Assistant Vice President - Imaging

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About Duke University Hospital

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, which is consistently ranked among the best in the United States. The largest of Duke Health's four hospitals with 1062 patient beds, it features comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center, an endo-surgery center, and more.

General Description of the Job Class

Performs responsible clinical and administrative work in goal setting, directing, planning, and organizing activities within the Imaging Service Line for Acute Care and AI strategies.

Duties and Responsibilities of this Level

• Responsible for short and long term planning to ensure the success of acute care services within Imaging
• Coordinates efforts to support continual learning and leader development across acute care spaces
• Work collaboratively with the director of Imaging Centers on growth, partnership evaluation and service offerings
• Provide analysis on IT and AI strategies to support Imaging Services
• Maintain industry knowledge to ensure state of the art service delivery
• Oversee the Imaging Career Ladder program for DUHS.
• Serve as a key leader within the Imaging Service line and present to executive leaders as needed
• Support the goals of the Imaging Service line and provide meaningful contributions to the success in execution of those goals
• Provide recommendations to service line leaders for business objectives and demonstrate business acumen in delivery of objectives
• Collaborate with other service lines in a professional productive manner that allows mutual achievement in the delivery of care
• Collaborates with other business areas for revenue, purchases, and contracting
• Supports cultural transformation within Imaging to align with organizational goals
• Oversees, administers and coordinates the functions of Imaging Services across Acute Care locations within the Duke University Health System. These services are inclusive of inpatient and outpatient across all modalities offered by the acute care locations such as, Diagnostic Imaging, Imaging Support Services, MRI, CT, PET, Nuclear Medicine, Vascular/Interventional, Ultrasound, Peripheral Vascular Imaging, Mammography, and Radiotheranostics.
• Provides guidance and direction in alignment with organizational and service line goals to acute care directors in carrying out responsibilities to ensure collaboration in access, workflow, efficiency, productivity, quality, safety, and staff recruitment and retention.
• Responsible for development, interpretation, dissemination and practice of service line and corporate policies, procedures, regulations and information and all performance improvement planning.
• Ensures organizational policies and procedures are maintained and followed. Ensures department is in constant compliance with Joint Commission, State and Federal regulatory agencies, achieves center of excellence standards, and ACR accreditation.
• Establishes, identifies, and ensures systems and standards that promote patient safety and safe practices for delivering patient care.
• Reviews imaging performance in relation to established goals, implements change to effect continual improvement in services provided, and ensures compliance with all internal and external standards as well as regulatory and legal requirements.
• Responsible for overall quality provided by established services and for following the highest standards. Develops quality improvement program for acute care imaging
• Reviews operation for effectiveness and recommends adjustments in collaboration with management engineer for labor distribution, revenue, expenses, and productivity.
• Directs, assists, and resolves problems encountered by directors in the development of objectives, capital planning, equipment and supply needs, personnel, organizational structure, work distribution and operational processes.
• Responsible for preparation of the annual budgets, after evaluating trends and consulting with service line leaders, directors, radiologists and the other medical staff as needed; and for overall department material needs, mechanical contractors, personnel, merit evaluation, new or modified equipment, and revenue increases as recommended.
• Develops cost-effective programs to ensure budget is met.
• Coordinates purchases with procurement to ensure the appropriate value analysis and benchmark is achieved
• Takes action in alignment with just culture and Duke processes to resolve or improve operations provides assistance in the recruitment of personnel and their selection and appointment; reviews and recommends merit increases, and personnel changes.
• Ensures all facilities are in alignment with applicable regulatory bodies and operating in a safe and efficient manner.
• Represents imaging in daily, weekly, and monthly meetings and at times may represent the service line leadership.
• Collaborates with other service lines across various areas within Duke Health.
• Works with Medical Staff, Nursing, and other healthcare professionals to meet organizational objects and remove barriers.
• Performs related duties as required.

Required Qualifications at this Level

Education

Master's degree in a health or business-related field

Experience

Seven years of progressive health care leadership experience including five years of leadership in Imaging.

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification

Certification by ARRT, ARDMS, and/or NMTCB.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of modern patient care and management principles as applied to Imaging.
• Ability to analyze operational data, employ leadership techniques and obtain maximum effectiveness and efficiency.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders
• Ability to lead teams in an effective manner that promotes growth and cohesion.

Distinguishing Characteristics of this Level

N/A

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