Supervisor, Medical Imaging (Licensed), Riverside (Full-time, 40 Hours, Evening Shift)

Kaiser Permanente; Riverside, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Riverside is seeking a Radiology Department Manager to ensure day-to-day operations comply with regulations and to audit quality and safety metrics and KPIs. You will align protocols, escalate technology and equipment issues, and drive patient care excellence.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team, mentor staff, manage resources, and uphold safety standards while optimizing RIS/PACS workflows and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Leadership and staff development experience.
• Experience driving performance and quality improvements.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements in radiology operations.

Responsibilities

• Leads and mentors the radiology team to meet performance goals.
• Coordinates daily department operations and resource planning.
• Audits quality and safety metrics and ensures compliance with regulations.
• Ensures accurate data entry and transmission to RIS/PACS and timely patient flow.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Performance management

Cross-functional collaboration

Change management

Education

Associate degree in Radiologic Sciences

ARRT Certification

California license

Tools

RIS

PACS

Job description

Job Summary:

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for leveraging foundational knowledge of imaging to ensure day-to-day operations are compliant with all relevant regulations; auditing quality and safety metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) as required by regulatory bodies; aligning protocols and processes with guidelines and best practices; and identifying and escalating technology and equipment issues that arise.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Recommends developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; provides team members with feedback; and mentors and coaches to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; provides training and development to talent for growth opportunities; supports execution of performance management guidelines and expectations. Implements, adapts, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices and processes. Fosters open dialogue, supports, mentors, engages, and motivates team members on collaboration. Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance and scope.
• Supervises and coordinates daily activities of designated work team or unit by monitoring the execution and completion of tactical action items and work assignments; ensures all policies and procedures are followed. Aligns team efforts and standards, and measures progress in achieving results; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; resolves escalated issues as appropriate. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates, obtains and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and recommends improvement opportunities; influences teams to execute in alignment with operational objectives.
• Fosters an individualized and compassionate patient care atmosphere by supporting and guiding efforts to educate patients on relevant procedures, facilitating patient cooperation through effective communication and modeling behavior for personnel; implementing appropriate protocols for maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality; assisting, guiding, and overseeing frontline staff in addressing and handling routine and escalated patient questions/concerns for service recovery; and promoting patient well‑being and comfort during examination.
• Coordinates the day‑to‑day operations of the department by assisting with the timely supply and preparation of departmental supplies and disposables for use in assigned areas, including inventory management and adherence to policies/protocols; collaborating with labor partners to improve quality, service, and safety while finding cost‑saving opportunities within their team or department; and identifying opportunities for advancing access, service quality, and efficiency through strategic innovation and day‑to‑day implementation.
• Prioritizes patient and employee safety by ensuring compliance with all internal and external safety‑related regulations, policies, and procedures (e.g., National Patient Safety Goals, As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) Principles); adhering to and leading the identification of the most accurate and appropriate safety measures and instructions provided to patients, family members, and hospital staff as required; overseeing the implementation and enforcement of rules, regulations, and standards to improve quality of care, streamline operations, and mitigate risk within the team or department; and resolving standard and non‑standard equipment malfunctions, accidents, and/or unsafe conditions to appropriate personnel.
• Promotes adherence to appropriate protocols when performing radiologic/fluoroscopic examinations by leading the evaluation of a patients clinical history with the exam to be performed to screen for contraindications; ensuring patients are received and double identified using appropriate criteria prior to performing the study ordered; encouraging the routine evaluation of the accuracy of data entered and stored in the Radiology Information System (RIS); leveraging a thorough understanding of the features and performance capabilities of the general radiology, fluoroscopy, and portable imaging systems; guiding others when selecting the technical factors that will result in optimum imaging for each patient; managing the successful transmission of images to the Diagnostic Imaging Picture Archive and Communication System (PACS) for Radiologist interpretation; and driving the efficient dismissal of patients for transport at end of procedure, providing assistance as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum one (1) year of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Associates degree in Anatomy, Physiology, Biology, radiological science, Healthcare Administration, or a directly related field AND minimum two (2) years of radiologic technology experience or experience in a directly related field OR Minimum three (3) years of radiologic technology experience or experience in a directly related field.

• American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Certificate - Nuclear Medicine Technologist required at hire OR Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Certificate required at hire OR Registered Vascular Technologist Certificate required at hire OR Radiologic Technologist Certification required at hire OR Nuclear Medicine Technologist Certificate required at hire from Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board

• Radiologic Technologist Certificate (California) required at hire

• Basic Life Support required at hire

Preferred Qualifications: