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Plans, directs, administers, monitors, and evaluates the delivery of In-Patient/Out-Patient Imaging, Endoscopy, PICC/IV Therapy and Centralized Transport services to patients. Managed on-site Lodge/Inn for patients and family members.• Recruit, interview, hire, and evaluate staff within the departments.• Prepared departmental budgets and ensure the department operates within allocated funds. • Determine and justified needs for equipment within the departments. Monitor equipment installations and oversee proper functionality and working order of equipment.• Develops, implement, and monitor plan for patient care services.• Coordinates and integrates services within the departments responsible and with other departments to fulfill the hospitals strategic plan. Continually assessing and improve the departmental operations and maintains appropriate quality control program.Special Projects including:• Project Manager for Intra-operative MRI. Coordinated equipment needs, room design and policies/procedures around MR safety in OR setting. Managed weekly construction meetings to ensure project was timely, according to budget, and within hospital safety guidelines.• Project Manager for two Hybrid Operating Rooms. Coordinated equipment needs and room design. Managed weekly construction meetings to ensure project was timely, according to budget, and within hospital safety guidelines.• Coordinator for Patient Labeling Safety Event Reduction: Organized data and information around patient labels used for medical records and lab specimens to identify root cause for mislabeled patient data. Overall reduction of safety events involving patient labeling.• Coordinated the Lodge/Inn renovations to accommodate students from local college to assist in low occupancy of Lodge/Inn.

Managerial responsibilities include supervision of thirty technologists.• Payroll• Scheduling of shifts worked and vacations• Interviewing and Hiring new employees• Job Performance AppraisalsSpecial projects including:• Radiology Orientation Manual• Radiology Training manual• Competency Check offs

Managerial responsibilities included the direct supervision of eighteen dayshift employees and indirect supervision for all other shifts (total of 44 employees). • Payroll• Scheduling of shifts worked and vacations• Job Performance AppraisalsPatient care responsibilities were to coordinate the patients with multiple exams for all modalities of Radiology including: Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ultrasound and Nuclear Medicine.• Scheduling of Inpatient and Outpatient Procedures• Organized transportation of patients to ancillary departmentsRadiographic equipment responsibilities included front line problem solving and minor mechanical problems as well as scheduling preventive maintenance on equipment.• Received extensive training Computed Radiography equipment• Computed programming changes for equipment• Minor equipment repair: light changes, film jams, etc.Other responsibilities include:• Writing of Radiology Policies and Procedures• Creating competencies for employees to meet Joint Commission Standards• Coding and Charging of Radiographic Procedures