Chief of Imaging Service (Physician)

Chief Of Imaging Services

The Chief of Imaging services is responsible for all operations in the Imaging Service and:

• Collaborate effectively with other VAPORHCS clinical service leaders in the development and execution of the overarching VAPORHCS strategic and business plan, ensuring coordination of service, reduction of redundancies, and enhancement of cost effectiveness.
• Build and articulate the Imaging Service vision with related goals, strategies, and tactics that promote care delivery that is both of high quality and efficient and that emphasize Veteran satisfaction;
• Manage proactively and efficiently a broad continuum of programs including all associated personnel, equipment, supplies, space, contracts and information system resources;
• Instill a culture of data fluency in which all leaders within the Service will have facility with tools available to measure and monitor safety, quality, access, efficiency, productivity, and Veteran and employee experience, and will use these tools as appropriate to benchmark performance, help shape resource allocation decisions, and target opportunities for improvement;
• Maintain policies, procedures, and clinical practices that accord with contemporary, evidence-based practices in inpatient and emergency settings and with national standards as established by VHA, The Joint Commission, and other accrediting bodies;
• Ensure that all business operations and health information practices within the Imaging Service adhere to the laws, regulations and standards which govern those activities, the reasonable expectations of VHA's business partners, and the highest standards of Compliance and Business Integrity;
• Stay abreast of changing conditions in health care within and external to VA, and encourage demonstration projects, pilots and other experimental approaches aimed at improving clinical outcomes/satisfaction and/or increasing revenue;
• Assemble timely budget formulations, monitor the Imaging Service's fiscal activities, and manage fund control points conscientiously.

Work Schedule: Monday- Friday, 7:30am- 4:00pm PST