Modality Supervisor

Description:

Modality Supervisor is an important member of the DI leadership team. Sound judgment and strong leadership abilities will enable the DI Modality Supervisor to lead and develop a team focused on delivering excellent patient care. The incumbent will support the manager in overseeing all aspects of modality operations including: quality management; staff productivity and human resource management; resolving issues and pursuing opportunities to ensure effective and efficient operations. The DI Modality Supervisor will develop and motivate a cohesive team, and will identify and support educational strategies to enhance staff knowledge with respect to professional practice and patient-centered care. The DI Modality Supervisor must build and continue to maintain dynamic and collaborative relationships across DI and with other clinical partners across the hospital(s).

Accountabilities:

Manages, organizes, assigns, and distributes workload among staff to ensure the department operates in a manner that is safe, efficient and responsive to volumes and outcomes
Demonstrates effective decision making to enable adequate staffing and scheduling to handle daily workload requirements based on annual budgeted/funded volumes, financial, departmental goals etc. 
Ensures staff compliance with appropriate licensing body(s)
Ensures safe-working practices for department and supports staff in completing annual mandatory eLearning
Establishes and monitors performance expectations, takes appropriate action in collaboration with manager, and human resources where appropriate, when expectations are not met and/or exceeded
Coaches and mentors staff to foster a positive atmosphere that supports team building, collaboration and shared learning
Demonstrates an understanding of different levels of expertise (novice to expert) amongst staff and provides support accordingly
Acts as a resource to team members and ensures information is communicated and circulated to team members and management
Ensures technologists understand and comply with new policies, procedures and performance standards
Performs administrative responsibilities to improve processes/procedures and ensure an efficient and effective working environment
Contributes to the development, implementation and maintenance of new/revised policies, procedures, protocols and performance standards
Undertakes planning activities that will advance the goals and objectives of the modality
Drives best practice standards for the modality; including staffing models, equipment utilization, and safety, based on evidence
Documents problems and incidents when policies and procedures have not been observed and takes appropriate action(s) in collaboration with manager, as required
Builds and maintains professional relationships with key resource people, professionals, vendors, managers, and patients
Contributes to performance improvement initiatives to facilitate changes in imaging practice and patient-centered care delivery
Maintains current knowledge of Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) to view, manipulate and archive digital medical images of data in final image formation
Anticipates impacts of change on quality assurance procedures and initiates timely adaptations to ensure quality control is maintained
Observes, understands and ensures staff and departmental compliance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures, and with government legislation
Adheres to hospital and departmental mission and value statements
Complies with and ensures compliance with the Regulated Health Professions Act, the Medical Radiation Technology Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act, and other relevant government guidelines, regulations and legislation
Complies with and ensures compliance with and understanding of all relevant clinical and modality policies

Qualifications

Completion of a recognized Medical Radiation Sciences program required
Completion of specialty certificate in area of expertise preferred
Completion of a Basic Cardiac Life Support program for health care providers preferred
Completion of a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant program preferred
Minimum of five years recent X-Ray experience required
Previous leadership experience required
Understanding of technical procedures, operations, and applications required
Registration with the College of Medical Radiation and Imaging Technologists of Ontario required
Membership with the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists preferred
Effective leadership skills
Excellent analytical, problem recognition and problem solving-skills with the ability to solve problems creatively
Effective organizational and time management skills with the ability to set priorities
Effective verbal and written communication skills
Ability to multi-task and lead proficiently across sites
Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a fast-paced environment and work accurately under stressful conditions
Ability to work collaboratively and be client service oriented, with the ability to effectively work with diversity and appreciate that people with different opinions, backgrounds and characteristics bring richness to the challenge or situation at hand
Demonstrated ability to establish effective interpersonal relationships including effective collaboration with other leaders within the program and across the organization
Demonstrated effective leadership, planning and project management skills
Excellent oral, interpersonal and written communication skills
Proven ability to establish positive relationships
Highly motivated team player
Established reputation as a consultative, collaborative, coaching and mentoring style of leadership
Required to travel and work at all Osler sites
Must demonstrate Osler's Values of Respect, Excellence, Service, Compassion, Innovation and Collaboration