Nuclear Medicine & PET Manager, RSO Required - Imaging (Days)
Apply NowCompany: Tanner Health System
Location: Villa Rica, GA 30180
Description:
Under the direct supervision of the System Director of Diagnostic Imaging, the Nuclear Medicine PET Manager and Radiation Safety Officer for Tanner Health is responsible to ensure optimal daily operations for the division, managing within a set budget. Ensures Radiation Safety and Training for all staff, meeting all local, state, federal and accreditation requirements. Works in close conjunction with System Director to develop budgets and as well for all imaging renovations, equipment installations, etc., ensuring necessary documentation is secured and accurate asset inventory maintained.
Required Knowledge & Skills
Education: Bachelor's Degree plus at least one year of training in a specialty resulting in certification
Experience: Four years of related experience. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.
Licenses and Certifications
CERTIFIED NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECH
HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (CPR)
Supervision
Responsible for optimal operations of Nuclear Medicine and PET Imaging Divisions for Tanner Health. Acts as Radiation Safety Officer for the System, ensuring safety and training for all staff across Tanner Health, meeting all local, state, federal and accreditation requirements. Works in close conjunction with System Director for all imaging renovations, equipment installations, etc. ensuring necessary documentation is secured. Maintains up to date equipment asset list.
Qualifications
Effective written and oral communication.
Must be detail oriented and well organized.
Must be a graduate of an AMA approved school of Radiology or Nuclear Medicine.
Must have advanced certification in Nuclear Medicine.
Must be certified as a Radiation Safety Officer.
Prefer 5 years clinical experience as a technologist.
Prefer 3 years supervisory experience.
Must be willing to travel between sites of service.
Being a part of Tanner Health System is more than a job, it is a promise we make to treat every patient with exceptional service every time they walk through our doors. Service excellence is the foundation of our organizational culture and the expectations we all set for each other, our patients, physicians and our community. All employees agree to abide by a set of service standards. These standards are the promise we make to provide the best care possible, and represent our beliefs, values and who we strive to become. We each commit to making Tanner Health System a great place for our employees to work, for patients to receive care and for physicians to practice medicine.
Functions
Area of Responsibilities
Leads the work of all Nuclear Medicine and PET Technologists, as well as any supportive staff. Acts as the subject matter expert for the division.
Responsible for daily coordination of workload and patient flow. Ensures KPI targets are achieved.
Maintains employee work schedules to meet clinical care needs while balancing business objectives.
Assists Director in establishing annual operations and capital budgets. Reviews and manages variances. Responsible for optimal inventory management.
Responsible for equipment maintenance and up-time, and interacts with a variety of service representatives.
Identifies training needs of staff, adhering to ALARA principles. Works toward accomplishing training goals to meet organizational objectives and regulatory requirements.
Works with QA and QC teams in data collection and improvement efforts. Ensures regulatory compliance.
Performs other related duties as assigned by the Director.
Demonstrates competency in patient care according to the age of the patient and population served.
Evaluates performance of employees. Responsible for hiring, training, counseling and termination.
Responsible for optimizing the customer experience performance improvement initiatives and related activities
Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer or the Hotline.
Responsible for annual physics inspections for Radiology equipment system wide, follow up and mitigation plan, ensuring documentation is in place. Responsible for lead integrity across the system.
Radiation Safety Officer for the system. Ensures compliance with all local, state, federal and other regulatory bodies.
Responsible for identifying radiation protection problems & initiating, recommending and or providing corrective actions. Creates mitigation plans and ensures all corrective actions are achieved within timeframes.
Assists Director with capital construction projects. Ensures appropriate construction planning in conjunction with key stake holders, secures Interim Life Safety documentation, drawings, physicist assessments and maintains appropriate regulatory information on builds.
Compliance Statement
Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.
Required Knowledge & Skills
Education: Bachelor's Degree plus at least one year of training in a specialty resulting in certification
Experience: Four years of related experience. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.
