As the Supervisory Nuclear Medicine Technologist of the Nuclear Medicine Section of the Imaging Service, James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN, the incumbent manages clinical and administrative operations to provide patient-centered care with an emphasis on efficient patient flow, high quality work, financial stewardship, and compliance with regulatory policy.

Duties

The incumbent uses leadership and managerial skills combined with technical proficiency in advanced nuclear medicine applications to ensure diagnostic studies and promote effective operations. The Supervisor supports the mission, values and goals of the VA and the Medical Center based upon the core values stated in ICARE and identified strategic goals. In addition to supervision of Nuclear Medicine Technologist (Fusion Imaging Technologist), the position requires significant contribution to clinical care. The primary location of duties is in the Imaging Department; however, satellite services include the Cardiology Section and potentially other sites in the Medical Center. Functions or Duties of this position include but are not limited to: Employ HPDM II leadership principles to supervise all nuclear medicine technologist staff at or below GS-12 in the Nuclear Medicine Section. Ensure high quality diagnostic exams using planar and SPECT techniques, and advanced, integrated CT fusion techniques for attenuation correction and anatomic reference. Maintain a Nuclear Medicine Section that is effective, efficient, and has staff achieve their optimal level of performance. Develop standard operating procedures, guidelines, checklists, and best practices and promote briefings and other tools of Clinical T earn Training to foster an effective care team. Use leadership skills to sustain efficient processes and engage staff to implement new procedures and techniques. Uphold the standards, goals and mission of the Medical Center. Make significant contributions to direct patient care with personal mastery of processes and advanced imaging techniques. Provide technical review of contract services to ensure compliance with terms of the contract, quality, service and compliance with regulatory standards. Verify and maintain staff competencies, to include training, continuing education, coaching and mentoring. Staff competencies include both knowledge and skills related to the duties of a nuclear medicine technologist, and general competencies of a VA employee. Regularly assess competencies and implement corrective actions as needed. Maintain records of competencies and assessments. Serve as the primary quality manager for the Nuclear Medicine Section. Provide oversight of technical and clinical quality with monitors and indices of quality, and initiate corrections as needed. Facilitate and oversee performance improvement activities, including study design, data collection, analysis, corrective actions, and follow-up. Oversee completion of the annual Society of Nuclear Medicine phantom study, and performance testing mandated by the VA Nuclear Medicine Program Office. Monitor equipment maintenance and service, ensuring that equipment is maintained within optimal specifications. Serve as liaison to in house Biomedical Engineering, vendor service engineers, vendor account executives to address equipment repair, scheduled maintenance, technical upgrades and enhancements, and any other aspects of service to achieve optimal equipment performance. Collaborate with the Administrative Officer or equivalent in managing the budget of the Nuclear Medicine Section. Provide input into the annual budget, and assist in the budget implementation, helping to monitor expenditures, and to anticipate unbudgeted costs. Provide oversight of the ordering of radiopharmaceuticals and supplies. Determine inventory levels and develop processes to minimize wasted material or capital tied up in excess purchases. Review invoices to help reconcile expenditures and credits. Serve as a technical consultant to help manage contracts related to the Nuclear Medicine Section. Foster a culture of job and patient safety. This includes safe patient handling, infection control, and radiation safety with promotion of staff involvement and empowerment (e.g., "stop-the-line" authority). Implement processes that foster efficient patient flow including access, timeliness of exams, effective use of staff resources, integration with medical center operations, and systems redesign. Develop performance plans that inform employees of the performance requirements of their position, establish benchmarks, and keep them apprised of their progress. Prepare formal evaluations of employee performance. Compose and revise functional statements as needed. Administer corrective and disciplinary actions for conduct or performance issues in consultation with the HR Labor Relations Specialist. Apply tools of documentation, coaching and progressive discipline. Develop a system for recognition and rewards for high staff performance. Manage staffing resources. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30 am - 4:00 pm with Supervisor On-Call Rotation Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 60098-F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants must be certified in nuclear medicine technology by the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB) or the American Registry of Radiologic Technology (ARRT) (N). NMTCB or ARRT (N) certification eligibility requirements are normally satisfied by one of the following: Completion of a NMTCB-recognized nuclear medicine technology program, ~OR~ Completion of a nuclear medicine technology program accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT), or other accrediting agencies as recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), culminating in a certificate, associate, baccalaureate, or master's degree. Educational programs must have structured clinical training sufficient to provide clinical competency in radiation safety, instrumentation, clinical procedures, and radio-pharmacy, as deemed acceptable by the NMTCB. Exceptions. Non-certified applicants, who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements for NMTCB or ARRT (N) certification, may be given a temporary appointment as a graduate NMT under the authority of 38 U.S.C. § 7405 (a)(1)(D). Failure to obtain certification [within 1 year from the date of appointment] is justification for termination of the temporary appointment. This may result in termination of employment. Failure to Obtain Credential. In all cases, NMTs must actively pursue meeting certification requirements starting from the date of their appointment. Failure to become certified within 1 year from date of appointment will result in removal from the GS-0601 NMT occupation and may result in termination of employment. Loss of Credential. Once certified, NMTs must maintain a full, valid, and unrestricted certification. Loss of credential will result in removal from the GS-0601 NMT occupation and may result in termination of employment. For occupations which require an active certification at all grade levels, at the discretion of the appointing official, an employee may be reassigned to another occupation for which he/she qualifies if a placement opportunity exists. For occupations which require an active credential (licensure/certification/ registration) in assignments above the journey level only, at the discretion of the appointing official, an employee may remain at an appropriate lower grade level in the occupation when both of the following apply: the credential is not a requirement and a placement opportunity exists. English Language Proficiency. [NMTs] must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d). Grade Determinations: Supervisory Nuclear Medicine Technologist, GS-12 Experience. For assignments above the journey level, the candidate must have 1 year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade level directly related to the position being filled, and must fully meet the KSAs at that level. Assignments. For all assignments above the journey level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity (difficulty), range of variety, and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time. NMTs at this level are fully functional as an advanced NMT and carry out their assigned tasks independently. Individuals in this assignment assume full administrative and professional responsibility for planning and directing the nuclear medicine program and technologists above the journey level at a medical center or independent outpatient clinic. They also have supervisory responsibility over a program. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. The candidate must demonstrate all the following technical KSAs and demonstrate the potential to acquire the assignment specific KSAs as designated by an asterisk (*): *Ability to assign and evaluate work of subordinate staff as well as resolve problems that may interfere with the delivery of nuclear medicine services by staff members. Skill in providing complex nuclear medicine patient procedures. *Ability to develop and initiate new protocols which apply to current research findings. *Skill in providing administrative reports both orally and in writing with higher level authorities (i.e., NHPP, TJC, NRC, Inspector General, executive leadership). *Ability to interview candidates for positions in the section; recommend appointments, advancements, or, when appropriate, disciplinary actions; evaluate performance; and identify continuing education and training needs. References: VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G19, Nuclear Medicine Technologist Qualification Standard The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-12 to GS-12. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Service.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address James H Quillen VA Medical Center Corner of Lamont Street and Veterans Way Mountain Home, TN 37684 US
• Name: David Wiseman
• Phone: (614) 935-3242
• Email: [email protected]