Director Diagnostic Imaging

Description

THE ROLE

The Director for the department of Imaging Services provides leadership, promoting superior patient/customer satisfaction, ensuring the highest quality care and service. Responsible for planning, organizing, communicating, directing the functions necessary to ensure overall operational viability and departmental growth. Directs and coordinates departmental activities in accordance with federal, state and local standards.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• SERVICE:
• Promotes patient, physician, customer and employee satisfaction by personal example, treating all contacts with respect.
• Supports and participates in activities that foster customer service.
• Communicates and follows the organizational chain of command for notification of patient care/service issues, when appropriate.
• PEOPLE:
• Maintains required applicable licensure, certification and education.
• Attends and successfully completes general and department orientation, in-service programs and the annual key competencies and mandatory update requirements.
• Participates actively in department staff meetings.
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communications.
• MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITIES:
• Meets monthly budget target in wage (SWB) and non-wage (OCE), as well as productivity standards, on an ongoing basis.
• Meets contract labor budget with a variance of no more than 5%.
• Completes 100% of staff evaluations on time.
• Meets the established vacancy rate.
• Meets the established turnover rate including 90 day, 1 year, and annual turnover.
• Assures “very good” or “excellent” PSMS scores.
• Assures 100% staff attendance at hospital required classes, including but not limited to, ethics training.
• Initiates peer interviewing in the department for 50% of open positions.
• Demonstrates knowledge and performs work that is consistent with established age-specific policies and procedures, including but not limited to, identifying the need for additional safety measures, or activities that place patients at risk. Communicates pertinent age-specific information to all clients when needed. Communicates effectively in a clear, concise, understandable manner. Applicable for the populations Adult and Geriatric.
• Develops departmental annual operating and capital budget for all areas of responsibility. Ensures the overall financial viability of all areas within the sphere of responsibility.
• Oversees all necessary departmental human resources management functions including participation in the hiring, coaching, mentoring and firing process. In addition, ensures that effort is extended to effectively motivate employees, utilizes existing hospital policy.
• Recruitment and retention of appropriate staff and program development to promote outcome based management. Staffs department according to census and acuity utilizing appropriate skill mix.
• Develops specific, measurable goals and objectives that result in innovative expansion or enhancement of the services and the cost effectiveness of operations.
• Establishes productivity standards commensurate with services provided and standards in the community.
• Develops and implements systems which serve to ensure financial and service performance is maintained at acceptable levels, including Quality Assessment and Process Improvement that meet Joint Commission requirements.
• Communicates actively and effectively with all Staff, physicians and other departments. Maintains a high degree of leadership and visibility and availability to support the communication process.
• Establishes and maintains departmental policies and procedures, objectives, safety, environmental and infection control standards. Maintains and updates Administrative procedures, assures appropriate facility maintenance.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs. Attends and actively participates in various forms of continuing education. Collaborates with local colleges and universities on educational endeavors. Responsible for placement and overall management of student program.
• Maintains a comprehensive awareness of current and developing technologies, modalities and advances in the field. Ensures hospital participation when appropriate.
• Demonstrates willingness to float to areas within their scope of practice as necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree in Business Administration (preferred)
• Within 30 days of hire: California Fire and Life Safety Card - National Organization (Vendor Managed)
• ART or RHB, ARDMS, or ARMRIT certification (preferred)
• Management experience (preferred)
• 3 years of clinical experience in acute care setting
• 2 years of progressive management experience.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

About the Team

The Sisters of Providence and Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange have deep roots in California, bringing health care and education to communities from the redwood forests to the beach shores of Orange county - and everywhere in between. In Southern California, Providence provides care throughout Los Angeles County, Orange County, High Desert and beyond.

Our award-winning and comprehensive medical centers are known for outstanding programs in cancer, cardiology, neurosciences, orthopedics, women's services, emergency and trauma care, pediatrics and neonatal intensive care. Our not-for-profit network provides a full spectrum of care with leading-edge diagnostics and treatment, outpatient health centers, physician groups and clinics, numerous outreach programs, and hospice and home care, and even our own Providence High School.

We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

We are committed to cultural diversity and equal employment for all individuals. It is our policy to recruit, hire, promote, compensate, transfer, train, retain, terminate, and make all other employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin (including certain language use restrictions), ancestry, disability (mental and physical including HIV and AIDS), medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, age, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, and military and veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status. We will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified caregiver or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.

We are a community where all people, regardless of differences, are welcome, secure, and valued. We value respect, appreciation, collaboration, diversity, and a shared commitment to serving our communities. We expect that all workforce members in our community will act in ways which reflect a commitment to and accountability for, racial and social justice and equality in the workplace. As such, we will maintain a workplace free of discrimination and harassment based on any applicable legally protected status. We also expect that all workforce members will maintain a positive workplace free from any unacceptable conduct which creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.

Requsition ID: 241202

Company: Providence Jobs

Job Category: Diagnostic Imaging

Job Function: Clinical Care

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Day

Career Track: Leadership

Department: 7004 PCSTMC DIAG RAD

Address: CA Tarzana 18321 Clark St

Work Location: Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Ctr-Tarzana

Pay Range: $65.96 - $108.29

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Providence does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.