Director, Radiology Services

Job Description: 

The Director for Radiology Services reports to the Vice President, Regional Hospitals and Health System Strategy and is responsible for providing leadership and oversight for designated operational and management activities in the following areas within the assigned departments and campuses:  practice, operations, budget planning and management, project management, facility interfaces, as well as internal and external communications.  The Director for Radiology Services assists in the patient care delivery system development and operations across clinical enterprise, collaborating effectively with physicians and other members of the health care team. The position provides cohesive management, supervision, and leadership in the assigned areas of services, including services offered in our clinics and all campuses within the Health System (HS), by closely communicating with staff, Medical Directors and peers, HS Operations, Academic Enterprise (AE) Operations  implementing the visions and directions provided by them, and advising them of plans and initiatives based on clinical experience and knowledge in services and day-to-day observation in the areas.

Scope: UTMB Hospitals and Clinics at all clinical sites throughout the UTMB Health System. The Director for Radiology Services has responsibilities for all service areas  including X-Ray, MRI, Ultrasound, Breast Imaging, CT and Nuclear Medicine and providing diagnostic vascular testing in a matrix environment.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Business Knowledge:

• Key knowledge of modern health care administration, principles and practices within a managed care environment and/or an academic medical center. This includes specifics of changes in radiology practice.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of supervision and administration as applied to the management and direction of personnel within areas of accountability
• Effective managerial and administrative abilities as applied to the complex environment of an academic health center

 Leadership Abilities:

• Ability to implement change in a positive, sensitive and forward-thinking manner
• Strategic thinking and planning
• Developing goals and objectives, and establishing priorities
• Self-starter with a willingness to try new ideas
• Good judgment and ability to act decisively at the right time
• Effective problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of and ability to function in a participatory management environment which involves clinical department chairmen, division chiefs, administrators, and various levels of management.     
• Results orientation

Human Relations Abilities:

• Ability to build collaborative alliances and teams
• Effective persuasion and negotiation skills
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Effective ability to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction
• Flexibility and receptiveness to new and different opinions/ideas
• Ability to create win/win solutions and relationships
• Ability to effectively deal with conflict management and the skill to anticipate and bring issues to resolution

Analytic Skills:

• Organization, planning, scheduling and project management skills
• Ability to develop and analyze options, recommend solutions to solve complex problems and issues
• Ability to identify and resolve problems with a minimum of direction

Communication Skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a high degree of professionalism and competence in dealing with staff, multidisciplinary teams including physicians, administration and financial staff
• Effective verbal, written communication and group presentation skills
• Design and implementation of communication program to management team