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St. Joseph´s Hospital and Medical Center has been a symbol of quality healthcare in the Valley of the Sun for more than 111 years.

St. Joseph´s Hospital and Medical Center has been a symbol of quality healthcare in the Valley of the Sun for more than 110 years. We are extremely proud to announce that we are the only Arizona hospital to be voted a ´Best Place to Work in the Valley´ five years in a row. We are also proud to be named a top hospital by Ranking Arizona Magazine and to be routinely recognized as one of the country´s best neuroscience centers by U.S. News & World Report. St. Joseph´s is home to: the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute; St. Joseph´s Children´s Health Center, which is the second largest provider of comprehensive pediatric services in the state; The Heart & Lung Institute at St. Joseph´s; and St. Joseph´s Trauma Center, which is the only Level 1 trauma center in Arizona that´s verified by the American College of Surgeons. St. Joseph´s continues to expand and enhance its services to meet the growing needs of the community by providing comprehensive neurological, neurosurgical, pediatric, perinatal, cardiac, thoracic, and cancer care. The hospital´s nine critical care units serve more than 60,000 patients each year. In 2006, St. Joseph´s opened a 144-bed tower, making it the largest hospital in Arizona with 743 beds. Founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph´s continues to help the underserved through clinics, community grants and outreach programs. The hospital is part of Catholic Healthcare West, which has more than 40 hospitals in Arizona, California and Nevada. Our Pediatric Cardiodiagnostics Department is currently seeking an Echo Supervisor with the following qualifications: 1. Registered by ARDMS in Pediatric Echocardiography, Fetal Echocardiography and Adult Echocardiography. 2. Minimum 5 years in pediatric and fetal imaging. 3. Ability to perform echocardiograms with guidelines set by St. Joseph’s Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography. 4. Ability to manage a busy Pediatric Echo Lab 5. Proven ability to work and effectively communicate with physicians, sonographers, and managers and other ancillary hospital staff. DUTIES AND REPONSIBILITIES: 1. Assists in the implementation of the immediate and long term goals of the Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography laboratory. 2. Responsible for echocardiography laboratory daily operations that include coordination of schedule and work flow. 3. Directly responsible for maintaining the proper functioning of the Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography Laboratory’s physical plant and equipment. 4. Coordination of sonographer daily activities and facilitating a smooth work flow in accordance with set guidelines. 5. Coordination and participation, if necessary, in Outreach services. 6. Coordination and participation in Telemedicine services. 7. Assists the Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography laboratory Director in preparing annual appraisals for sonographers and Echo Lab non-technical staff. 8. Responsible for resolution of human resources and human relation issues of the Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography laboratory technical and non-technical staff. Promotes professionalism in employee-employee and employee-patient relationship. 9. Acts as Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography laboratory liaison to enhance relationship with Medical Center administrative, medical, technical and clerical staff members. 10. Facilitates continuous quality improvement process within the Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography laboratory and assists the lab Director in doing that function on an interdivisional basis. 11. Monitors and implements Echo Lab database information entry. 12. Responsible for assuring accuracy of in-patient, out-patient, and outreach echo billing. 13. Assists the Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography Laboratory Director in preparation and management of the Echo lab annual operational and capital budget. 14. Performs echocardiograms in accordance with set guidelines. 15. Facilitates implementation of imaging guidelines set as standard for the Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography laboratory by the Director. 16. Facilitates consistency in imaging quality among other sonographers according to the set imaging guidelines. 17. Assists the Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography laboratory Director and other authorized physicians in preparation of Echo Lab materials for clinical and educational conferences. 18. Participates in educational and research conferences involving echocardiography with the approval of the Echo Lab Director. 19. Assists the Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography laboratory Director and other authorized physicians in training physician-trainees and medical students. 20. Assists the Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography laboratory Director in the Lab’s educational program for sonographer-trainees. 21. Participates in research protocols with the approval of the Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography laboratory Director. 22. Supports St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and Catholic Healthcare West goals and initiatives.

