate complex concepts in English and address sensitive situations, resolve conflicts, negotiate, motivate and persuade others.
- Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate broad and comprehensive knowledge of theories, concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex and/or unprecedented situations across multiple functional areas.
- Team Work: Ability to lead collaborative teams for larger projects or groups both internal and external to the Medical Center and across functional areas. Results have implications for the management and operations of multiple areas of the organization.
- Customer Service: Ability to lead operational initiatives to meet or exceed customer service standards and expectations in assigned unit(s) and/or across multiple areas in a timely and respectful manner.
Age‑Based Competencies
Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: neonatal (birth to 6 months), young adult (16‑30 years), middle age (30‑60 years), elderly (60+ years).
Physical Nature of the Job
Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Some elements of the job are sedentary, but the employee will be required to stand for periods of time or move throughout the hospital campus.
Pay Range
$145,000.00USD – $175,000.00USD. The pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.
Vaccination Requirement
Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled.