What are the responsibilities and job description for the Radiology Nurse Manager - Xray (Days) position at Tanner Health?
Under the direct supervision of the System Director of Radiology, the Radiology Nurse Manager is responsible for the daily operation of the Radiology Nursing Division for Tanner Health, including but not limited to efficiently and effectively managing operations, budgets, employee relationships, patient engagement, QI and QA initiatives and regulatory compliance. The Radiology Nurse Manager ensures quality and safety in the division. This position will include accountability for maintaining high standards of patient care and nursing practice for the unit. He She acts as the liaison for the APP's in Radiology.
Required Knowledge & Skills
Education: Associate Degree or 2 years of college coursework
Experience: Five years of related experience. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.
Licenses and Certifications
DRIVER'S LICENSE
GEORGIA REGISTERED NURSE LICENSE OR MULTISTATE NURSING LICENSE
ACLS CERTIFICATION
Supervision
Must be able to prioritize and execute work with minimal supervision. Directly supervises a Radiology Nursing team of 10 or more staff across multiple facilities. Acts as primary liaison for Radiology APP's.
Qualifications
Registered Nurse with active Georgia licensure. BSN desirable but not required.
ACLS required.
Previous experience in Radiology, Emergency Department or ICU strongly preferred.
Previous leadership experience strongly preferred. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.
Must be able to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a high degree of professionalism and confidentiality.
Must be able to build and maintain professional relationships.
Requirements:
Statement Of Employment Philosophy
Being a part of Tanner Health System is more than a job, it is a promise we make to treat every patient with exceptional service every time they walk through our doors. Service excellence is the foundation of our organizational culture and the expectations we all set for each other, our patients, physicians and our community. All employees agree to abide by a set of service standards. These standards are the promise we make to provide the best care possible, and represent our beliefs, values and who we strive to become. We each commit to making Tanner Health System a great place for our employees to work, for patients to receive care and for physicians to practice medicine.
Functions
Area of Responsibilities
Performs other duties as assigned by Director.
RADIOLOGY NURSING OPERATIONS: Efficiently plans and manages nursing service for the Radiology department, across multiple modalities, considering the patient family, staff abilities, physician needs and hospital utilization. Serves as a role model for excellent patient care. Participate in direct care activities as a targeted strategy for role modeling or information gathering. Plans, assigns and reviews the work of nursing and support staff. Counsels and evaluates the performance of nursing and support staff. Evaluates and manages equipment and supplies and recommends necessary purchases. Plans and controls expenditures. Assess the environment and make recommendations to ensure optimal patient comfort and safety. Collaborate with the System Director of Radiology in determining the fiscal requirements of the unit, submit budgetary recommendations, including nursing personnel and patient care materials. Reviews and manages variances.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT: Demonstrates team values that orient people to care about performance and success of others. Acts as the subject matter expert for division, and as a preceptor mentor for students, new employees and staff. Recognizes and rewards staff's accomplishments. Identified and plans for staffing consistent with the needs of the patient population, various sites of service (modality and hospital) and budgetary requirements. Coordinates six-week time schedules. Collaborates with others to insure provision of in-services. Manages various personnel actions including hiring, orientation, performance appraisals, promotions, counseling and scheduling. Acts as the primary liaison for Radiology APP staff, coordinating daily work and facilitating flow across the system for procedural and interventional imaging.
COMMUNICATION: Demonstrates ability to understand, communicate, lead, influence others and obtain willing acceptance, consent or action. Uses a high degree of diplomacy, confidentiality and tact. Rose models an effective interdisciplinary collaborative approach to patient care through interactions with other departments. Coordinates care with physicians and APP staff. Effectively handles situations in a calm, objective manner and coordinates needed change. Collaborates with other managers and nursing colleagues to promote optimal utilization of resources amonth the various nursing units. Attends and actively participates in hospital wide meetings or sends a representative. Conducts monthly staff meetings, uses various tools to inform staff of hospital wide initiatives and unit performance. Communicates information that impacts staff's job, benefits or employment policies.
ENSURING QUALITY CARE: Accountable for maintaining quality care on the unit while optimizing the customer experience. Evaluates unit patient care, identifies opportunities for improvement, organizes data collection, and implementation of actions. Coordinates needed change, audits for success, and revises workflow to meet operational and business objectives. Works closely with staff and team partners to meet unit goals. Develops, documents, implements and monitors unit specific written policies and procedures. Educates and involves unit staff on performance improvement strategies. Supports team members through development, implementation and expansion of learning opportunities and skill development. Ensures regulatory compliance.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT". Committed to finding solutions to problems rather than blaming others. Maintains and updates professional skills pertinent to the managerial role. May act as a preceptor. Demonstrates knowledge of rules, regulations, policies, procedures and standards of nursing practice. Accurately evaluates self and establishes goals in self-directed manner. Actively seeks out opportunities for knowledge skill enhancement within and beyond the practice setting. Employes a proactive approach in the optimization of safe outcomes by monitoring and improving department workflow. Role models situational awareness, using teachable moments to improve safety.
