Supervisor - Interventional Radiology (IR) Technologists

Position Summary / Career Interest:

The Interventional Radiologic (IR) Technologist Supervisor is responsible for data collection and quality metrics, Technologist coaching and mentoring, patient satisfaction and service recovery. This position will be assigned minor projects. The supervisor position is responsible for hiring and interviewing, assistance with formal discipline, and staff scheduling for all IR campuses. This position will perform unit-based quality improvement initiatives, daily staff support, assistance with product issues and changes, and provide technical expertise on all construction and design projects for Interventional Radiology.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Maintains an organized flow of the patients scheduled, coordinate examinations in the most efficient order and perform exams in a sequence which minimizes the patient's stay in the hospital.
• Acts as a liaison between physicians, hospital clinicians, nurses, residents, etc. to optimize patient care; interacts with physicians and other technical staff to provide quality, safe and efficient care for the patient; serves as lead complaint control.
• Ensures optimum staffing within the interventional radiology units.
• Responsible for ensuring that all division activity is performed in an efficient, organized and safe manner with an optimum degree of accuracy.
• Responsible for the quality control of all films; demonstrates technical expertise in properly caring for the equipment and equipment calibrations and promptly reporting malfunctions.
• Exports data from Epic to perform quality metric review.  Presents leadership with quality metrics review along with quality improvement recommendations.
• Assumes responsibility for performing patient care activities and other tasks that contribute to the patient's examination and treatment, as required.
• Positions patients for all types of procedures and provide proper immobilization. Attends to patient's comfort during procedures; identifies nursing needs and notifies nursing or physician personnel if assistance is needed.
• Responsible for oversight of equipment and technology projects. Reports project updates and information to leadership for approvals and decision making.
• Responsible for employee scheduling, timekeeping, hiring, discipline, and performance reviews.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelors Degree in relevant technical or management field
• Graduate of an accredited Radiologic Technologist Program

Preferred Education and Experience

• 2 or more years of leadership experience in an academic or high volume, high acuity facility

Required Licensure and Certification

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) BLS
• Licensed Radiologic Technologist (LRT) - Kansas Board of Healing Arts (KSBHA) Kansas State Licensure
• Radiography (R) - American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
• Cardiovascular Interventional Radiography (CV) - American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) OR
• Vascular Interventional Technologist, ARRT(IR)

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.