Licenses and Certifications
CERTIFIED NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECH
HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (CPR)
Supervision
Responsible for optimal operations of Nuclear Medicine and PET Imaging Divisions for Tanner Health. Acts as Radiation Safety Officer for the System, ensuring safety and training for all staff across Tanner Health, meeting all local, state, federal and accreditation requirements. Works in close conjunction with System Director for all imaging renovations, equipment installations, etc. ensuring necessary documentation is secured. Maintains up to date equipment asset list.
Qualifications
Effective written and oral communication.
Must be detail oriented and well organized.
Must be a graduate of an AMA approved school of Radiology or Nuclear Medicine.
Must have advanced certification in Nuclear Medicine.
Must be certified as a Radiation Safety Officer.
Prefer 5 years clinical experience as a technologist.
Prefer 3 years supervisory experience.
Must be willing to travel between sites of service.
Definitions
Under the direct supervision of the System Director of Diagnostic Imaging, the Nuclear Medicine PET Manager and Radiation Safety Officer for Tanner Health is responsible to ensure optimal daily operations for the division, managing within a set budget. Ensures Radiation Safety and Training for all staff, meeting all local, state, federal and accreditation requirements. Works in close conjunction with System Director to develop budgets and as well for all imaging renovations, equipment installations, etc., ensuring necessary documentation is secured and accurate asset inventory maintained.
Position Responsibilities
Contact with Others: Requires frequent contact with many persons at different levels inside and outside of the organization to carry out organization policies and programs and obtain willing acceptance, consent, or action.
Effect of Error: Probable errors may be serious and involve losses such as improper costs, overpayment, waste of material, damage to equipment, and delay in processing work. Effect usually confined within the organization. Most of work not subject to direct verification or check. Regularly works with some confidential data such as account, salaries, patient medical records, which if disclosed might have adverse internal or external effects.
People Management Responsibilities
Supervisory Responsibility: Manages a small department (up to 15); has full responsibility for quality and quantity of work, costs, methods, and personnel; performs supervisory functions without intermediate supervisors. Manages a medium sized department of employees (15 to 40); has full responsibility for work, costs, methods, and personnel; usually has one or more intermediate supervisors.
Work Environment/Physical Effort
Mental Demands: Work involves a variety of complex problems to be solved under general organization policies. Ingenuity and judgment are required to review facts, plan work, estimate costs, and deal with factors not easily evaluated, interpret results, draw conclusions, and take or recommend action. Solutions to problems often require coordination with other departments.
Working Conditions: Moderate - (About 50% of the day) Involved in exposure to dirt, odors, noise, or some work is performed with exposure to temperature/weather extremes/occupational risk. Limited probability of coming into contact with blood borne pathogens, other potentially infectious diseases, or biomedical/bio-hazardous materials.
Working Conditions Aspects for Immunizations
Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles): Yes
Directly works with Patients less than 12 months of age: No
Physical Effort: Medium physical effort - Lifts, carries, or handles lightweight (1 to 25 lbs.) materials or equipment for most of the day. Occasional physical effort with medium weight objects (25-60 lbs.). Very occasional physical effort with heavy objects (over 60 lbs.).Works in reaching or strained positions for about half of day.
Physical Aspects
Bending: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Typing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Manual Dexterity -- picking, pinching with fingers etc.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Feeling (Touch) -- determining temperature, texture, by touching: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Hearing: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Reaching -- above shoulder: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Reaching -- below shoulder: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Visual: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Color Vision: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Speaking: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Standing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Balancing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Walking: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Crawling: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Running - in response to an emergency: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Lifting up to 25 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Lifting 25 to 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Lifting over 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Handling -- seizing, holding, grasping: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Carrying: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Climbing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Kneeling: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Squatting: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Tasting: Not required
Smelling: Not required
Driving -- Utility vehicles such as golf carts, Gators, ATV, riding lawnmowers, skid steer, aerial lift: Not required
Driving -- Class C vehicles: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Driving -- CDL class vehicles: Not required
N95 Respirator usage (PPE): Not required
Hazmat suit usage (PPE): Not required
Pushing/Pulling -- up to 25 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Pushing/Pulling -- 25 to 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Pushing/Pulling -- over 60 lbs. : Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Required Knowledge & Skills
Education: Bachelor's Degree plus at least one year of training in a specialty resulting in certification
Experience: Four years of related experience. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.
