Chief Radiographer at Mater Misericordiae Hospital

Main Duties:

• Developing and translating radiology and imaging policies and procedures into daily operations.
• Developing, monitoring and maintaining inventories of radiology and imaging resources and stocks.
• Participating in the education and training of radiology paramedics and other staff through CME programs.
• Maintaining an accurate radiology registers and forwarding the same information to the statistics office.
• Developing and managing the section’s budget for subsequent approvals.
• Ensuring conformity to the quality systems requirements and continuous quality improvement activities.
• Ensuring that costing and charging of all procedures have been done correctly.
• Analyzing monthly film consumption to monitor and reduce wastage to keep with budgetary plans.
• Performing radiological examinations as prescribed by medical practitioners
• Ensuring that radiation protection devices are available and ensuring the safety of radiology and imaging environment.
• Coordinating the maintenance of equipment and accessories.
• Co-ordinating with the Radiation Protection Board to ensure that annual inspection of the facility and x-ray emitting machines is done and ensuring that legal obligations for radiation protection are observed.
• In liaison with the HR section, managing staff welfare, training and development.
• Participating in quality improvement initiatives within the department and providing reports as required.
• Any other duty assigned.

Required Qualifications for the Position

• BSc in Radiography
• Higher Diploma in radiography/MIS, Ultrasound, MRI or other relevant area
• Licensed radiographer by RPB
• Registered member of SORK
• Minimum 5 years in relevant field of which 3 should be in hospital-based radiology and imaging
• 2 years managerial experience