Radiology Technologist Lead - Main Diagnostic Radiology - Full Time - Days

The Christ Hospital Health Network; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare network as a Radiologic Technologist, responsible for overseeing radiology operations and ensuring quality patient care. You will perform duties including staff management, maintaining department workflow, and ensuring compliance with health regulations, while working in a collaborative and dynamic environment. This role requires a minimum of three years of experience and a commitment to maintaining high safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years' experience as a certified radiologic technologist.
• Knowledge of radiation safety and medical terminology.
• Competent with patient positioning and equipment operations.

Responsibilities

• Direct the daily operations of diagnostic radiology, ensuring safe practices.
• Delegate staff assignments and maintain departmental workflow.
• Access patient records for imaging tasks and maintain confidentiality.

Skills

Radiation safety

Medical terminology

Infection prevention

Sterile techniques

Patient positioning

Equipment operations

Education

Graduation from ARRT accredited radiologic technology school

Job description

Job Description

To direct the daily operations of the diagnostic radiology area, being responsible for technologists' daily assignments and productivity. Functions as a technologist.

Responsibilities

1. Performs duties of a radiologic technologist as needed, maintaining efficient and safe practices for quality patient care.

2. Determines and delegates staff assignments and adjusts resources where needed to maintain safe and efficient operations. Works cooperatively with these areas to provide quality service.

• Works closely with the scheduling team to assure fair staffing practices, team member satisfaction, and coverage of shifts necessary for uncompromised patient care in a 24/7 operation.
• Maintains efficient operations by assuring adequate supplies are available for appropriate patient care.
• Follows and holds staff accountable to uphold our core values and to maintain the organizational and departmental standards of conduct.
• Oversees work of clerical staff and maintains front desk workflow.

Responsible for distributing and returning monthly radiation monitor badges.

3. Possess working knowledge to maintain smooth operation of all department workflows, and reliable use of computer systems such as EPIC, McKesson, Kronos, and TCHPOINT. Is competent with all office equipment such as fax machines, copiers, scanners, phones and printers.

4. Assists the supervisor and manager to maintain staffing competency and equipment reliability.

• Participates in all departmental process improvement initiatives by supporting compliance audits, evaluating professional standards, and setting and evaluating expectations.
• Provides feedback to supervisor for building and administering staff evaluations.

Updates and maintains up to date procedures in accordance with approved policies and related professional compliance ODH and Joint Commission standards.

5. Performs other duties as required or directed by the supervisor and manager, including participation in routine staff, management, and network operations.

6. Additional tasks and responsibilities: Responsible for accessing patient records in course of normal operations to conduct the business of medical imaging. Access of records is limited only to records that are pertinent to the patients care or regulatory requirements and only occurs when necessary to carry out duties as part of the imaging team. Confidentiality and protection of all records is the responsibility of everyone. This access may occur for the reasons stated below:

• Pre procedure in preparation for the scheduled exam

• During procedures while caring for patients

• Post procedure to follow up on care

• To QA processes to ensure data is correct

• To conduct retrospective reviews for the purpose of education, research or

compliance to ODH, MQSA, ACR or other regulatory requirements

• To respond to daily calls from patients, other departments, physicians or

physician's offices requesting access to records for review of historical procedure records.

Documentation of access must occur where appropriate and feasible in log form, comments in EPIC, HIM or McKesson or other available media/format.

For further guidance, refer to the following TCH Policies:

• Policy Number 2.47.102 Access to Protected Health Information

Policy Number 2.47.109 Employee Access to his or Her Own Protected Health Information

Qualifications

EDUCATION: Graduation from an ARRT accredited radiologic technology school, and/or has completed on the job experience/training which allows the technologist to obtain certification.

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: Minimum of three years' experience as a certified radiologic technologist.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE: Knowledge of radiation safety, medical terminology, infection prevention and sterile techniques/procedures. Competent with patient positioning and equipment operations

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS:

- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists in Radiograpy

-Ohio Department of Health Radiologic Licensure

-CPR certification