Director of Radiology

Director of Radiology

Benefits Package:

• Competitive Base Salary (Depending on Experience): $140,000 - $165,000
• Sign-On Bonus: $20,000
• Relocation Assistance & Housing Down Payment Assistance
• 6% 403(b) Company Matched Retirement Contributions
• Child Care Subsidy
• Eligible for Student Loan Repayments Options Serving a Critical Access Hospital
  • Up to $50,000+ through North Dakota State and Federal programs
• Comprehensive Medical Insurance with Employee Deductible Covered 100% by McKenzie Health
  • Medical, Dental & Vision
• Free Gym Membership to our Connie Wold Wellness Center

Position Description:

The Director of Radiology is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the overall operation of the Imaging Services Department. They will ensure compliance with patient care quality standards as it relates to the care provided to all age groups of patients ranging from newborn to elderly and maintains performance improvement activities within the department and participates in QAPI activities. They will assure competency of all personnel, assist in formulating the budget, and maintain efficient and effective department operation while requiring compliance with all state, federal and local regulatory laws, standards, and protocols.

Why Watford City & McKenzie Health?

Lead the Future of Rural Healthcare

Are you ready to leave behind the stress of big-city healthcare while taking on a career-defining leadership opportunity? McKenzie Health is seeking an exceptional Director of Radiology to lead our expanding diagnostic imaging program at our award-winning Critical Access Hospital in Watford City, North Dakota.

This is more than a management position, it is an opportunity to shape the future of imaging services for an entire region. You'll lead a talented team across a comprehensive, multi-modality department while partnering with executive leadership and physicians to expand services, improve patient access, invest in new technology, and elevate the quality of care throughout western North Dakota. Your leadership will have a visible and lasting impact on patients, families, and the community we proudly serve.

A Career That Matters. A Life You'll Enjoy.

While your career grows, so can your quality of life.

Watford City offers the advantages of a welcoming, family-oriented community without sacrificing modern conveniences. Enjoy quality local schools, short commute times, and a safe environment where you can spend more time with family and less time in traffic.

For outdoor enthusiasts, western North Dakota is a great place to call home. Experience world-class pheasant hunting, trophy paddlefish and outstanding walleye fishing, hiking and camping in the North Dakota Badlands, and countless opportunities for boating, wildlife photography, and outdoor adventure. Just minutes away, historic Medora offers live entertainment, excellent dining, the nationally recognized Bully Pulpit Golf Course, and the new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, making it one of the region's premier destinations.

Regional shopping, dining, healthcare, and entertainment are readily available, while nearby Williston Basin International Airport (XWA) provides convenient daily connections to major metropolitan destinations, making personal and professional travel simple.

A Place to Build More Than a Career

At McKenzie Health, you'll find an organization that values innovation, teamwork, and servant leadership. You'll have the opportunity to influence strategic decisions, mentor an outstanding team, and help shape the future of rural healthcare all while enjoying a lifestyle that allows you to be present for the moments that matter most.

If you're looking for a place where your leadership will be recognized, your ideas will be welcomed, and your work will truly make a difference, we invite you and your family to discover everything McKenzie Health and western North Dakota have to offer.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Imaging Services Department
• Prior Auth and Scheduling Team for Radiology

Key Responsibilities:

• Works with hospital administration on planning, organizing, and directing Imaging Services operations and ensuring compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations.
• Makes daily rounds in Imaging Services to judge effectiveness of operation, utilization of personnel and supplies, and general ethical and professional atmosphere.
• Secures and maintains the physical facilities, equipment and supplies which are required to conduct effective patient care and create an optimum physical environment.
• Carries on continuous analysis, evaluation, and audit of Imaging Services.
• Initiates and actuates improved methods of imaging services and directs their implementation.
• Prepares department budgets for personnel, operating expenses, and capital equipment.
• Responsible for fiscal operation of the department.
• Communicates appropriately and clearly to physicians, staff, and administration.
• Interacts professionally with patient/family.
• Consults other departments, as appropriate, to collaborate in patient care and performance improvement activities.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Delegates responsibility to the Imaging Services personnel.
• Establishes and maintains standards of performance.
• Directs and participates in the human resource management function for the department by coordinating the selection, promotion, orientation, and performance appraisal processes.
• Coordinates the department's in-service training.
• Promotes effective inter-departmental and interdepartmental relationships.
• Initiates, interprets, and enforces Imaging Services procedures and maintains and interprets hospital policies and procedures.
• Cooperates in planning programs and safety and preparedness for fire and disaster.
• Attends and participates on hospital committees, as appropriate.
• Is responsible for the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of performance improvement and QAPI activities.
• Provides staff education with an emphasis on the organizational performance quality improvement program.
• Ensures that there is adequate storage for supplies and equipment. Films and supplies shall be stored in the Imaging Services area. No film shall be stored in the x-ray room itself.
• Ensure medications and contrast media are stored safely and in a locked area.
• Promote and advance hospital-community relationships and take part in community affairs.
• Ensures preventive maintenance of equipment.
• Provides care appropriate to condition and age of the patient, including pediatric, geriatric, and general population.
• Resolves personnel concerns at the departmental level, using the grievance process as required.
• Ensures compliance with policies and procedures regarding department operations, fire, safety, and infection control.
• Effectively and consistently communicates administrative directives to personnel and encourages interactive departmental meetings and discussions.
• Follows all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
• Communicates the mission, ethics, and goals of the hospital, as well as the focus statement of the department.

McKenzie Health reserves the right to assign, reassign, or eliminate duties and responsibilities as necessary. The description of critical job features is not exhaustive and may change as deemed appropriate.

Physical Requirements:

• Physically demanding, high-stress environment
• Exposure to blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, radiation, and repetitive motions
• Pushing and pulling heavy objects
• Full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients.
• Manual and finger dexterity
• Hand and eye coordination
• Standing and walking for extensive periods of time
• Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 lbs.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Additional languages are desirable.
• Basic computer knowledge.
• Knowledge of imagining procedures and ability/certification to perform and assist with procedures.
• Must be able to pass a background check and drug screening.

Education and Experience:

• Minimum of Bachelors of Radiology Sciences or other related degrees required.
• Minimum 2 years of Imaging Services supervision/administration required.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in Radiology certified specialty.

Licenses and Certifications:

• BLS certified
• AART Certification and at least one Radiology specialty certification, such as CT, MRI, or Dexa.

McKenzie Health is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status.