CARE ACROSS THE LIFESPAN: Demonstrates knowledge of physiologic norms, developmental level, signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect. Able to assess, interpret data, communicate, adapt techniques medications and treatments for patients families of all ages. Educates and involve patients families in care.
Compliance Statement
Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.
Required Knowledge & Skills
Education: Associate Degree or 2 years of college coursework
Experience: Five years of related experience. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.
Licenses and Certifications
DRIVER'S LICENSE
GEORGIA REGISTERED NURSE LICENSE OR MULTISTATE NURSING LICENSE
ACLS CERTIFICATION
Supervision
Must be able to prioritize and execute work with minimal supervision. Directly supervises a Radiology Nursing team of 10 or more staff across multiple facilities. Acts as primary liaison for Radiology APP's.
Qualifications
Registered Nurse with active Georgia licensure. BSN desirable but not required.
ACLS required.
Previous experience in Radiology, Emergency Department or ICU strongly preferred.
Previous leadership experience strongly preferred. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.
Must be able to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a high degree of professionalism and confidentiality.
Must be able to build and maintain professional relationships.
Definitions
Under the direct supervision of the System Director of Radiology, the Radiology Nurse Manager is responsible for the daily operation of the Radiology Nursing Division for Tanner Health, including but not limited to efficiently and effectively managing operations, budgets, employee relationships, patient engagement, QI and QA initiatives and regulatory compliance. The Radiology Nurse Manager ensures quality and safety in the division. This position will include accountability for maintaining high standards of patient care and nursing practice for the unit. He She acts as the liaison for the APP's in Radiology.
Position Responsibilities
Contact with Others: Requires frequent contact with many persons at different levels inside and outside of the organization to carry out organization policies and programs and obtain willing acceptance, consent, or action.
Effect of Error: Probable errors not easily detected and may adversely affect external as well as internal relationships and may result in major expenditures for equipment, materials, or procedures detrimental to the patient's welfare or the organization's interest. Work is subject to general review only and requires considerable accuracy and responsibility. Continually works with reports, records, plans, and programs of a major functional area of the organization where integrity is required to safeguard the organization's position. Duties may involve the preparation of data on which the administration bases important decisions and are highly confidential.
People Management Responsibilities
Supervisory Responsibility: Manages a small department (up to 15); has full responsibility for quality and quantity of work, costs, methods, and personnel; performs supervisory functions without intermediate supervisors. Manages a medium sized department of employees (15 to 40); has full responsibility for work, costs, methods, and personnel; usually has one or more intermediate supervisors.
Work Environment/Physical Effort
Mental Demands: Tasks are multiple and diverse with some interrelationship across processes. Handles some unrelated functions. Work requires the direct application of a variety of procedures, policies, and/or precedents. Some responsibility for budget and expenditure authority. Develops objectives and general policies and procedures for a specific program or functional area of responsibility within general scope of established operational goals and plans. Day-to-day work and decisions do not require direction or review by immediate supervisor. Frequently solves complex problems. End results are reviewed by supervisor. Strategic issues are referred to supervisor.
Working Conditions: Considerable - (About 75% of the day) Involved in exposure to dirt, odors, noise, or some work is performed with exposure to temperature/weather extremes/occupational risk and probability of coming into contact with blood borne pathogens, other potentially infectious diseases, or biomedical/bio-hazardous materials.
Working Conditions Aspects for Immunizations
Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles): Yes
Directly works with Patients less than 12 months of age: No
Physical Effort: Considerable physical effort - Lifts, carries, or handles medium weight equipment, materials, or supplies most of day. Occasional physical effort with heavy objects (over 60 lbs.). Works in reaching or strained positions frequently.
Physical Aspects
Bending: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Typing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Manual Dexterity - picking, pinching with fingers etc.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Feeling (Touch) - determining temperature, texture, by touching: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Hearing: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Reaching - above shoulder: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Reaching - below shoulder: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Visual: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Color Vision: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Speaking: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Standing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Balancing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Walking: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Crawling: Not required
Running - in response to an emergency: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Lifting up to 25 lbs.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Lifting 25 to 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Lifting over 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Handling - seizing, holding, grasping: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Carrying: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Climbing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Kneeling: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Squatting: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Tasting: Not required
Smelling: Not required
Driving - Utility vehicles such as golf carts, Gators, ATV, riding lawnmowers, skid steer, aerial lift: Not required
Driving - Class C vehicles: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Driving - CDL class vehicles: Not required
N95 Respirator usage (PPE): Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Hazmat suit usage (PPE): Not required
Pushing/Pulling - up to 25 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Pushing/Pulling - 25 to 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Pushing/Pulling - over 60 lbs. : Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Required Knowledge & Skills
Education: Associate Degree or 2 years of college coursework
Experience: Five years of related experience. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.
