Lead Radiographer-Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center-Full Time: Mon-Fri 7a-3p

Job description

Responsible for providing expert cross-sectional imaging procedures within your department, ensuring colleagues deliver a high level of service and quality care to both patients and consultants. Since it is a lead role, some level of guidance to the subordinates is also required. Principal Accountabilities: 1. Performs Radiographs on all patient types at Chilton Medical Center. 2. Oversees all administrative aspects of the Radiology Department in the absence of the day Lead Radiographer / Manager of Radiology 3. Works closely with the Hospital Nursing Supervisor on any operational issues with arise within all Medical Imaging 4. Exercises the discretion to change imaging protocols if necessary to better demonstrate pathologies in complex clinical cases. 5. Responsible for the quality of the examinations performed in the department using judgement to improve quality and to recognize technical problems with imaging and ensure they are rectified. 6. Authorizes and performs highly complex specialist imaging procedures, provides direct patient care and a high quality diagnostic service in order to assist in the management of patients referred from clinicians. 7. Uses experience and clini...