Lead Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Detroit (MI)

On-site

USD 74,000 - 97,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration in Detroit, MI seeks a Lead Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist to oversee radiology operations and staff performance.

The role includes directing work, scheduling, and maintaining workflow efficiency to serve Veterans. Responsibilities emphasize QA/QC, ALARA radiation safety, coordination with radiologists, and ensuring patient safety while maximizing productivity.

Qualifications

Beats not specified in ad; federal standards apply.
Experience as lead radiologic technologist preferred.

Responsibilities

Directs work and schedules to optimize workflow and emergencies.
Performs QA/QC to ensure equipment peak performance and safety.
Assists radiologists with fluoroscopic exams and radiography.
Maintains ALARA radiation safety practices and monitors badges.

Job description

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This position is a Lead Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist located in Detroit, MI. The Lead DRT X-Ray Technologist is responsible for maintaining successful radiology operations by monitoring and making work assignments, provides input on performance, resolves daily workplace issues, and maintains efficient workflow.

Key Responsibilities

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include, but are not limited to: Manages and directs the work of lower graded technologists when procedures require assistance. Directs all section schedules in a manner to optimize workflow while maintaining flexibility for emergency cases, rearranging patients to accommodate these requests.

Develops and maintains a weekly rotational technologist schedule to ensure fair and equal assignments of the technologists and their duties. Determines staffing requirements based on past, present, and future workload patterns and develops the weekly/monthly work schedules. Organizes staff work assignments, including lunch and break rotations. Reports absences and tardiness to Medical Imaging Supervisor and Clinical Manager.

Recommends the reassignment of technologists, if necessary, because of call-ins or increased/decreased workload. Performs quality assurance and quality control procedures on a routine basis to ensure peak performance of the equipment and its output. Initiates recommendations to higher authorities or, changes to increase productivity, revise staffing, assure cost efficiency, and improve morale. Assist radiologists in the less complex fluoroscopic examinations.

Prepares contrast materials under the direction of the radiologist for the purpose of performing exams requiring injectable solutions such as IVP, cystogram, cholangiograms fistulagrams and arthrography and for the purpose of performing, oral and rectal exams of the GI tract. These procedures require the use of needles, syringes, renografin, barium, enema bags and drinking cups. Practices radiation safety to reduce exposure to patients, staff, and self.

Utilizes the radiation safety principle of ALARA (As Low as Reasonably Achievable) to minimize radiation doses and releases of radioactive materials in accordance with our radiation safety program. Uses lead aprons, lead gloves, lead shields, lead lined walls, collimation, etc. to achieve ALARA. Ensures that all staff are compliant with radiation safety badges and similar tracking tools. Ensures that radiation badges are changed monthly or as appropriate.

Communicates with supervisor and safety office on radiation safety issues. Responsible to the radiologists and supervisor for the quality and quantity of radiographic exams performed to assure a high level of acceptability of radiographs while minimizing patient dosage and reducing costs. Practices radiation safety to reduce exposure to patient, staff, and self. Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign‑on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

Paid Time Off: 37‑50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13‑26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year). Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience. Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 92100-0 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements & Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $74451 – $96791/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-17.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.