Licenses and Certifications
DRIVER'S LICENSE
GEORGIA REGISTERED NURSE LICENSE OR MULTISTATE NURSING LICENSE
ACLS CERTIFICATION
Supervision
Must be able to prioritize and execute work with minimal supervision. Directly supervises a Radiology Nursing team of 10 or more staff across multiple facilities. Acts as primary liaison for Radiology APP's.
Qualifications
Registered Nurse with active Georgia licensure. BSN desirable but not required.
ACLS required.
Previous experience in Radiology, Emergency Department or ICU strongly preferred.
Previous leadership experience strongly preferred. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.
Must be able to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a high degree of professionalism and confidentiality.
Must be able to build and maintain professional relationships.
Requirements:
Statement Of Employment Philosophy
Being a part of Tanner Health System is more than a job, it is a promise we make to treat every patient with exceptional service every time they walk through our doors. Service excellence is the foundation of our organizational culture and the expectations we all set for each other, our patients, physicians and our community. All employees agree to abide by a set of service standards. These standards are the promise we make to provide the best care possible, and represent our beliefs, values and who we strive to become. We each commit to making Tanner Health System a great place for our employees to work, for patients to receive care and for physicians to practice medicine.
Functions
Area of Responsibilities
Performs other duties as assigned by Director.
RADIOLOGY NURSING OPERATIONS: Efficiently plans and manages nursing service for the Radiology department, across multiple modalities, considering the patient family, staff abilities, physician needs and hospital utilization. Serves as a role model for excellent patient care. Participate in direct care activities as a targeted strategy for role modeling or information gathering. Plans, assigns and reviews the work of nursing and support staff. Counsels and evaluates the performance of nursing and support staff. Evaluates and manages equipment and supplies and recommends necessary purchases. Plans and controls expenditures. Assess the environment and make recommendations to ensure optimal patient comfort and safety. Collaborate with the System Director of Radiology in determining the fiscal requirements of the unit, submit budgetary recommendations, including nursing personnel and patient care materials. Reviews and manages variances.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT: Demonstrates team values that orient people to care about performance and success of others. Acts as the subject matter expert for division, and as a preceptor mentor for students, new employees and staff. Recognizes and rewards staff's accomplishments. Identified and plans for staffing consistent with the needs of the patient population, various sites of service (modality and hospital) and budgetary requirements. Coordinates six-week time schedules. Collaborates with others to insure provision of in-services. Manages various personnel actions including hiring, orientation, performance appraisals, promotions, counseling and scheduling. Acts as the primary liaison for Radiology APP staff, coordinating daily work and facilitating flow across the system for procedural and interventional imaging.
COMMUNICATION: Demonstrates ability to understand, communicate, lead, influence others and obtain willing acceptance, consent or action. Uses a high degree of diplomacy, confidentiality and tact. Rose models an effective interdisciplinary collaborative approach to patient care through interactions with other departments. Coordinates care with physicians and APP staff. Effectively handles situations in a calm, objective manner and coordinates needed change. Collaborates with other managers and nursing colleagues to promote optimal utilization of resources amonth the various nursing units. Attends and actively participates in hospital wide meetings or sends a representative. Conducts monthly staff meetings, uses various tools to inform staff of hospital wide initiatives and unit performance. Communicates information that impacts staff's job, benefits or employment policies.
ENSURING QUALITY CARE: Accountable for maintaining quality care on the unit while optimizing the customer experience. Evaluates unit patient care, identifies opportunities for improvement, organizes data collection, and implementation of actions. Coordinates needed change, audits for success, and revises workflow to meet operational and business objectives. Works closely with staff and team partners to meet unit goals. Develops, documents, implements and monitors unit specific written policies and procedures. Educates and involves unit staff on performance improvement strategies. Supports team members through development, implementation and expansion of learning opportunities and skill development. Ensures regulatory compliance.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT". Committed to finding solutions to problems rather than blaming others. Maintains and updates professional skills pertinent to the managerial role. May act as a preceptor. Demonstrates knowledge of rules, regulations, policies, procedures and standards of nursing practice. Accurately evaluates self and establishes goals in self-directed manner. Actively seeks out opportunities for knowledge skill enhancement within and beyond the practice setting. Employes a proactive approach in the optimization of safe outcomes by monitoring and improving department workflow. Role models situational awareness, using teachable moments to improve safety.
