Req #: 244073

Department: UW MEDICAL CENTER-NORTHWEST– BREAST IMAGING CLINIC

Posting Date: 03/13/2025

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $10,787 - $16,873 per month

Shift: First Shift

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University of Washington Medical Center – Northwest – Radiology - BREAST IMAGING CLINIC has an outstanding opportunity for a MAMMOGRAPHY TECHNOLOGIST SUPERVISOR WORK SCHEDULE • FULL-TIME; 100% FTE

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS • Organizes workflow, oversees day-to-day operations, and manages personnel, equipment, and supplies to ensure efficient functioning, quality services, and cost effectiveness of assigned section(s).

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION • Advanced imaging and diagnostic services in North Seattle • Radiology at UWMC-Northwest is equipped with the advanced diagnostic imaging technology available. Our board-certified radiologists have specialty training in cardiac imaging, neuroimaging, musculoskeletal, interventional radiology, nuclear medicine and body and breast imaging. Along with our team of expert imaging technologists, they are committed to diagnosing illnesses and injuries quickly and effectively so treatment can begin. • We take time and attention with each patient to explain procedures, so they’ll know what to expect every step of the way. • Radiology Services at UW Medical Center - Northwest offers routine radiology, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and interventional radiology.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Leading, includes: • Effectively delegates • Manages change • Sets expectations and goals • Makes decisions and solves problems • Models fairness and respect

2. Building Relationships, includes: • Fosters teamwork and collaboration to accomplish organization’s goals • Inspires trust • Deals effectively with conflict

3. Standards & Accountability, includes: • Identifies quality benchmarks, assesses departmental performance and designs improvement plans • Models accountability, integrity, ethics, and honesty • Promotes safety and security • Assures compliance with regulations and rules • Promotes excellent customer service

4. Planning & Decision Making, includes: • Develops goals and objectives in support of Hospital’s mission • Develops and maintains policies and procedures • Resolves complex problems • Develops budget and monitors/controls expenses to fit budget expectations • Improves department cost efficiency and productivity

5. Communications, includes: • Facilitates open communications and joint decision making with staff • Demonstrates effective interpersonal, verbal, writing, listening, and presentation skills

6. Developing and Retaining Talent, includes: • Interviews and selects staff, hires, and promotes • Evaluates staff performance and competency • Coaches/disciplines/discharges to improve individual and departmental performance • Motivates and develops competent staff • Facilitates continuous learning and development • Monitors staff retention and satisfaction • Designs succession plans

7. Professional Growth & Development, includes: • Strives to expand own knowledge and skills • Monitors trends in healthcare industry, and adapts to changes and new developments

8. Clinical/Operations/Technical Coordination, includes: • Directing daily work activities: Prepares employee schedules and prioritizes daily work activities. Identifies and plans for short and long-term staffing issues and proactively takes appropriate action. Evaluates patient flow and makes adjustments. Assists with staff coverage issues in other sections of DI by sharing/floating staff as needed, enabling efficient resource utilization. Assigns and checks work; assists staff with problems and questions. Acts as expert technical resource. Ensures prompt and accurate reporting of patient exam results; monitors technical quality of exams and other departmental output; uses technical knowledge of RIS/PACS to evaluate image quality. Establishes and updates exam procedures, protocols and policies. Reviews management reports and takes appropriate action. • Staff supervision: Forms, manages, and maintains an effective team of employees. Trains, develops and assesses skills and manages performance. Maintains job descriptions, manages attendance and timekeeping. Presents in-service education programs; organizes and participates in conferences and technical meetings. Monitors compliance with all department and hospital safety procedures, competency and educational requirements. • Provides support and diagnostic exam coverage: During short staffing, to maintain skill levels, or as needed, performs diagnostic exams in assigned area. Supervises or performs particularly complex and/or unusual procedures. Assists with support and other duties (e.g., transporting, RIS/PACS support, Soarian order triage, EPIC scheduling) as needed. Acts as “super-user” for departmental computer applications, as assigned. • Facilities, Equipment and Supplies: Schedules, coordinates, and performs (or oversees) calibration and maintenance on equipment. Maintains equipment documentation such as calibration, maintenance, and service invoices. Troubleshoots equipment and resolves problems. Recognizes serious or uncorrectable problems and contacts manager and vendor in timely manner. Coordinates purchase and installation of new equipment, products, and software. Acts as liaison with equipment vendors. Inventories and orders supplies and linens. Coordinates building maintenance/repair issues with Facilities/Property Management. • Quality Control/Assurance and Accreditation: Maintains appropriate documentation and records necessary for accreditation by Joint Commission or other regulatory/accrediting bodies. Maintains survey readiness. Ensures that all department procedures and policies are in compliance. Monitors Quality Assurance data and takes prompt action when problems occur. Notifies director or manager in a timely manner of issues that supervisor cannot resolve. • Committee Participation: Serves as a member of hospital committees, task forces, working groups, as appropriate. • Collaboration: Serves as consultant or liaison to (and coordinates patient care with) other clinical service areas (such as nursing, ED), ordering physicians, radiologists, scheduling, etc. Assists radiologists with problem solving. Provides coverage for manager and other supervisors in their absence. Facilitates bi-directional communication and information sharing between staff and management. • Planning: Evaluates products and/or services and makes recommendations for purchase, changes in procedures, etc., to improve patient care and/or decrease cost. Assists Manager and Director with capital equipment/project planning, including financial and clinical justifications. Participates in development, planning, implementation and review of new programs or services; leads planning and implementation meetings as requested. Assists Manager in special projects. Provides data and statistics to Manager and Director for planning and decision making. Assists Manager with developing marketing and outreach plans to increase patient volumes. • Optimizes Productivity: Maintains a cost effective department through the proper selection/inventory of supplies, expense control, and appropriate levels of staff for workload volume. Optimizes production, increases efficiency, decreases costs. Operates department within budget.

   REQUIRED POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• Satisfactory completion of a formal radiologic technology training program in an AMA approved school; registration by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) AND registered or registry-eligible in an equivalent specialty area
• One year of experience performing the work of an Imaging Technologist Lead in the relevant specialty service area(s) OR Equivalent education/experience.

• Certified by the State of Washington as a Radiologic Technologist.

  ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-NORTHWEST UW Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in six specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.

The UW Medical Center–Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is located in north Seattle on a beautiful, easy-to-access 44-acre campus that includes the neighboring Northwest Outpatient Medical Center and Specialty Care Meridian Pavilion.

Teamwork. Community. Opportunity. Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.