Radiology Supervisor, Nuclear Medicine/PET CT

Division: Eskenazi Health


Sub-Division: Hospital


Req ID: 26120


Schedule : Full Time


Shift : Days


Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Physicians provide a comprehensive range of primary and specialty care services at the 333-bed hospital and outpatient facilities both on and off of the Eskenazi Health downtown campus including at a network of Eskenazi Health Center sites located throughout Indianapolis.


FLSA Status

Non-Exempt

Job Role Summary

The Radiology Supervisor performs the duties of a working supervisor for an assigned area or shift, as well as carries out the responsibilities of a Technologist. This position reports to the Radiology Manager and proactively contributes to Eskenazi Health's mission: Advocate, Care, Teach, and Serve with special emphasis on the vulnerable population of Marion County, and models Eskenazi Health's values.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Performs duties of a working supervisor for an assigned area or shift, as well as carries out the responsibilities of a Technologist
• Assigns specific exams to technologists; ensures scheduled exams are completed as ordered
• Performs basic preventative maintenance on equipment; orders repairs when needed
• Orders supplies for assigned area to maintain adequate operating procedures performed
• Ensures all patients and patient information is logged
• Collects and reports patient and procedure statistics for the shift to immediate supervisor on a monthly basis and annualizes information at year-end
• Develops work schedules for specific shift and work areas; ensures optimal staff levels
• Demonstrates a positive leadership role
• Demonstrates financial responsibility when scheduling
• Participates on the administrative call schedule for the department
• Provides adequate and timely communications with staff
• Encourages involvement and participation from the staff in departmental operations
• Alters activities and behaviors to reflect and ensure adequate care appropriate to the age of patients served (i.e. adolescent, geriatric, pediatric, neonatal and adult)
• Meets monthly with staff and maintains documentation of all communications
• Participates in quality improvement and/or quality assurance for the department

Job Requirements

Indiana licensure as a Radiologic Technologist, Nuclear Medicine Technologist and/or ARDMS registration

• ARRT, ARDMS or NMTCB registration. including compliance with professional CEU requirements
• Three (3) years of job-related experience required
• Current CPR Certification required

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent command of anatomy, radiographic techniques, and radiologic positioning
• Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of patients served; ability to use age-appropriate communication skills
• Knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span; ability to assess data and interpret appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to age-specific needs
• Knowledge of all radiologic equipment, drug utilization, contrast media, pressure injectors, technical procedures (within assigned area); hospital protocols and procedures; safety procedures to minimize risk to patients, coworkers and self
• Knowledge of and compliance with Eskenazi Health's Infection Control and Communicable Disease policies and procedures
• Ability to effectively observe and perceive changing patient conditions, and to report questionable conditions to physicians and nursing personnel
• Knowledge of the HIS, CR and RMS systems and associated programs, i.e. Film Tracking System, EPIC; ability to enter all appropriate patient and departmental data
• Ability to lead, direct and evaluate the assigned technical staff and handle contacts with a high degree of tact, both with patients and in a supervisory context

Accredited by The Joint Commission and named as one of Indiana's best employers by Forbes magazine for two consecutive years and the top hospital in the state for community benefit by the Lown Institute, Eskenazi Health's programs have received national recognition while also offering new health care opportunities to the local community. As the sponsoring hospital for Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, the city's primary EMS provider, Eskenazi Health is also home to the first adult Level I trauma center in Indiana, the first verified adult burn center in Indiana and Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center, the first community mental health center in Indiana, just to name a few.