Licenses and Certifications
CERTIFIED NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECH
HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (CPR)
Supervision
Responsible for optimal operations of Nuclear Medicine and PET Imaging Divisions for Tanner Health. Acts as Radiation Safety Officer for the System, ensuring safety and training for all staff across Tanner Health, meeting all local, state, federal and accreditation requirements. Works in close conjunction with System Director for all imaging renovations, equipment installations, etc. ensuring necessary documentation is secured. Maintains up to date equipment asset list.
Qualifications
Effective written and oral communication.
Must be detail oriented and well organized.
Must be a graduate of an AMA approved school of Radiology or Nuclear Medicine.
Must have advanced certification in Nuclear Medicine.
Must be certified as a Radiation Safety Officer.
Prefer 5 years clinical experience as a technologist.
Prefer 3 years supervisory experience.
Must be willing to travel between sites of service.
Being a part of Tanner Health System is more than a job, it is a promise we make to treat every patient with exceptional service every time they walk through our doors. Service excellence is the foundation of our organizational culture and the expectations we all set for each other, our patients, physicians and our community. All employees agree to abide by a set of service standards. These standards are the promise we make to provide the best care possible, and represent our beliefs, values and who we strive to become. We each commit to making Tanner Health System a great place for our employees to work, for patients to receive care and for physicians to practice medicine.
Functions
Area of Responsibilities
Leads the work of all Nuclear Medicine and PET Technologists, as well as any supportive staff. Acts as the subject matter expert for the division.
Responsible for daily coordination of workload and patient flow. Ensures KPI targets are achieved.
Maintains employee work schedules to meet clinical care needs while balancing business objectives.
Assists Director in establishing annual operations and capital budgets. Reviews and manages variances. Responsible for optimal inventory management.
Responsible for equipment maintenance and up-time, and interacts with a variety of service representatives.
Identifies training needs of staff, adhering to ALARA principles. Works toward accomplishing training goals to meet organizational objectives and regulatory requirements.
Works with QA and QC teams in data collection and improvement efforts. Ensures regulatory compliance.
Performs other related duties as assigned by the Director.
Demonstrates competency in patient care according to the age of the patient and population served.
Evaluates performance of employees. Responsible for hiring, training, counseling and termination.
Responsible for optimizing the customer experience performance improvement initiatives and related activities
Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer or the Hotline.
Responsible for annual physics inspections for Radiology equipment system wide, follow up and mitigation plan, ensuring documentation is in place. Responsible for lead integrity across the system.
Radiation Safety Officer for the system. Ensures compliance with all local, state, federal and other regulatory bodies.
Responsible for identifying radiation protection problems & initiating, recommending and or providing corrective actions. Creates mitigation plans and ensures all corrective actions are achieved within timeframes.
Assists Director with capital construction projects. Ensures appropriate construction planning in conjunction with key stake holders, secures Interim Life Safety documentation, drawings, physicist assessments and maintains appropriate regulatory information on builds.
Compliance Statement
Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.
Required Knowledge & Skills
Education: Bachelor's Degree plus at least one year of training in a specialty resulting in certification
Experience: Four years of related experience. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.
Licenses and Certifications
CERTIFIED NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECH
HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (CPR)
Supervision
Responsible for optimal operations of Nuclear Medicine and PET Imaging Divisions for Tanner Health. Acts as Radiation Safety Officer for the System, ensuring safety and training for all staff across Tanner Health, meeting all local, state, federal and accreditation requirements. Works in close conjunction with System Director for all imaging renovations, equipment installations, etc. ensuring necessary documentation is secured. Maintains up to date equipment asset list.
