Remote Senior Manager, Cardiac PET/CT Quality & Safety

CVAUSA; Pine Bluff (AR); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CVAUSA is seeking a Senior Manager of Quality and Safety for Cardiac PET to lead the standardization and continuous improvement of cardiac PET/CT imaging across the network. This hands-on role requires years in real‑world cardiac PET programs, driving quality, safety, and diagnostic accuracy at scale.

You will own the quality framework, develop protocols, and collaborate with practices to raise imaging quality and patient safety, with up to 50% travel and a national remote work option.

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years managing the quality of cardiac imaging services, with 5+ years in cardiac PET quality leadership or nuclear cardiology/SPECT quality leadership.
• Deep understanding of PET/CT accreditation quality criteria and how to operationalize them.
• Experience developing and managing quality improvement programs for cardiac PET, including routine peer review and PET/CT-to-angiography correlation.
• Experience defining and administering quality training and competency requirements for clinicians.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Refine, implement, and improve CVAUSA’s quality and safety program for cardiac PET/CT across the network.
• Establish and maintain quality metrics, protocols, and SOPs for acquisition, protocols, tracer handling, quantification, and interpretation.
• Build dashboards and reporting to make imaging quality and outcomes visible at network and site levels.
• Lead accreditation support with IAC/ACR requirements and ensure criteria are met.
• Design and run peer review / over-read programs for interpreting physicians.
• Travel to affiliated practices to assess PET/CT programs end to end and drive remediation.
• Apply PDSA, root-cause analysis, and SPC to reduce variation and improve diagnostic accuracy and safety.

Skills

Quality program leadership

PET/CT quality awareness

QI methods (PDSA, SPC)

Data dashboards

Travel up to 50%

Job description

CVAUSA is seeking a Senior Manager of Quality and Safety for Cardiac PET to lead the standardization and continuous improvement of cardiac PET/CT imaging across the network. This hands-on role requires years in real‑world cardiac PET programs, driving quality, safety, and diagnostic accuracy at scale.

You will own the quality framework, develop protocols, and collaborate with practices to raise imaging quality and patient safety, with up to 50% travel and a national remote work option.