Clinical Instructor - Radiology

Clinical Instructor

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

Job Description

The Clinical Instructor is responsible for supervising, instructing and evaluating clinical performance of student interns. Responsibilities include record keeping to adhere to the objective of the accredited education program within the guidelines set up by the Joint Review Committee and administer through the schools. The CI also assists with planning, implementing various technologist retention and recruitment programs with modality managers, radiology director and human resources. This position meets the scope of practice as defined by the ASRT practice standard guidelines.

Essential Responsibilities

• Supervises student interns participating in the clinical program(s). Schedules student rotations, evaluates clinical performance developing objective performance evaluations.
• Assists with planning, implementing various technologist retention and recruitment programs with modality managers, radiology director and human resources.
• Provides and coordinates educational activities for staff and documentation of continuing education. May supervise and provide CPR training and/or Fit testing for Radiology Staff.
• Able to perform a variety of diagnostic/technical exams on both in-patients and out-patients in a Level I trauma setting including: portables, fluoroscopy and OR exams as well as supervising technical staff.
• Provides supervision of staff using policies, practices and professional standards to guide work.

Required Qualifications

• Vocational or Technical training in in the appropriate modality (Radiography, Sonography, MRI) required.
• License MARadTech-Radiography required., and Registration American Registry of Rad Tech required., or Certificate 1 Reg Diagnostic Med Sonographer required., and Certificate 2 Basic Life Support required.
• 5-8 years related work experience required.
• New hires will have 30 days to provide BLS certification. Certification has to be with the American Heart Association (AHA).
• MA license required for X-Ray (including IR and INR), Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, and CT.
• Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.

Competencies

• Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.
• Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.
• Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and determines how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines. Manager/Director provides broad guidance and overall direction.
• Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
• Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
• Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations.
• Team Work: Ability to act as a team leader for small projects or work groups, creating a collaborative and respectful team environment and improving workflows. Results may impact the operations of one or more departments.
• Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service and staff training to meet customer service standards and expectations for the assigned unit(s). Resolves service issues in the assigned unit(s) in a timely and respectful manner.

Age based Competencies: Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Neonatal:Birth to 6 months, Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 - 60 years, Elderly: 60 -.Physical Nature of the Job: Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Job is physical in nature and employee needs to stand and/or move around through the majority of their shift.

Pay Range: $45.20 - $80.27

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

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