Imaging Specialist VI - CT, MRI, Nuc. Med. (Imaging Manager) 274641(60629)

Job Description

Join our imaging leadership team as an Imaging Specialist VI (Imaging Manager), with oversight for our CT, MRI, and Nuclear Medicine services at Hilo Benioff Medical Center. This is a unique opportunity to grow your career while enjoying the lifestyle and natural beauty of Hilo, Hawai‘i—where world-class healthcare meets an island community rich in culture and connection. 

• Lead and manage daily operations of the CT, MRI, and Nuclear Medicine work units, ensuring high-quality, timely, and progressive imaging services by coordinating with departmental supervisors and implementing efficient workflows.
• Oversee staffing and personnel management, including recruitment, onboarding, training, and performance evaluation, to maintain competent coverage and ensure high-quality patient care.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and quality assurance, monitoring adherence to hospital policies, safety standards, and departmental procedures, while promoting continuous improvement through policy and procedural updates.
• Contribute to strategic planning and budget management by assisting in the development and control of budgets, analyzing expenditures, sourcing cost-effective solutions, and supporting long- and short-term departmental goals.
• Implement and manage operational changes, including workflow adjustments, equipment upgrades, and physical structure improvements to enhance both inpatient and outpatient services.
• Foster interdepartmental collaboration by working with other hospital leaders to optimize service delivery, participating in meetings, and representing the Regional Imaging Administrator when needed.
• Support technical operations when required, stepping in during staff shortages to perform imaging procedures, demonstrating modality competency, and managing resources to maintain consistent patient care.

Education: Bachelor’s degree from an approved program recognized by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT).

Excess work experience as described below in the experience requirement section or any other responsible professional work experience; which provided knowledge, skills and abilities comparable to those acquired in four (4) years of successful study while completing a college or university curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree from an approved program recognized by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.

To be acceptable, the experience must have been of such scope, level and quality as to assure the possession of comparable knowledge, skills and abilities.

Substitution of Experience for Education:

1. Successful completion of an accredited program in Radiologic Technology with a certificate or associate degree and two (2) years of professional radiologic experience may substitute for a bachelor’s degree.

Minimum Qualifications

Specialized Experience:  Progressively responsible professional work experience as a specialist in one of the following modalities; angiography, cardiac catheterization, computed tomography, echocardiography, mammography, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, ultrasound, or vascular in a clinical or hospital environment.

For Imaging Specialist VI positions: 

Supervisory Experience:  One (1) year of work experience which demonstrated the applicant's knowledge of and ability to apply the principles, practices, techniques and methods of supervision including 1) planning, organizing and directing the work of others; 2) assigning and reviewing work; 3) advising others on difficult work problems; 4) timing and scheduling work; 5) training and developing new employees.

For Imaging Specialist VI positions:  Specialized Experience: Progressively responsible administrative work experience in Diagnostic Imaging Services, Special Procedures Services, and/or Cardiovascular Services in a clinical or hospital environment.

Certification: A current American Registry of Radiologic Technologist ARRT (R) and one of the following: ARRT (CT) or ARRT (MR) or ARMRIT or ARRT(N) or NMTCB.

• Preferred qualification: A current American Registry of Radiologic Technologist ARRT (R) and two (2) of the following: ARRT (CT) or ARRT (MR) or ARMRIT or ARRT(N) or NMTCB.
   

Licensure: A current State of Hawaii license as a Radiographer or Nuclear Medicine Technologist.

Company Description

As the Big Island’s leading providers of inpatient and outpatient care, the East Hawaii Region of Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation (HHSC), consisting of Hilo Benioff Medical Center, Honoka'a Hospital, Ka′u Hospital, Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home, East Hawaii Medical Group and East Hawaii Health Pharmacy, delivers a full range of services and programs. Our three hospitals include 290 beds and more than 1,900 employees. Our medical staff is comprised of 250 physicians, physician assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, representing 33 specialties. East Hawaii Health is our network of clinics offering primary and specialty care. Hilo Benioff Medical Center functions as a Level III Trauma Center, which includes the second busiest emergency room in the state, providing 24-hour care and serving more than 50,000 patients annually. Honoka'a Hospital and Ka′u Hospital are designated as Critical Access Hospitals. To learn more about the East Hawaii Region, please watch our Video Yearbook or visit www.hbmc.org, www.honokaahospital.org or www.kauhospital.org.

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays each year (104 hours); 14 (112 hours) during election years*
• 21 paid vacation days (168 hours) per year*
• 21 paid sick days (168 hours) per year*
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Participation in the State of Hawaii’s retirement system
• Potential eligibility for various student loan repayment & scholarship programs

* Rates listed for paid holidays, vacation and sick days are for 1.0 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions assigned to 8 hour shifts. Accruals for these benefits are otherwise prorated based on FTE.

Benefits

Relocation Assistance is available for this position.

About Hilo & The Big Island

Hilo is located on the east side of the island of Hawaii, and has a quaint, old-Hawaii, small town atmosphere. Our island offers amazing rainforests, waterfalls and beaches. The hospital staff is community-oriented and strive to provide competent and compassionate care to every patient that enters our doors. The area is home to the Hawaii Community College, University of Hawaii, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, excellent schools and convenient shopping.

Imaging Years of Service Incentives

Employees in certain Imaging Specialist positions shall earn incentives based on the successful completion of the following years of service:

• 1 year of satisfactory service: $2,000 bonus
• 2 years of satisfactory service: $3,000 bonus
• ($5,000 is the maximum bonus that any employee may receive over the life of this agreement)

Hire Above the Minimum

This position is being hired above the minimum step.

Shift Details

Must be available to work shifts, weekends and holidays as necessary based on hospital operations. Services are provided 24/7.

Pre-Employment Health Requirements

Offers of employment will be contingent on successfully passing a pre-employment examination, which includes a drug screen and other regulatory medical requirements such as, but not limited to, a tuberculosis (TB) screen.  The cost for drug screening and blood draw for QuantiFERON and Titers, shall be borne by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

Pre-Employment Assessments for External Candidates

As part of the recruiting process for this position, external applicants (job applicants NOTemployed by HHSC’s East Hawaii Region) are required to complete pre-employment assessments shortly after application submission. If you are not an employee of the East Hawaii Region of HHSC, you will receive an email containing assessment instructions. We ask that you complete the assessments within two days of receipt of the request. 

Equal Opportunity Employer

The East Hawaii Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation is a drug free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.