Imaging Technical Supervisor, Hybrid OR
UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Dallas, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Demonstrates conscious effort to be good stewards of hospital resources to ensure UTSW financial goals are met. Provide quotes from vendors for operational and/or capital budgets. Ensures proper billing and coding of modality specific exams through charge reconciliations and order/CPT code deep dive reviews. Attends departmental and modality specific meetings. Secures required regulatory licensure for equipment (e.g., ACR, ICAVL, etc.). Actively participates in all hospital regulatory compliance duties and audits. Provides/creates competency on advanced equipment training for technologists.
- Coordinates continuity of patient care to the varying locations. Provides escalation and add on assistance with scheduling modality exams. Coordinates with imaging leadership for staff scheduling, coverage, and payroll accuracy. Provides technical input for employee evaluations, appraisals, and course corrective actions. Input provided for new hires, promotion, discipline and other administrative tasks for technologists. Establishes employee exam competency standards and assists in 180 day competency assessments. Teaches at new hire orientation.
- Teaches/oversees student and resident rotations in modality as applicable. Provides education and training to technologists in the utilization of new equipment features or techniques. Oversees training and development of technologists by providing guidance and direction relative to technical performance (readily available to travel to all facilities as needed).
- Implements clinical protocols and establishes back up mechanisms on equipment to ensure continuity at all sites. Acts as a liaison between technologists and radiologists for technical inquiries and resolves primordials with follow up email to the technologists and leadership for trends. Assists leadership with staff compliance for clinical and operational protocols, policies, and procedures. Provides timely access to equipment, supplies, and logistical support to the Bio Medical and Physicists departments.
- Functions as a technical leader/expert in appropriate modality. Facilitates regular in-service training. Assists with the implementation of new programs related to modality (software, research, educational).Troubleshoots exam exceptions in PACS and Epic. Available for assistance during scheduled downtime procedures. Works with imaging department process improvement projects.
- Demonstrates general working knowledge of all imaging equipment within modality. Assists the physicians/committees/staff with building and maintaining protocols and insuring recorded outputs (radiation doses, etc.) per state/federal regulations.
- Maintains continuity of protocols on modality machines across campus.
- Secures and maintains modality accreditation by working with physicists, radiologists, and management as needed
- Functions as liaison between regulatory inspectors and management during annual inspections.
- Investigates and addresses radiation doses (as applicable) utilizing dose recording software.
- Monitors and ensures QC/QA compliance with all relevant laws, state and federal regulations, licensing and accreditation requirements, hospital and departmental standards for safety, infection control and equipment performance.
- Systematically reviews technologists’ studies and coordinates additional training to maintain quality.
- Coordinates new equipment demos during the equipment selection and purchasing process.
- Provides input for outcomes and event reports.