Medical Imaging Specialist IV

Job Summary:

Follows appropriate protocols when performing radiologic/fluoroscopic examinations through the thorough assessment of a patients clinical history, ensuring patients are received and doubled identified, and identifying factors that will result in optimum imaging for each patient, while also providing mentoring and training more junior personnel. Fosters an individualized and compassionate patient care atmosphere by delivering comprehensive education to patients on relevant procedures, customizing and overseeing the implementation of appropriate protocols for patient privacy and safety, and addressing patient questions/concerns while providing training and support to more junior personnel. Prioritizes patient and employee safety by overseeing the implementation of all internal and external safety-related regulations, policies, and procedures, while monitoring and ensuring the accuracy and appropriateness of safety measures and instructions. Participates in the day-to-day operations of the department by preparing and ensuring the preparation of departmental supplies and disposables for use in assigned areas while proposing opportunities for advancing access, service quality, and efficiency.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Promotes learning in others by proactively providing and/or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members; builds relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; proactively provides actionable feedback to others and to managers. Pursues self-development; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; leads by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and provides options and recommendations. Adopts new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Facilitates team collaboration to support a business outcome.
• Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions; encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies. Collaborates cross-functionally and/or externally to achieve effective business decisions; provides recommendations and solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; identifies resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines. Identifies, speaks up, and capitalizes on improvement opportunities across teams; uses influence to guide others and engages stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions.
• Contributes to an individualized and compassionate patient care atmosphere by: delivering comprehensive education to patients on relevant procedures, facilitating patient cooperation through effective communication and mentoring personnel; customizing and overseeing the implementation of appropriate policies for maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality; addressing and leading the handling of routine and escalated patient questions/concerns for service recovery, while providing training and support to junior personnel; and consistently monitoring and ensuring patient well-being and comfort during examination, proactively addressing any issues.
• Participates in the day-to-day operations of the department by: managing and ensuring the preparation of departmental supplies and disposables for use in assigned areas; and actively proposing and implementing enhancements to advance access, service quality, and efficiency through technical innovation and daily operations.
• Prioritizes patient and employee safety by: overseeing the implementation of comprehensive internal and external safety-related regulations, policies, and procedures (e.g., National Patient Safety Goals, As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) Principles); consistently monitoring and ensuring the accuracy and appropriateness of safety measures and instructions provided to patients, family members, and hospital staff as required; ensuring the thorough implementation and enforcement of rules, regulations, and standards to improve quality of care, streamline operations, and mitigate risk within their team or department; and proactively escalating and managing equipment malfunctions, accidents, and/or unsafe conditions to appropriate personnel.
• Follows appropriate protocols when performing radiologic/fluoroscopic examinations by: leading the critical review of orders and a thorough assessment of a patients clinical history with the exam to be performed to screen for contraindications; independently receiving and double identifying patients using appropriate criteria prior to performing the study ordered, while mentoring and training junior personnel; ensuring data entry into the Radiology Information System (RIS) is accurate and addressing any discrepancies; leveraging a highly advanced understanding of the features and performance capabilities of the general radiology, fluoroscopy, and portable imaging systems; adapting and innovating strategies when selecting the technical factors that will result in optimum imaging for each patient; validating and ensuring the precision and successful transmission of required images to the Diagnostic Imaging Picture Archive and Communication System (PACS) for Radiologist interpretation; and coordinating the efficient dismissal of patients for transport at the end of the procedure, providing assistance as needed.