Director Imaging Services

St. Catherine Hospital, located in Garden City, Kansas, was founded by two pioneering physicians and the Dominican Sisters. They created and maintained the spirit that has enabled St. Catherine Hospital employees to develop a thriving health care facility unlike any other in southwest Kansas. Like many of the families and businesses in our community, our roots run deep 85 years of excellence and counting. Residents of Garden City enjoy life in a relaxed, small-town (population approx. 30,000) with a zoo, several parks, golf courses, modern shopping and more.

As our Director, Imaging Services, you will lead and manage the entire Imaging team, encompassing Echocardiography, MRI, 64-slice CT, Mammography, and Cardiovascular/Cardiac Diagnostics while driving continuous improvement and market share growth.

Every day you will oversee all imaging areas, collaborating with Diagnostic Imaging (DI) coordinators and modality team leaders to manage professional and support staff. You will ensure the successful improvement of services through strategic planning, operational excellence, and a focus on growing market share, all while maintaining high standards of patient care.

To be successful in this role, you will possess extensive leadership experience in a comprehensive imaging department, a deep understanding of various imaging modalities and technologies, strong strategic planning and operational management skills, and a proven ability to drive service improvement and market growth.

• Develops and maintains a close working relationship with physicians, and provides them with appropriate follow-up regarding any changes, problems, or incidents that involve them or their patients.
• Establishes performance goals, allocates resources, and provides leadership support to achieve quality care, service, and financial goals in alignment with the hospital's vision and mission.
• Prepares and submits capital budget requests that meet the objectives of the strategic and tactical business plans, additionally implementing cost-efficient strategies within each service unit, and utilizes a thorough understanding of financial concepts and guidelines in managing the entire Clinical Service as an enterprise.
• Manages employees through a team approach, fostering a collaborative effort across modalities.
• Maintains ongoing analysis of Clinical Service Performance and monitors trends and opportunities, initiating and recommending service improvements to meet changing market needs.
• Assesses and tracks patients to ensure they receive the appropriate level of care at the appropriate point on the continuum, determining where integration efforts will be most effective, including identifying areas for improving processes and systems, and communicates collaboratively to all customer groups to ensure that processes and systems used in the imaging department are thoroughly understood.

We are offering a sign-on bonus equivalent to 10% of the base salary for new hires who meet the eligibility requirements. 

Required

• Bachelors Degree from an approved School of Radiologic Technologist.
• Three (3) years of experience in a leadership position.
• American Registry of Radiologic Technologists license/certification.