Job Title: Regional Leader, Diagnostic Imaging Physics Work Site: Vancouver General Hospital Status: Regular Full-Time - Permanent Reference#: 026670 JOB SUMMARY:Reporting to the Regional Director, Diagnostic Imaging, the Regional Leader is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operational activities of Diagnostic Imaging physics staff throughout Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and Fraser Health Authority (FHA). The Regional Leader provides guidance, regional leadership and scientific expertise in the medical applications of physics to facilitate high quality and effective delivery of Diagnostic Imaging services needed to support program/service delivery and plans within a multi-site academic, research and client centred environment. He/she is a key organization resource for physics staff, Diagnostic Imaging team members and medical staff in providing clinical treatment, calibrating and commissioning equipment, training medical and diagnostic imaging students and technologists, and conducting research and development on techniques and equipment. In addition to leading a team of highly skilled scientific staff, works as a team player with colleagues and co-workers and in collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders in continually developing and improving methods to image body structure and function, to employ radiopharmaceuticals/pharmaceuticals for the diagnosis/treatment of disease and body function, and to achieve excellence in client and family centred care, education and research. QUALIFICATIONS:PhD in Physics, or a related Biomedical discipline, plus a minimum seven (7) years recent, related experience in progressively more senior positions providing leadership and direct supervision within a large unionized health care environment, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Membership in Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP) and Fellowship of the Canadian College of Physics in Medicine (CCPM). Eligibility for faculty appointment with the University of British Columbia. - Skillfully coordinates activities of staff to ensure effective service delivery using strong leadership, coaching, mentoring and communication abilities. - Uses an understanding of customer needs to develop both strategic and tactical solutions to achieve objectives and ensure user needs are met.- Uses analytical abilities to review current processes, identify areas for standardization and improvement, and formulate policies and procedures.- Applies superior communication skills to collaborate and influence internal and external stakeholders, providing advice, guidance and education, and ensuring compliance with standards, criteria and regulations.- Facilitates, collaborates and negotiates for effective conduct of clinical, practice and systems research, and works with colleagues and co-workers to achieve excellence in clinical, practice, and systems research.- Skillfully develops meaningful indicators of quality in relation to radiation safety and provides constructive reports based on the results of indicator monitoring.- Maintains current knowledge of new developments, trends and research in the medical applications of physics and recommends/implements best practices accordingly.Qualified applicants only please submit a resume and covering letter quoting competition #026670-kma.Successful applicants may be required to complete a Criminal Records Review Check.(Internal competition closes April 10th, 2009. Internal applications received after this date will be considered as late applications.)Short-listed candidates will be contacted; others will be kept in our database for future consideration.***Employees of VCH who apply to this posting using this site will be considered with other external candidates. Seniority will not apply.***Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.

University Health System is currently seeking an experienced professional who possesses a strong commitment to service excellence, positive clinical outcomes, cost efficiency, performance enhancement and high business ethics.

Assistant Director, RadiologyUniversity Health System is currently seeking an experienced professional who possesses a strong commitment to service excellence, positive clinical outcomes, cost efficiency, performance enhancement and high business ethics. This professional must demonstrate comprehensive knowledge in the area of specialty with a results oriented and patient-centered focus. The successful candidate will consistently exhibit a personal commitment to treat all Health System customers with courtesy, dignity, respect and professionalism and adherence to the University Health System Commitment to Service Excellence behaviors and standards. Position SummaryProvides supervisory and technical support and direction for technical staff in the Radiology Department. Recognizes problems with existing procedures and employs professional knowledge to make necessary decisions and formal changes. Responsible for quality and all aspects of safety in performance of radiology procedures. Promotes the Health Systems mission, purpose, goals, objectives and guest relations program. Qualifications RequiredFive years of supervisory and management experience in a radiology department, with extensive expertise in all areas of Radiology are required. Experience in a university teaching hospital setting, A Bachelors degree in Radiology and ARRT-TDH are preferred.