DIRECTOR - RADIOLOGY/IMAGING- Full Time

Responsibilities

Come and join the RMC Family!

We have been in the community since 1935. Our mission is to provide comprehensive multi-specialty medical services in the greater Riverside region. Your passion, inspiration, and talents are invaluable to us and our mission to serve others. Our facility can provide a place for you to thrive and continue your professional development. Quality Healthcare is our passion, improving lives is our reward. We are working to change lives and transform the delivery of healthcare. Riverside Medical Clinic is the best place to work, practice medicine, and receive care.

SUMMARY: The Director of Radiology directs the daily activities of the Radiology Department, to include Radiology modalities of PACS and Specialty Imaging. Responsible for budgets, equipment, and providing input to the V.P. of Clinical Services in all employment and budgetary decisions affecting the Imaging Department. Performs specialized tasks involving Imaging and special procedures and assumes responsibility for accuracy and timeliness in reporting.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree in Radiologic Technology, Healthcare Administration, Business, Health Services Administration, or related field preferred. Minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience leading multi-modality imaging operations, including at least three (3) years in a management role. Demonstrated experience with regulatory readiness, quality/safety programs, accreditation support, budgeting, staffing productivity, and multi-site operations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATIONS: Radiology credential (ARRT/CRT) or comparable imaging credential (e.g., ARDMS, NMTCB) preferred. If the Director does not hold a radiology credential, the department must maintain qualified, appropriately licensed modality leads/supervisors to ensure technical oversight and compliance for each modality, and the Director must demonstrate competency in imaging regulatory, accreditation, and licensure oversight.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

Operational Leadership
• Direct day-to-day operations across CT, MRI, X-ray, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, and Mammography, including scheduling capacity, staffing models, service recovery, and patient flow.
• Establish and monitor productivity and access metrics (e.g., turnaround time, utilization, patient wait time, add-on capacity, no-show rates, and quality outcomes).
• Standardize workflows, protocols, and best practices across sites; partner with radiologists and ordering providers on appropriateness and protocol optimization.
• Oversee imaging informatics and systems performance (PACS, modality worklists, dictation/reporting workflow, interfaces, downtime procedures), in partnership with IT and clinical leadership.

Quality, Safety, and Patient Experience
• Maintain modality-specific quality programs, including repeat rates, image quality audits, peer review support, contrast safety, and critical results communication standards.
• Oversee radiation safety practices and support the Radiation Safety Officer/Committee as applicable (ALARA, shielding, dose monitoring, incident management).
• Drive patient experience standards, including respectful communication, timeliness, privacy, and complaint resolution.
Financial and Strategic Management
• Develop and manage operating and capital budgets; monitor monthly variance, productivity, and labor management.
• Drive cost containment (supplies, contrast, service contracts) while maintaining quality and compliance.
• Lead capital planning for imaging equipment, including vendor evaluations, service agreements, and replacement lifecycle planning.
• Support service line growth strategy (modality expansion, access optimization, community outreach/marketing alignment where applicable).

People Leadership
• Recruit, develop, coach, and retain high-performing imaging teams; set performance expectations and provide ongoing feedback.
• Ensure competency-based onboarding and completion of annual education requirements.
• Promote a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
Compliance and Regulatory Oversight
The Director is accountable for ongoing compliance with all applicable State of California requirements and external standards impacting imaging operations, including but not limited to licensing, accreditation readiness, quality control, safety programs, and audit-ready documentation.
California State Licensing / Regulatory Compliance
• Ensure imaging services operate in compliance with applicable California requirements, including facility permits, inspection readiness, documentation, and corrective action follow-through where applicable.
• Maintain oversight of required licensure/certification and permit compliance for imaging personnel, including California Radiologic Technologist (CRT) licenses, fluoroscopy permits (if applicable), and modality-specific certifications as required by law, accreditation, or payer standards.
• Implement controls for license verification at hire and ongoing renewal tracking, continuing education (CE) compliance, and audit-ready documentation.

Mammography Oversight
• Ensure mammography services meet applicable requirements, including quality control, technologist qualifications, medical physicist support, equipment testing, record retention, reporting, and patient notification processes.
• Oversee readiness for mammography inspections and corrective action plans, including documentation governance and QA/QC program adherence.
Accreditation and External Oversight Readiness
• Ensure sustained readiness for accreditation and external standards applicable to imaging (e.g., ACR or other modality accreditation programs based on organizational participation and payer requirements).
• Maintain compliance readiness for CMS and payer program requirements as applicable, and for external surveys (e.g., Joint Commission) if applicable to organization/sites.
• Maintain a cadence of internal audits for modality QA/QC, documentation, policies, and compliance performance, with documented corrective actions and closure.

Modality-Specific Compliance Program Management
• CT: Protocol governance, contrast safety, radiation dose monitoring, and personnel competency requirements; ensure documentation and QC practices meet applicable standards.
• MRI: MRI safety program oversight (screening, zoning/access control, ferromagnetic safety practices, emergency procedures), staff training, and competency verification.
• X-ray / Radiography: Equipment QC, radiation safety practices, and technologist licensing/competency compliance.
• Nuclear Medicine: Radiopharmaceutical handling processes, safety procedures, staff competency, and related documentation; coordinate with physicians and safety leadership as applicable.
• Ultrasound: Quality and competency standards, including credentialing/registry expectations (where required by organizational or payer standards) and image quality programs.

Governance, Policies, and Reporting
• Maintain and update imaging policies/procedures aligned to regulatory and accreditation standards (protocol management, QC/QA, safety, incident reporting, downtime, documentation standards).
• Provide routine executive reporting (monthly/quarterly) on imaging access, quality, safety, compliance readiness, and financial performance.
• Lead corrective action planning for identified findings and ensure sustainable closure with documented evidence.

This opportunity offers the following:

Challenging and rewarding work environment
Growth and Development Opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
Competitive Compensation

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America's Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

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