Qualifications
Effective written and oral communication.
Must be detail oriented and well organized.
Must be a graduate of an AMA approved school of Radiology or Nuclear Medicine.
Must have advanced certification in Nuclear Medicine.
Must be certified as a Radiation Safety Officer.
Prefer 5 years clinical experience as a technologist.
Prefer 3 years supervisory experience.
Must be willing to travel between sites of service.
Definitions
Under the direct supervision of the System Director of Diagnostic Imaging, the Nuclear Medicine PET Manager and Radiation Safety Officer for Tanner Health is responsible to ensure optimal daily operations for the division, managing within a set budget. Ensures Radiation Safety and Training for all staff, meeting all local, state, federal and accreditation requirements. Works in close conjunction with System Director to develop budgets and as well for all imaging renovations, equipment installations, etc., ensuring necessary documentation is secured and accurate asset inventory maintained.
Position Responsibilities
Contact with Others: Requires frequent contact with many persons at different levels inside and outside of the organization to carry out organization policies and programs and obtain willing acceptance, consent, or action.
Effect of Error: Probable errors may be serious and involve losses such as improper costs, overpayment, waste of material, damage to equipment, and delay in processing work. Effect usually confined within the organization. Most of work not subject to direct verification or check. Regularly works with some confidential data such as account, salaries, patient medical records, which if disclosed might have adverse internal or external effects.
People Management Responsibilities
Supervisory Responsibility: Manages a small department (up to 15); has full responsibility for quality and quantity of work, costs, methods, and personnel; performs supervisory functions without intermediate supervisors. Manages a medium sized department of employees (15 to 40); has full responsibility for work, costs, methods, and personnel; usually has one or more intermediate supervisors.
Work Environment/Physical Effort
Mental Demands: Work involves a variety of complex problems to be solved under general organization policies. Ingenuity and judgment are required to review facts, plan work, estimate costs, and deal with factors not easily evaluated, interpret results, draw conclusions, and take or recommend action. Solutions to problems often require coordination with other departments.
Working Conditions: Moderate - (About 50% of the day) Involved in exposure to dirt, odors, noise, or some work is performed with exposure to temperature/weather extremes/occupational risk. Limited probability of coming into contact with blood borne pathogens, other potentially infectious diseases, or biomedical/bio-hazardous materials.
Working Conditions Aspects for Immunizations
Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles): Yes
Directly works with Patients less than 12 months of age: No
Physical Effort: Medium physical effort - Lifts, carries, or handles lightweight (1 to 25 lbs.) materials or equipment for most of the day. Occasional physical effort with medium weight objects (25-60 lbs.). Very occasional physical effort with heavy objects (over 60 lbs.).Works in reaching or strained positions for about half of day.
Physical Aspects
Bending: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Typing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Manual Dexterity -- picking, pinching with fingers etc.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Feeling (Touch) -- determining temperature, texture, by touching: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Hearing: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Reaching -- above shoulder: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Reaching -- below shoulder: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Visual: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Color Vision: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Speaking: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Standing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Balancing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Walking: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Crawling: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Running - in response to an emergency: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Lifting up to 25 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Lifting 25 to 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Lifting over 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Handling -- seizing, holding, grasping: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Carrying: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Climbing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Kneeling: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Squatting: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Tasting: Not required
Smelling: Not required
Driving -- Utility vehicles such as golf carts, Gators, ATV, riding lawnmowers, skid steer, aerial lift: Not required
Driving -- Class C vehicles: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Driving -- CDL class vehicles: Not required
N95 Respirator usage (PPE): Not required
Hazmat suit usage (PPE): Not required
Pushing/Pulling -- up to 25 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Pushing/Pulling -- 25 to 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Pushing/Pulling -- over 60 lbs. : Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time