Director Imaging Services

UCHealth University of Colorado Health; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 95,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Retirement benefits (403(b))

Tuition assistance and professional增长

Job summary

UCHealth University of Colorado Health in Aurora, CO seeks a Director of Imaging Services to lead a large imaging portfolio across hospital-based and outpatient sites. The role oversees 250+ FTEs, 7 direct reports, and is responsible for operations, staffing, and strategic capital deployment.

The position is onsite with no remote option, reporting to the Vice President of Operations, and emphasizes safety, regulatory readiness, and patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Minimum education: Graduate of an accredited Radiologic Technologist program; Master's degree required.
• Licensure: ARRT/ CNMT/ RDMS, state licensure as required.
• Minimum experience: 5 years.

Responsibilities

• Oversee imaging operations across hospital and outpatient sites, ensuring safe, high-quality patient care.
• Drive workflow consistency, staffing, performance standards and regulatory compliance.
• Use analytics to optimize throughput, capacity, equipment performance and patient experience.
• Lead imaging teams and partnerships with radiologists and leaders; manage budgets and capital plans.

Job description

Description

The Opportunity

Director of Imaging Services

UCHealth Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion, US:CO: Aurora, Operations Administration

Pay: $69.65 - $111.44 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience

This position is an onsite role and does not offer a hybrid or remote option

Based at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH), this director role provides senior leadership and operational oversight for a large, multi-site imaging portfolio, supporting high-quality care across hospital-based and outpatient imaging locations. With over 250 FTE’s and 7 direct reports across 1 hospital based and 2 outpatient imaging centers this role drives imaging operations and delivers measurable results, with clear accountability for execution, partnering with the System Director of Imaging Services to achieve operational excellence aligned with UCHealth’s mission, values, and organizational objectives, and to shape high-performing imaging operations at scale.

Directs the department's activities and resources to ensure alignment with the mission, values, and objectives of the department and organization.

Reports to: Vice President, Operations

Key Responsibilities

The Imaging Director plays a key role in the health system's strategic and operational efforts by:

• Oversee imaging operations across multiple hospital and outpatient sites, ensuring safe, high-quality, patient-centered care.
• Drive consistency in workflows, staffing models, performance expectations, and regulatory compliance.
• Leverage analytics to optimize throughput, capacity utilization, equipment performance, and patient experience.
• Lead the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered imaging services while maintaining regulatory readiness and consistent performance standards across all sites.
• Expand imaging access and volume through service growth, capacity optimization, and strategic deployment of modalities and technology.
• Achieve financial and productivity targets through disciplined operating and capital budget management, expense control, and workflow efficiency.
• Build and sustain high-performing imaging teams while strengthening partnerships with radiologists, referring providers, and hospital and ambulatory leaders.
• Collaborate with system and regional leadership to evaluate new technologies, capital investments, and service line enhancements.
• Monitor financial performance, productivity, and expense management; implement corrective actions as needed.
• Ensure fiscal accountability while supporting long-term sustainability and growth.
• Lead, coach, and develop imaging managers and regional leadership teams.
• Foster a culture of accountability, engagement, safety, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure that vital patient data from bedside monitors, infusion pumps, ventilators, and other devices flows securely and accurately into the electronic health record (EHR) and other relevant systems in real time.
• Work with multiple teams to implement and manage middleware or integration engines that aggregate device data and distribute it to downstream applications (EHR, alarm dashboards) using industry standards (HL7, FHIR, etc.)
• Oversee systems that collect device alarms/events (such as cardiac monitor alerts, infusion pump occlusion warnings, ventilator alarms) and ensure they are routed to the appropriate clinical staff or alarm management platforms.
• Champion best practices in alarm management to reduce alarm fatigue while maintaining patient safety.
• This includes setting device alarm default configurations in consultation with clinical leaders and ensuring Clinical Engineering staff verify alarm functionality during device maintenance.

Qualifications

• Develops and implements departmental goals, plans, and standards consistent with the clinical, administrative, legal, and ethical requirements/objectives of the organization.Directs and evaluates departmental operations, including patient care delivery, information technologies, service level determination, and complaint management, to achieve performance and quality control objectives.
• Plans and monitors staffing activities, including hiring, orienting, evaluating, disciplinary actions, and continuing education initiatives.
• Prepares, monitors, and evaluates departmental budgets, and ensures that the department operates in compliance with allocated funding. Coordinates and directs internal/external audits.

Preferred Candidate Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading imaging services within a large, complex health system, with accountability for performance across multiple imaging sites or environments.
• Proven record of delivering measurable improvements in imaging access, throughput, quality, and financial performance, including sustained results across multiple modalities.
• Strong expertise in imaging capital planning and technology deployment, with experience optimizing utilization, asset lifecycle, and return on investment across advanced imaging modalities.
• Experience operating within a matrixed imaging governance model, partnering effectively with radiologists, physician leaders, and senior health system stakeholders.

The successful candidate will meet the following requirements:

Minimum Required Education: Graduate of an accredited Radiologic Technologist program. Master's degree required.

Required Licensure/Certification: Registered as a Technologist (RT) by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT), or Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist (CNMT), or Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS). State licensure if required by law.

Minimum Experience: 5 years of relevant experience.

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Employees are our number one asset.

UCHealth promotes a culture that invests in professional success and personal well-being through a comprehensive total rewards program. *

Health and well-being

• Medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Access to 24/7 mental health and well-being support for employees and dependents.
• Discounted gym memberships and fitness resources.
• Free Care.com membership.
• Voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and employee discount programs.
• Time away from work: Paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence.
• Employer-provided basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options.
• Employer-provided short-term disability and long-term disability.

Retirement and savings

• 403(b) plan with employer matching contribution.
• Additional 457(b) plan may be available.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent day care; health savings account available when enrolled in high-deductible (HD) medical plan.

Education and career growth

• UCHealth provides access to academic degrees and certificate programs to promote professional and personal growth.
• Up to 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees.
• Other programs may qualify for up to $10,000/year pre-paid by UCHealth or up to $5,250/year in the form of tuition reimbursement.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning, which offers thousands of virtual courses and seminars, and internal professional development opportunities.
• Employees have access to free assistance navigating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and submitting their federal student loans for forgiveness.

*Eligibility for some programs is based on an employee's scheduled work hours.

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UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.

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