Imaging Support Specialist (Full-Time)

Hackensack Meridian Health; Hackensack (NJ); On-site; USD 58,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking a Manager of Imaging Services to oversee a multi-modality imaging center, ensuring alignment with mission and regulatory requirements. You will manage staff, budgets, vendor relations, and performance metrics to drive high-quality patient care.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of clinical leadership in imaging, with strong communication and budget management skills. A Master’s degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or minimum 5 years clinical leadership experience.
• Minimum 5 years imaging experience including management of personnel, budgets, and physician relations.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Oversees a multi-modality imaging center with modalities including radiography, nuclear, ultrasound, MRI, PET-CT, CT, mammography, X-ray, and DEXA.
• Develops and implements center goals, plans and standards aligned with clinical and regulatory requirements.
• Manages center operations, including care delivery, IT, service levels and complaint management, to meet performance and quality targets.
• Plans staffing activities, including hiring, orientation, evaluation, disciplinary actions, and continuing education initiatives.
• Prepares and manages center budgets and coordinates internal/external audits.
• Leads and mentors supervisory staff to build self-sufficient leaders.

Skills

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Critical thinking

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

Job description

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives - and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It's also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Mgr, Imaging Services manages the Center's activities and resources to ensure alignment with the mission, values, and objectives of the practice. Reports to the Director of Diagnostic Imaging.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Imaging Support Specialist at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Oversees a multi-modality imaging center with the following, but not limited to modalities of radiography, nuclear, ultrasound, MRI, PET-CT, CT, mammography, X-ray, and DEXA. Responsible for the performance of these services through the management of employees, identification of and response to changing market conditions, and by ensuring compliance with accrediting and regulatory requirements. Monitors and enforces radiation safety compliance measures.
• Develops and implements center goals, plans, and standards consistent with the clinical, administrative, legal, and ethical requirements/objectives of the practice and the partnership.
• Manages and evaluates center operations, including 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 center budgets, and ensures that the center operates in compliance with allocated funding. Coordinates and directs internal/external audits.
• Leads a team of one or more center Supervisors. Mentors and coaches those supervisors in areas of excellence with the goal of building self-sufficient leaders.
• Prepares, implements, and manages all department policies and procedures and ensures their compliance with all federal and state laws and regulations.
• Actively participates in discussion with vendors and manufacturers.
• Gains in-depth knowledge of the outpatient radiology industry, its services, and the local competition within a specific market.
• Identifies methods to continuously improve processes and increase patient satisfaction efficiently with employee engagement.
• Develops/implements marketing plan and tracks referrals.
• Develops strong relationships with referring physicians, attorneys, paralegals, and insurance adjusters to promote the center's imaging services.
• Serves as the liaison with referring physician offices to strengthen relationships by making office visits, taking calls, resolving physician office and patient related service issues.
• Recommends and seeks out new business opportunities.
• Provides monthly and quarterly reports outlining referring trends, market analyses, successes.
• Responsible for successfully meeting or exceeding volume/revenue goals by increasing the referral bases, patient volumes, and collections of the center.
• Takes calculated risks to increase profitability and brand recognition.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Bachelor's Degree or minimum 5 years clinical leadership experience.
• Minimum 5 years relevant imaging experience to include management of personnel, budgets, and physician relations.
• Within the scope of the job, it requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and take appropriate action.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Master's degree preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with and comprehensive knowledge of Imaging/Radiology Services.

Contacts:

• Regular contact with medical personnel and its visitors.

Starting Minimum Rate

Minimum rate of $64,313.60 Annually

Job Posting Disclosure

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package. The starting ra