CARE ACROSS THE LIFESPAN: Demonstrates knowledge of physiologic norms, developmental level, signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect. Able to assess, interpret data, communicate, adapt techniques medications and treatments for patients families of all ages. Educates and involve patients families in care.
Compliance Statement
Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.
Required Knowledge & Skills
Education: Associate Degree or 2 years of college coursework
Experience: Five years of related experience. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.
Licenses and Certifications
DRIVER'S LICENSE
GEORGIA REGISTERED NURSE LICENSE OR MULTISTATE NURSING LICENSE
ACLS CERTIFICATION
Supervision
Must be able to prioritize and execute work with minimal supervision. Directly supervises a Radiology Nursing team of 10 or more staff across multiple facilities. Acts as primary liaison for Radiology APP's.
Qualifications
Registered Nurse with active Georgia licensure. BSN desirable but not required.
ACLS required.
Previous experience in Radiology, Emergency Department or ICU strongly preferred.
Previous leadership experience strongly preferred. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.
Must be able to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a high degree of professionalism and confidentiality.
Must be able to build and maintain professional relationships.
Definitions
Under the direct supervision of the System Director of Radiology, the Radiology Nurse Manager is responsible for the daily operation of the Radiology Nursing Division for Tanner Health, including but not limited to efficiently and effectively managing operations, budgets, employee relationships, patient engagement, QI and QA initiatives and regulatory compliance. The Radiology Nurse Manager ensures quality and safety in the division. This position will include accountability for maintaining high standards of patient care and nursing practice for the unit. He She acts as the liaison for the APP's in Radiology.
Position Responsibilities
Contact with Others: Requires frequent contact with many persons at different levels inside and outside of the organization to carry out organization policies and programs and obtain willing acceptance, consent, or action.
Effect of Error: Probable errors not easily detected and may adversely affect external as well as internal relationships and may result in major expenditures for equipment, materials, or procedures detrimental to the patient's welfare or the organization's interest. Work is subject to general review only and requires considerable accuracy and responsibility. Continually works with reports, records, plans, and programs of a major functional area of the organization where integrity is required to safeguard the organization's position. Duties may involve the preparation of data on which the administration bases important decisions and are highly confidential.
People Management Responsibilities
Supervisory Responsibility: Manages a small department (up to 15); has full responsibility for quality and quantity of work, costs, methods, and personnel; performs supervisory functions without intermediate supervisors. Manages a medium sized department of employees (15 to 40); has full responsibility for work, costs, methods, and personnel; usually has one or more intermediate supervisors.
Work Environment/Physical Effort
Mental Demands: Tasks are multiple and diverse with some interrelationship across processes. Handles some unrelated functions. Work requires the direct application of a variety of procedures, policies, and/or precedents. Some responsibility for budget and expenditure authority. Develops objectives and general policies and procedures for a specific program or functional area of responsibility within general scope of established operational goals and plans. Day-to-day work and decisions do not require direction or review by immediate supervisor. Frequently solves complex problems. End results are reviewed by supervisor. Strategic issues are referred to supervisor.
Working Conditions: Considerable - (About 75% of the day) Involved in exposure to dirt, odors, noise, or some work is performed with exposure to temperature/weather extremes/occupational risk and probability of coming into contact with blood borne pathogens, other potentially infectious diseases, or biomedical/bio-hazardous materials.
Working Conditions Aspects for Immunizations
Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles): Yes
Directly works with Patients less than 12 months of age: No
Physical Effort: Considerable physical effort - Lifts, carries, or handles medium weight equipment, materials, or supplies most of day. Occasional physical effort with heavy objects (over 60 lbs.). Works in reaching or strained positions frequently.
Physical Aspects
Bending: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Typing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Manual Dexterity - picking, pinching with fingers etc.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Feeling (Touch) - determining temperature, texture, by touching: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Hearing: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Reaching - above shoulder: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Reaching - below shoulder: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Visual: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Color Vision: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Speaking: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Standing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Balancing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Walking: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Crawling: Not required
Running - in response to an emergency: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Lifting up to 25 lbs.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Lifting 25 to 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Lifting over 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Handling - seizing, holding, grasping: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Carrying: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Climbing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Kneeling: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Squatting: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Tasting: Not required
Smelling: Not required
Driving - Utility vehicles such as golf carts, Gators, ATV, riding lawnmowers, skid steer, aerial lift: Not required
Driving - Class C vehicles: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Driving - CDL class vehicles: Not required
N95 Respirator usage (PPE): Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Hazmat suit usage (PPE): Not required
Pushing/Pulling - up to 25 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Pushing/Pulling - 25 to 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Pushing/Pulling - over 60 lbs. : Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
