Manager, Imaging Services - CT - FT Days

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

The Manager, Imaging Services is responsible for the operational leadership, technical oversight, and daily supervision of assigned imaging functions within their designated department, modality, or facility. The incumbent is accountable for all operational, administrative, and supervisory activities within the assigned area, ensuring imaging services are delivered safely, accurately, efficiently, and in accordance with regulatory, accreditation, and health system standards. This role maintains responsibility for the planning, coordination, and evaluation of imaging operations, including departments of a highly specialized or technically complex nature, as well as areas with multi-shift operations. This position is accountable for departmental performance, including operational processes and financial stewardship, and collaborates with clinical, administrative, and operational leadership to support quality improvement initiatives, workforce development, technology planning, and the achievement of performance goals. The Manager works under the direction of senior imaging or operational leadership, receiving periodic guidance and feedback while exercising independent judgment in managing day-to-day departmental operations, staffing, and the execution of established departmental objectives.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Strong oral and written communication skills with an ability to interact effectively with all levels of staff and visitors
• Strong analytical skills to collect and analyze operational data
• Minimum of 1 year experience in an Imaging Management role/ 2 years in an Imaging supervisory role / or 5 years as an Imaging lead technologist role in an acute care setting
• Minimum of 1 year experience in a management/supervisory position in a hospital.
• Knowledge of Title 22 and hospital JCAHO requirements
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Demonstrated experience with budgetary processes including establishing, maintaining, and reporting income, expenses, and variances
• Basic life support (BLS) certification
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and management experience
• Ability to successfully identify priorities while managing multiple assignments simultaneously
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System

Preferred Qualifications:

• Unit Specific Certification
• MBA, MHA or MHSA or equivalent combination of education and management experience
• Lean Six Sigma Training
• Knowledge of UCI Medical Center policies and procedures

Licenses and Certifications:

• Basic Life Support